When is the right time to hire a Development Director?

You are a non-profit facing a tight budget with a need to raise greater funds. But with a tight budget, can you really afford to hire someone for development?

Bryan shares some advice for when you know you are ready to hire a Development Director.

Bryan issues a challenge for fundraisers in 2025, and no it’s not applying to more grants.

Listen as Bryan and Greg discuss an audacious goal that will set up you and your nonprofit to have your best fundraising year yet.

At the heart of any true and lasting relationship, you find what? Love.

Fundraising is all about relationships.

Today, Bryan and Greg discuss the importance of learning your donors’ love languages. Knowing this can help you to better serve and connect with benefactors in a meaningful way.

Bryan discusses an important truth in fundraising: you may be sowing seeds you never reap.

In any profession, it can be discouraging to act but not see immediate fruit. How do you persevere when success doesn’t seem to follow your hard efforts?

Greg asks a sincere question: how do you engage more millennials in philanthropy?

Are mailed appeals effective?

Greg takes Bryan on journey through his daily fundraising mail. He shares insights into the world of mailed appeals from the person who matters most: the donor!

Greg explains the history behind the term “development.”

Understanding the history makes all the difference in how you approach your work.

Instead of answering more frequently asked questions, Greg flips the script and shares some Frequently Stated Assumptions about fundraising.

These are assumptions people who are not fundraisers make about fundraising, and they are notoriously untrue. Greg even shares his #1 false assumption.

Bryan and Greg continue their answers for the Frequently Asked Fundraising Questions. Find out:

- how many appeals are too many appeals?

- did we hire the right fundraiser?

- what excuses can a fundraiser never make?

- are we ready for a capital campaign?

This is part 2 of a 2 part series.

Bryan and Greg discuss and answer some of the Frequently Asked Fundraising Questions they receive. Today you’ll find the answers to:

• ​Why won’t donors return my calls?
• ​How many times should I call for an appointment?
• ​How much should I ask for?
• ​What’s the deciding factors in setting the ask amount?

This is part one of a two part series.