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Noah Maier

There are 7.5 Steps of Fundraising

All development processes boil down into seven simple steps. Anyone can quickly diagnose a fundraising shop problem by mapping the issue into one of these steps. They are as follows: Prospecting Qualifying Asking Strategizing (Optional) Getting Commitments Saying Thank You Following Up Upgrading When I ran my firm, we remembered

Understanding Donors

I’m fortunate - I’ve gotten to experience a side of giving that few people have seen. I’m one of only a handful of people to work as an in-house fundraiser for a multi-billionaire. That work led me to meet several more extraordinarily wealthy people and ask them

A Donor Collaboration Model: Six Meetings to Success

Why This Plan Picture a mushroom. On the surface, it pokes its head out, does its work, and goes away. But under the surface all of these mushrooms are connected to each other and communicating with each other. The mushrooms that pop up are collaborative groups, seemingly unconnected. The network

Why Fundraising is a Spiritual Practice

Generosity is at the foundation of every major religion. There aren’t many things that can say that — the world’s religions are very different. There's only a few things on this list: ritual, for example, or prayer. To me this means that generosity is one of the