BIG MONEY Fundraising Fundamentals 101 Let’s plan a BIG MONEY Fundraising campaign together Do you want BIG MONEY Gifts for your nonprofit? My name is John Shimer and I am the author of the two-book set, “Secrets To BIG MONEY Fundraising!” Starting today, we’re starting a “class” – a new blog series actually — I’m […]
Seems like everyone likes “Top 10 Lists.” Here’s one that will actually help you achieve the fundraising success for your nonprofit that you’ve dreamed about! These may seem simple, but trust me they’ve been developed over many, many years of experience in this field! Spend time and think about each one of these. Then let […]
Every Fundraising Effort Should be a Strategic Campaign Nonprofits in search of gift support can expect to face major headwinds unless they organize their appeal as a campaign! Campaigns are based on a carefully planned and orchestrated strategy. Unless you prepare accordingly, you’re likely to be disappointed. What does this mean and why is it true? A […]
How often have we heard the expression “state your case” in a legal proceeding or in a debate? To state your case means to be factual, persuasive and concise. That’s the same principle behind the Case Statement used by nonprofits to raise badly needed funding from big money donors. Big Money donors are people, too! A […]
Do you know what a big time problem solver is? Here are five big time problem solver characteristics I’ve discovered in all my years as a professional fundraiser. Perhaps you know these by heart. All of us need to be reminded of these essentials from time to time. A big time problem solver is: Someone who […]
In Big Money Fundraising we teach you how to create a full featured fundraising video, formatted in a specific way in order to achieve your capital campaign goals. However, there is another way to use video which is beneficial and easy! I call them daily video clips. Daily video clips don’t really have to be […]
Here are the facts as they were presented to me by the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation: 1) BIG MONEY NEEDED — $6,000,000 2) LIFE ON THE LINE—A young girl in Texas named Christiane with Batten Disease. 3) THE MONEY TO BE USED FOR— a newly discovered compound that is extremely effective in slowing the progression of the disease […]
The recent hurricanes that have SLAMMED Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico have created a giant sucking sound that every local, regional, and national nonprofit can hear loud and clear as philanthropic dollars are sucked into the whirling vortex of EMERGENCY AID to help our fellow citizens. Many of those dollars which are on their way […]
The two-book set, Secrets To BIG MONEY Fundraising, is different than anything you have ever read on this topic. How? These books teach the reader the secrets to creating within each prospective BIG MONEY donor the motivation to make their maximum gift to your non-profit. The role of nonprofit development professional is dramatically expanded in these books, converting the job […]
Thousands of years ago mankind scratched crude shapes on rocks to communicate ideas to each other. Since the evolution of those scratches into written languages, the human race has leapfrogged ahead by being able to communicate increasingly complex ideas in a shorter and shorter amount of time. Today, we are experiencing an evolutionary leap forward […]