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3rd Step to Relevance & Revenue: Move Beyond Strategic Planning

Beware the CEO Turnover Trap.

7 Insights from Tom DiFiore on the Livability Podcast

How to move the needle on community prosperity.

Second Step to Relevance & Revenue: Aligning with Your Stakeholders

Relevance focuses on your community, not your organization.

First Step To Relevance & Revenue: Integrate Fundraising & Strategic Planning

You don't have a fundraising problem, you have a relevance problem.

#5 Truth About Fundraising: How You Ask Matters

Transformative fundraising is far more then a "better way to ask."

Introducing: the Roadmap to Relevance and Revenue

Elevate your organization to the forefront of your community's economic future. 

#4 Truth About Fundraising: Leaders and Champions Matter

The right leaders for your MYSI have defining characteristics that will make or break your fundraising potential.

Strategic Fundraising

#3 Truth About Fundraising: The Plan Matters

The quality of your plan determines the quantity of funds you can raise.

Strategic Fundraising

#2 Truth About Fundraising: Your Dynamics are Unique

Neither cookie-cutter approaches nor making it up as you go will achieve your fundraising goals.

Strategic Fundraising

#1 Truth About Fundraising: It Can't Just Be About Money

Money isn't everything. It’s an odd notion coming from professional fundraisers, we know. So, then, what is it about?

Four Lessons from 2023 and How to Win Economic Development in 2024

A retrospective on fundraising in 2023, the lessons therein, and the key factors for economic development success in 2024.

Navigating the Risks of Executing Your Own Capital Campaign

Independent capital campaign or seeking professional consultation? Weigh the risks.

How to Make Your Organization the Beacon of Your Community's Economic Future

Transform your organization into the place where your community’s economic future is planned, directed, and executed.

How to Communicate with Fundraising Investors (vs. Members)

Over 45 years, one key lesson consistently rises to the forefront: the success of your campaign hinges on communication.

Strategic Fundraising

Why Investors Offer So Much More Fundraising Potential than Members

The most common (and most detrimental) cause for suboptimal fundraising is strategic – not a lack of available funding.

Economic Development

Strategic Fundraising

Investors or Members? Expectations Make the Difference

Chambers of Commerce, EDOs, and other non-profits often struggle to get enough funding to do what their communities need them to do.