Visionary Fundraising For Nonprofits

When visionaries don't understand their role in bringing hope to the world, they hate fundraising.

I have heard visionaries lament the need for fundraising. I have heard board members say, "I wish we …

As we approach the year’s end, uncertainty rules.

When times are good, donors give. 

When times are bad, donors give. 

But when times are uncertain, donors wait.

Uncertainty makes people a little less re…

To fund a spiritual rest area for truck drivers, Father Adelir Antônio de Carli tied himself to over 1,000 party balloons. After taking off in a chair attached to the balloons, he reached an altitude…

The one thing that will impact your beneficiaries the most is your visionary fundraising capacity.

Visionaries attract resources like a moth to a flame. Visionaries don’t believe money is the answer t…

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Step 3 in the Minor Touches Major Impact fundraising method: Establish Your Platform.

Very simply, a platform is the thing you have to stand on to get heard. It’s your stage. But unlike a stage in the…

ALWAYS tell your stories from the inside out...

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You can co…

One of the pieces of collateral that will help you become the attractive expert, step one of the MTMI Fundraising method, is your "Case For Support."

This is not just something that organizations do f…

Step one of the Minor Touches Major Impact Fundraising Method is to become the attractive expert. There are four pieces of collateral that will ignite your ability to speak as this attractive expert:

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Visionary fundraisers don't just raise money, they spearhead movements. 

In step one of the Minor Touches Major Impact Fundraising Method, you learn that fundraising is a result of spearheading a move…

The first step in the Minor Touches Major Impact Fundraising Method  is to become the attractive expert.

Becoming the attractive expert involves you becoming a voice for the voiceless.

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As I record this, Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud-Light beer, has lost $27 billion in market value. The losses began with the company’s decision to partner with a cultural influencer that w…

When you tell your personal journey story as a part of nonprofit fundraising, it can have a significant impact on donors' empathy and connection with your cause. Sharing your own experiences and moti…

The top reason that nonprofit organizations and visionary leaders don’t get the money they need is simple; they don’t have a plan; they are flying by the seat of their pants.

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I burn with a passion to see the world’s visionaries funded. It is now my purpose in life. What if we could multiply your impact on your city and country? That is a powerful and motivating vision for…

I am a visionary on a mission, and I am passionate about my message. I am driven by a fiery vision of you and a million like you, changing history with your ideas and leadership. 

 I see us unleashing…

Powerful visionaries are always about getting themselves an education. You need to find other visionaries in the fundraising world and learn from them. 

 And, if they have created a “wheel” that you n…

Occasionally, when telling a story, I can tell when my listeners are leaning in, hanging on every word, and ready for the climax. It’s at the height of that moment that, for fun, sometimes I will say…

Accomplished musicians, poets, doctors, architects, rappers, and African American preachers understand and harness the power of rhythm. So do visionary fundraisers. Fundraisers who don’t understand t…

For thousands of years, the number three has been imbued with a mystique, a power that has seen it placed at the center of rules governing effective communication within all aspects of culture. From …