Church Capital Campaign

April 27th, 2012

Isn’t Church Fundraising Easy?

That’s what I used to think too. People are at church every Sunday; they give regularly, the pastor talks about tithing, bad things might happen to you if you don’t give (or good things if you do). Capital campaigns should be a breeze.

It sounded simple . . . until I did a few church campaigns.

Of course, many of the above factors are indeed true. A church has a definite membership and community of members. You know the constituency and they know each other well.

I also had a theory 15 years ago that

[...] Continue Reading…

Listening to Donors AFP Webconference

April 27th, 2012

Please join me, my live studio audience in Portland, Oregon for AFP Oregon & SW Washington, on February 19th at 10 am Pacific Time for an AFP International Webconference.

The topic is Listening to Donors, chapter 3 of my new book Winning Gifts: Make Your Donors Feels Like Winners.

For information on how to register contact AFP by clicking on their logo above.

Hear you soon.

Tom Wilson, Author, Winning Gifts

Welcome

April 27th, 2012

Capital Campaign Planning .Com is an extension of my other blog, MajorGiftsGuru.com.
I’ve been doing capital campaigns for more than 30 years now. In fact, my first job in fundraising was serving as a capital campaign consultant to the Ravinia Festival (summer home of the Chicago Symphony). I had no idea what I was doing, but I read a book, followed its concepts and won the campaign.
While short posts on campaigning will appear in MajorGiftsGuru.com, this blog will contain more in-depth articles on campaigning and resources you can use.
For additional insights checkout my book,

[...] Continue Reading…