10 Essential Articles
About MJA
Annual Fund
Board Development
Capital Campaign
Case Studies
Development
Development Audit
Donor Relationships
Executive Search
Feasibility Studies
Fundraising
Fundraising Skills
Major Gifts
Marketing
Miscellaneous
Organization
- MJA Challenge: Judging Your Nonprofit Continued
- Challenge: Distractions
- 10 Tips For Getting Organized This Fall
- 10 Pieces of Paper That Will Help Your Organization
- Q: How can one person cultivate, solicit and steward prospects and donors as well as run a series of major fundraising events?
- More Organization »
Planned Giving
Q and A
- Q: What are the basic rules for maintaining tight and effective messaging? How long should appeal letters be? How often can you quote your group’s mission before it’s over-used? How do you get the average reader to care enough to get involved?
- Q. What goes into long-term cultivation of prospective donors over time, when the expected ‘pay-off’ may be far into the future?
- Q: How can one person cultivate, solicit and steward prospects and donors as well as run a series of major fundraising events?
- Q. What do I need to consider when fundraising during a recession?
- Q. How can I get lay leaders to participate in training for both governance and solicitation?
- More Q and A »
Staff Development
Strategic Planning
- Minimizing Costs and Risks in a Building Project
- You Have a New Mission and Vision – Now What?
- Focusing on Your Mission and Vision
- Q. What is the value of a formal, quadrennial, strategic planning process?
- Q. What is the best way to involve board and staff in a collaborative strategic planning process?
- More Strategic Planning »
Volunteer Development