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The Fundraising Masterminds Podcast - 63. 7 Steps to Mastering Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign [Year-End Fundraising 1 of 8]

63. 7 Steps to Mastering Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign [Year-End Fundraising 1 of 8]

09/18/24 • 32 min

The Fundraising Masterminds Podcast

Click here to download our timeline overview PDF, 7 Steps to Mastering Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign!

https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/year-end-campaign-outline

In this episode of the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast, we're starting a brand new 8-part series called "Year-End Fundraising" - and today, we're talking about the 7 steps you need to master your year-end fundraising campaign. You won't want to miss out on this series!

Join us to learn about how to structure the perfect year-end campaign for success. We'll go over each of the 7 key steps to the process, as well as walking through a detailed timeline of your year-end fundraising campaign from September to December.

Explore the importance of starting your year-end fundraising as early as possible. Discover the history of Jim's game-changing matching gift strategy. Find out how to utilize Giving Tuesday effectively by rolling it into your year-end campaign. And learn how to increase your appeal letter's effectiveness from 2% to 50%!

So whether you're considering your first-ever year-end fundraising campaign or having been running them for years, this is a series you will not want to miss! Join us in these 7 episodes as we walk you through every step of the process.

Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to catch the rest of the series!

Next up, we'll be talking about How to Identify Your #1 Cause Concept. Don't miss out!

ASK US A QUESTION:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/fundraisingmasterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

STOP FUNDRAISING. Get back to basics with....DEVELOPMENT BASICS

The Biblical Basis for Development for Nonprofit Leaders

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/development-basics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

NEED HELP WITH YOUR NONPROFIT?

Most nonprofits are under-funded. Even if you think your nonprofit is doing well, we've found you could be doing much better. However, most nonprofits don't have a clear development strategy that keeps them grounded. As a result, they "get creative" and "try new things" based on what is popular or trending, or they get comfortable with where they are at and don't realize the dangers they will be facing in just a few short years.

The Perfect Vision Dinner Course is a 20-week "live video" course that addresses this problem head on. The course was developed by Jim Dempsey after 38+ years as a Senior Development Director at Cru. After Jim had personally done over 2,500 vision dinners in his lifetime and raised over $1 billion worldwide, Jim and Jason have partnered together to bring you Fundraising Masterminds. Our first course, The Perfect Vision Dinner is a time-tested proven formula that will introduce our development system and grow your nonprofit to its maximum potential.

The course includes 20-hours of personalized development coaching from Jim Dempsey and Jason Galicinski and also includes a real-time community group where you have access to everyone attending the course and also our Masterminds throughout the course.

The goal for this course is to fully equip you with a Biblical basis for Development so that you can Win, Keep and Lift new partners to higher levels of involvement with your nonprofit.

→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://FundraisingMasterminds.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠

Episode Keywords:

Giving Tuesday planning, nonprofit event planning, fundraising episodes, year-end fundraising, year-end fundraising campaign, year end fundraising, year end fundraising campaign, mastering your year-end fundraising campaign, 7 steps to mastering your year-end fundraising campaign, master your year-end fundraising campaign, how to master your year-end fundraising campaign, how to structure the perfect year-end campaign, matching gift strategy, giving tuesday, how to identify your #1 cause concept, cause concept, fundraising masterminds, jim dempsey, jim.

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Click here to download our timeline overview PDF, 7 Steps to Mastering Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign!

https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/year-end-campaign-outline

In this episode of the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast, we're starting a brand new 8-part series called "Year-End Fundraising" - and today, we're talking about the 7 steps you need to master your year-end fundraising campaign. You won't want to miss out on this series!

Join us to learn about how to structure the perfect year-end campaign for success. We'll go over each of the 7 key steps to the process, as well as walking through a detailed timeline of your year-end fundraising campaign from September to December.

