Books published by Joanne Oppelt Consulting, LLC

Have you wondered why some organizations get major gifts all the time while your organization struggles? Do you have trouble even getting in the door? Perhaps you need to first focus on cultivating strong relationships with existing and prospective donors.This book describes how you can build strong donor relationships through cultivation events. Events where, instead of asking for money or charging people to attend, you focus on the donors'' needs, interests, and desires.Learn from two pros who have run cultivation events for business leaders, individual philanthropists, church members, and other constituencies, that resulted in lasting relationships that led to major gifts.You will learn who how to identify who to invite to your cultivation events, who should host them, where to hold them, how to plan agendas, how to run the event, and what to do to follow up after the events.This book will help you solidify relations with existing donors, find new donors and volunteers, gain more community exposure, and, in the long run, raise more money.

If you''re like most nonprofit fundraisers, you probably involve volunteers in running your special events, and perhaps involving them in the office to stuff envelopes and do other clerical duties. Did you know you could be raising a lot more money each year by involving volunteers in ALL your fundraising activities? Yes, we said ALL-everything from researching funders and helping to create your development plan to running your capital campaign and assisting with planned giving efforts. All this will result in a better bottom line for your nonprofit.In How to Involve Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program, we show you the many ways you can involve volunteers, where to find fundraising volunteers, how to recruit them, how to train them, and how to keep them coming back!In this fast-reading book, we show you:How volunteers can play a critical role in fundraisingHow to help your volunteers to work along with the board and staffHow to recruit volunteer fundraisers who are enthusiastic and committedHow to ensure that volunteers are given meaningful workHow staff members should support your volunteersAnd much more!How to Involve Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to maximize fundraising reach and effectiveness by harnessing the incredible power of volunteers. As a Nonprofit Quick GuideΓäó, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.As a Nonprofit Quick GuideΓäó, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.ContentsChapter One: Expanding Your View of Volunteers in FundraisingChapter Two: Involving Volunteers in Research and PlanningChapter Three: Involving Volunteers in Events, Direct Mail, and Phone AppealsChapter Four: Involving Volunteers in Your Annual Business AppealChapter Five: Involving Volunteers in Major GiftsChapter Six: Involving Volunteers in Capital CampaignsChapter Seven: Involving Volunteers in Planned GivingChapter Eight: Finding, Training, and Retaining VolunteersChapter Nine: Bringing It All TogetherWritten by veteran nonprofit experts Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE and Joanne Oppelt, MHA, this book will help you raise more money by working smarter, not harder.

Are you not meeting your fundraising budget? Do you dread presenting that next financial report? Were your fundraising results less than you expected? Are you perplexed because even though your fundraising results are good, your nonprofit can never seem to get ahead? Then Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program is for you. We show you simple ways to increase income without an increase in time. money, and effort; develop campaigns that best appeal to and attract individual, foundation, and corporate donors; and maximize your planning activities. You will have more time to deepen your relationships with donors, the crux of fundraising. Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to measurably improve the return on every fundraising dollar spent. It is designed to be read in one sitting or by grabbing a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money. It will help you: Cut fundraising costs when costs cutting is necessary, using the remaining resources to maximum effect; Compare the costs and benefits of different fundraising activities; