Your nonprofit team is divided on fundraising strategies. How can you find common ground and move forward?
Navigating the nonprofit divide means bridging gaps in perspective to unite your team around a shared vision for fundraising.
When your nonprofit team is split on fundraising approaches, fostering collaboration and consensus is key. Here are strategies to move forward together:
- Host a solutions-focused workshop where each idea is explored for its merits and potential pitfalls.
- Establish common goals that align with your organization's mission to guide decision-making.
- Create a pilot program to test different strategies, using data to determine the most effective approach.
How do you bridge differences in strategy within your team? Consider sharing your experiences.
Your nonprofit team is divided on fundraising strategies. How can you find common ground and move forward?
Navigating the nonprofit divide means bridging gaps in perspective to unite your team around a shared vision for fundraising.
When your nonprofit team is split on fundraising approaches, fostering collaboration and consensus is key. Here are strategies to move forward together:
- Host a solutions-focused workshop where each idea is explored for its merits and potential pitfalls.
- Establish common goals that align with your organization's mission to guide decision-making.
- Create a pilot program to test different strategies, using data to determine the most effective approach.
How do you bridge differences in strategy within your team? Consider sharing your experiences.
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Often there is no common ground as each area of fundraising is now a discrete area of expertise. DM, EDM, SMS campaigns, social media, capital, major gift and endowment campaigns all have their place. Growing huge teams to serve complex systems and processes is not the answer. Global best practice exemplified in the US, which has built its tertiary education on philanthropy, is a gold standard. The cost of raising small gifts from many hundreds of donors may outweigh the long term benefit. A lean machine, where the focus is placed on major gift and endowment campaigns as ongoing must-haves, is more cost effective than buying lists for churn with the expectation that donors will give more, and more often. Strategy rules.