Explore the importance of starting your year-end fundraising as early as possible. Discover the history of Jim's game-changing matching gift strategy. Find out how to utilize Giving Tuesday effectively by rolling it into your year-end campaign. And learn how to increase your appeal letter's effectiveness from 2% to 50%!

So whether you're considering your first-ever year-end fundraising campaign or having been running them for years, this is a series you will not want to miss! Join us in these 7 episodes as we walk you through every step of the process.

Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to catch the rest of the series!

Next up, we'll be talking about How to Identify Your #1 Cause Concept. Don't miss out!

ASK US A QUESTION:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/fundraisingmasterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

STOP FUNDRAISING. Get back to basics with....DEVELOPMENT BASICS

The Biblical Basis for Development for Nonprofit Leaders

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/development-basics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

NEED HELP WITH YOUR NONPROFIT?

Most nonprofits are under-funded. Even if you think your nonprofit is doing well, we've found you could be doing much better. However, most nonprofits don't have a clear development strategy that keeps them grounded. As a result, they "get creative" and "try new things" based on what is popular or trending, or they get comfortable with where they are at and don't realize the dangers they will be facing in just a few short years.

The Perfect Vision Dinner Course is a 20-week "live video" course that addresses this problem head on. The course was developed by Jim Dempsey after 38+ years as a Senior Development Director at Cru. After Jim had personally done over 2,500 vision dinners in his lifetime and raised over $1 billion worldwide, Jim and Jason have partnered together to bring you Fundraising Masterminds. Our first course, The Perfect Vision Dinner is a time-tested proven formula that will introduce our development system and grow your nonprofit to its maximum potential.

The course includes 20-hours of personalized development coaching from Jim Dempsey and Jason Galicinski and also includes a real-time community group where you have access to everyone attending the course and also our Masterminds throughout the course.

The goal for this course is to fully equip you with a Biblical basis for Development so that you can Win, Keep and Lift new partners to higher levels of involvement with your nonprofit.

→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://FundraisingMasterminds.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠

Episode Keywords:

Giving Tuesday planning, nonprofit event planning, fundraising episodes, year-end fundraising, year-end fundraising campaign, year end fundraising, year end fundraising campaign, mastering your year-end fundraising campaign, 7 steps to mastering your year-end fundraising campaign, master your year-end fundraising campaign, how to master your year-end fundraising campaign, how to structure the perfect year-end campaign, matching gift strategy, giving tuesday, how to identify your #1 cause concept, cause concept, fundraising masterminds, jim dempsey, jim.

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62. How Your Pregnancy Center Can Get Unstuck

In this episode of the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast, join us for an exciting interview with Rebekah Raze from Life First Pregnancy Center as we discuss why small PRCs don't have to stay stuck.

Tune in as we walk through Rebekah's development journey, from when she first volunteered to help with fundraising events to the day when she became Life First's official Development and Operations Manager. We'll talk about the history of Life First and how they went from a prayer group in 1989 to an organization capable of raising over $550,000 through the Perfect Vision Dinner mentorship program - in one night!

Explore the major principles of donor stewardship and relationship-building. Learn how, when most kids wanted to be cowboys or pirates, Jim Dempsey had a dream for nonprofit development. Discover how important it is to stay accountable to someone outside the daily grind. And get ready for a live reaction as we present our very first Perfect Vision Dinner Gold Award!

So join us today for a special interview that will leave you inspired, encouraged, and motivated to change your organization forever. Get ready to break past your fundraising plateaus and get unstuck for good!

Subscribe to our channel for more inspiring nonprofit success stories.

ASK US A QUESTION:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/fundraisingmasterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

STOP FUNDRAISING. Get back to basics with....DEVELOPMENT BASICS

The Biblical Basis for Development for Nonprofit Leaders

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/development-basics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

NEED HELP WITH YOUR NONPROFIT?

Most nonprofits are under-funded. Even if you think your nonprofit is doing well, we've found you could be doing much better. However, most nonprofits don't have a clear development strategy that keeps them grounded. As a result, they "get creative" and "try new things" based on what is popular or trending, or they get comfortable with where they are at and don't realize the dangers they will be facing in just a few short years.

The Perfect Vision Dinner Course is a 20-week "live video" course that addresses this problem head on. The course was developed by Jim Dempsey after 38+ years as a Senior Development Director at Cru. After Jim had personally done over 2,500 vision dinners in his lifetime and raised over $1 billion worldwide, Jim and Jason have partnered together to bring you Fundraising Masterminds. Our first course, The Perfect Vision Dinner is a time-tested proven formula that will introduce our development system and grow your nonprofit to its maximum potential.

The course includes 20-hours of personalized development coaching from Jim Dempsey and Jason Galicinski and also includes a real-time community group where you have access to everyone attending the course and also our Masterminds throughout the course.

The goal for this course is to fully equip you with a Biblical basis for Development so that you can Win, Keep and Lift new partners to higher levels of involvement with your nonprofit.

→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://FundraisingMasterminds.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠

Episode Keywords:

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undefined - 64. How to Identify Your #1 Cause Concept [Year-End Fundraising 2 of 8]

64. How to Identify Your #1 Cause Concept [Year-End Fundraising 2 of 8]

Click here to download our timeline overview PDF, 7 Steps to Mastering Your Year-End Fundraising Campaign:

https://www.fundraisingmasterminds.net/year-end-campaign-outline

In this episode of the Fundraising Masterminds Podcast, we're talking about how to identify your #1 cause concept for a successful year-end fundraising campaign. As a critical foundation for the rest of your year-end campaign (and the rest of this series!), this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Join us to learn the importance of staying focused on one key project for your year-end campaign. We'll be asking a lot of questions today, such as: what the heck is a cause concept? And where can you find yours?

Find out why you should never dilute your ask with too many giving opportunities. Learn how to funnel your organization's greatest needs through your dream vision, strategic plan, and priority strategies to arrive at your #1 cause concept. Discover what made Jesus a master motivator. And find out how to tell emotional stories of real change that will impact your partners and inspire them to give - and give abundantly.

So whether you're building your very first year-end campaign from the ground up or are perfecting your strategy for the year, this episode will help you set a firm foundation for the rest of your campaign. Join us to learn how to present a compelling cause concept that will move the needle and make a lasting impact.

Remember to subscribe to our channel for more content about vision, strategy, and nonprofit leadership.

Tune in next week to learn why matching gifts are critical for year-end fundraising.

ASK US A QUESTION:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/fundraisingmasterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

NEED HELP WITH YOUR NONPROFIT?

Most nonprofits are under-funded. Even if you think your nonprofit is doing well, we've found you could be doing much better. However, most nonprofits don't have a clear development strategy that keeps them grounded. As a result, they "get creative" and "try new things" based on what is popular or trending, or they get comfortable with where they are at and don't realize the dangers they will be facing in just a few short years.

The Perfect Vision Dinner Course is a 20-week "live video" course that addresses this problem head on. The course was developed by Jim Dempsey after 38+ years as a Senior Development Director at Cru. After Jim had personally done over 2,500 vision dinners in his lifetime and raised over $1 billion worldwide, Jim and Jason have partnered together to bring you Fundraising Masterminds. Our first course, The Perfect Vision Dinner is a time-tested proven formula that will introduce our development system and grow your nonprofit to its maximum potential.

The course includes 20-hours of personalized development coaching from Jim Dempsey and Jason Galicinski and also includes a real-time community group where you have access to everyone attending the course and also our Masterminds throughout the course.

The goal for this course is to fully equip you with a Biblical basis for Development so that you can Win, Keep and Lift new partners to higher levels of involvement with your nonprofit.

→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://FundraisingMasterminds.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fundraising.masterminds⁠⁠⁠

Episode Keywords:

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