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Fear of Asking for Money
The Fear of Asking for Money People are often hesitant, if not afraid, to talk about money. Never mind ask for it. In fact, I’ve met fundraiser’s who are afraid to ask for money. Yes. Fundraising in their job title and still avoid it as much as possible. It’s no...
Why You Should Do A Giving Analysis in Your Church
Why You Should Do A Financial Analysis Part of the process of good planning is evaluation and looking at what you’ve done in the past. It’s how we learn to improve and do things better. It’s no different in fundraising and donor giving data is one of the most...
How To Clarify Your Vision & Purpose
How to Clarify Your Vision and Purpose Organizations often enlist outside help with this process, but it is not always necessary. In some instances, I would recommend this is a good idea for a few reasons. First, if there is not much agreement on where the church...
Leadership Must Drive Vision and Purpose
Clarify Your Purpose Before you can be an effective leader anywhere, you need to know what your organization’s vision and purpose is. But churches sometimes fail to recognize the impact and importance of clarity of purpose to overall church health. This seems sort of...
What Followers Want From Leaders
What followers want from their leaders So, what is it about a leader that commands a following? The Gallup people have done some extensive research with respect to why people follow, and the results are very interesting. The top four characteristics were trust,...
If You Want Money…Ask for Money
If You Need Money…Ask for Money. Don’t Ask for Prayer. Now, please don’t take this to mean, I don’t think it’s important to ask for prayer. It is. But if you’re writing an appeal letter and what you really need is donations, you have to ask for a donation. It’s...
Communications Toolkit
Need some help with your communications? Check out my Communications Toolkit, part of the Stewardsip Plus program resources. In the kit you will find templates, examples, content creation tips and a basic schedule.
10 Ways to Increase Giving in Your Church
The secret to releasing significant resources is to surround the perspective donor with specific information and an environment that will generate the best response…or, preparing your donor to respond.
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