
Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights And Overcome Overload
How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload
CANNON(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2022
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-119-83527-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-83527-1 (9781119835271)
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Christopher M. Cannon | Michael Felberbaum
Focused Fundraising
How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload
E-Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Polity Press
€18.99
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Christopher M. Cannon | Michael Felberbaum
Focused Fundraising
How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload
E-Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Wiley
€18.99
Available for download
Person
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.
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.
Content
Welcome to Focused Fundraising: How to RAISE Your Sights and Overcome Overload
Part 1: The Challenges of Focused Fundraising 11
Chapter 1: The Constant Craziness of Nonprofit Life 11
Chapter 2: Focus Begins By Valuing The Work 13
Chapter 3: You Can Focus Because You Are Mindful 17
Chapter 4: The Tech Tug and Instant Overload 19
Chapter 5: Why Instant Overload is Here to Stay: The 4 M's 23
Chapter 6: This Is Not the Focus You're Looking For 29
Part 2: Focus-First: The RAISE Framework 39
Chapter 7: How RAISE Helps 39
Chapter 8: Recognize Your Point of View 44
Chapter 9: Assess Your Standards 47
Chapter 10: Inspire Your Efforts 54
Chapter 11: Structure Your Work 61
Chapter 12: Evolve your Approach 69
Part 3: Focused Fundraising Teams 74
Chapter 13: The Importance of Culture 74
Chapter 14: Prospect Development 79
Chapter 15: Engagement Strategies
Chapter 16: Fundraising Operations
Chapter 17: Strategic Information Management
Chapter 18: The Power of Maturity Models
Chapter 19: Focused Fundraising Maturity Model
Chapter 20: Further Thoughts on Thought Work
Chapter 21: Causativity
Conclusion
RAISE: Practical Examples
References
Acknowledgments
Index
Part 1: The Challenges of Focused Fundraising 11
Chapter 1: The Constant Craziness of Nonprofit Life 11
Chapter 2: Focus Begins By Valuing The Work 13
Chapter 3: You Can Focus Because You Are Mindful 17
Chapter 4: The Tech Tug and Instant Overload 19
Chapter 5: Why Instant Overload is Here to Stay: The 4 M's 23
Chapter 6: This Is Not the Focus You're Looking For 29
Part 2: Focus-First: The RAISE Framework 39
Chapter 7: How RAISE Helps 39
Chapter 8: Recognize Your Point of View 44
Chapter 9: Assess Your Standards 47
Chapter 10: Inspire Your Efforts 54
Chapter 11: Structure Your Work 61
Chapter 12: Evolve your Approach 69
Part 3: Focused Fundraising Teams 74
Chapter 13: The Importance of Culture 74
Chapter 14: Prospect Development 79
Chapter 15: Engagement Strategies
Chapter 16: Fundraising Operations
Chapter 17: Strategic Information Management
Chapter 18: The Power of Maturity Models
Chapter 19: Focused Fundraising Maturity Model
Chapter 20: Further Thoughts on Thought Work
Chapter 21: Causativity
Conclusion
RAISE: Practical Examples
References
Acknowledgments
Index