Christopher M. Cannon, Michael Felberbaum

Focused Fundraising (eBook, ePUB)

How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Maintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment In Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You'll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundraising, including technology changes, scarce resources, and shifting donor expectations. In the book, you'll also find: * Hands-on skills for sharpening your focus while those around you are giving in to endless distractions * An insightful combination of big-picture views and micro-considerations that offer a practical roadmap to set and stick with your priorities * Practical applications of tried and true mindfulness and nonprofit strategy research that you can implement immediately in your organization An essential, desk-side resource for nonprofit board members, managers, leaders, and team members, Focused Fundraising is a one-of-a-kind toolbox designed to help you tackle the challenges you face every day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119835288
• Artikelnr.: 65464096

Autorenporträt

CHRISTOPHER M. CANNON is the President of Management Consulting at Zuri Group, where he advises many of the world's top nonprofits and oversees projects for clients who raise billions of dollars each year. He is the author of An Executive's Guide to Fundraising Operations. MICHAEL FELBERBAUM is the leader of Yale University's Advancement Systems and the co-founder of Causativity.org. Michael is a long-time mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher. He also serves as a Board Member of New Haven's Solar Youth.

Inhaltsangabe

Welcome to Focused Fundraising: How to RAISE Your Sights and Overcome Overload vii

Part I The Challenges of Focused Fundraising 1

Chapter 1 The Constant Craziness of Nonprofit Life 3

Chapter 2 Focus Begins by Valuing the Work 7

Chapter 3 You Can Focus Because You Are Mindful 15

Chapter 4 The Tech Tug and Instant Overload 19

Chapter 5 Why Instant Overload Is Here to Stay: The 4 Ms 27

Chapter 6 This Is Not the Focus You're Looking For 37

Part II Focus- First: the Raise Framework 53

Chapter 7 How RAISE Helps 55

Chapter 8 Recognize Your Point of View 63

Chapter 9 Assess Your Standards 69

Chapter 10 Inspire Your Efforts 81

Chapter 11 Structure Your Work 93

Chapter 12 Evolve Your Approach 107

Part III Focused Fundraising Teams 115

Chapter 13 The Importance of Culture 117

Chapter 14 Prospect Development 125

Chapter 15 Engagement Strategies 135

Chapter 16 Fundraising Operations 139

Chapter 17 Strategic Information Management 151

Chapter 18 The Power of Maturity Models 159

Chapter 19 Focused Fundraising Maturity Model 167

Chapter 20 Further Thoughts on Thought Work 175

Chapter 21 Causativity 189

Conclusion 193

Toolkit: RAISE: Practical Examples and Coaching Prompts 199

Bibliography 213

Acknowledgments 217

Index 219