“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as impossible situations”
Chuck Swindoll
Don’t Flee ‘impossible situations’, Face Them
For example, if you have a FUNDRAISING goal that is high, Leah Lamb offers insight into the time frame, strategic patience, and person-to-person interactions that will prove highly helpful.
A major fundraising goal CAN be a reachable goal, but it won’t happen overnight. Think crock pot, not Pop Tart.
Need major gifts to reach a big goal? Two of Lamb’s posts are we feel a very good Crash Course on non-profits successfully raising funds. One involves avoiding traps and achieving success when fundraising; the other covers strategies to succeed when seeking major gifts.
- Fundraising 201: Avoiding Traps, Achieving Success
- Fundraising 202: Making the Investment, Getting Major Gifts
Swindoll’s quote compliments Lamb’s Fundraising 202 insights on getting major gifts. To do so you must be willing to make the investment. See these investments as the potential ‘great opportunities’ that they are.
