| Have you recently joined a nonprofit board or been | | | | teleseminars, webinars, conferences and live trainings |
| asked to participate in a nonprofit organization's | | | | specifically for your organization. |
| fundraising efforts? Have you been wracking your | | | | 3. Ask for What You Need. |
| brain for new fundraising ideas? Or more likely, how | | | | Your nonprofit organization may or may not |
| to get out of fundraising at all because you're sure | | | | recognize what you need to be successful at |
| you don't know what you're doing? | | | | fundraising. All you need to do is ask for it. Whether |
| You are not alone. | | | | it's pictures to display at an event you want to hold, |
| Recently, I worked with a group of about 20 - most | | | | statistics on the organization's program success or |
| of them had no prior fundraising experience. Guess | | | | even training, just ask for it. |
| what? They raised over $40,000 in 30 days - in a | | | | 4. Do Something, Even If It's Wrong. |
| recession. | | | | As my grandmother says, "do something, even if it's |
| Here's the great news: You can successfully raise | | | | wrong." Here's the point: you must take some kind of |
| funds for your organization, even if you've never | | | | action. You may not know if it will actually result in |
| done it before. Listed below are five tips for novice | | | | funding for the organization. However, if you do |
| fundraisers to get you started. | | | | nothing, that's exactly the amount of funding you'll |
| 1. Relax. | | | | get for the organization - nothing. |
| Seriously, take a deep breath. Fundraising is not brain | | | | Of course, the goal is to do something right and |
| surgery or rocket science. There are tips, | | | | actually raise funds. And, you'll only get great results |
| suggestions and strategies that are proven - pay | | | | when you take action. |
| attention to those. And, you get to choose the | | | | 5. Know That You Are Appreciated. |
| manner and method of your personal fundraising. | | | | Chances are that if you've approached your |
| There is no one-size-fits-all in fundraising. | | | | organization willing to raise funds you were greeted |
| 2. Get Training. | | | | with smiles and sincere words of gratitude. Mark that |
| You can get the tools you need to be successful in | | | | moment in your mind (or imagine it if it didn't happen). |
| nonprofit fundraising. And, there are many different | | | | When fundraising seems challenging, return to that |
| ways at many different price points. The training can | | | | moment and KNOW that every bit of energy that |
| come in the form of books, online research, | | | | you put forth is making a difference. |