Tag Archives: Coaching Champions

What Does New Donor Acquisition Look Like in Transformational Giving? A Case Study from Buzzard’s Bay

Jon Howard from the Butterfly Effect reported recently on a new donor acquisition campaign from New Bedford, Mass that I think nicely presents some of the elements of what such should look like in a Transformational Giving framework. Captain Ahab … Continue reading

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Storytelling in Fundraising: When Your Donor Responds with These Five Simple Words, You’ve Succeeded

Books and articles on storytelling and narrative in fundraising are proliferating nearly as quickly as bad storytelling and narrative in fundraising (could there be a connection?). In an effort to bring some rule-of-thumb type clarity to an increasingly foggy subject, … Continue reading

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A Must-Have For Every Church in America: A Do-Good Bus

The exact date when your church is going to go out of business has recently been charted by mathematicians, according to CNN’s Belief blog. So add this item to your church’s bucket list of ministry things to do before it … Continue reading

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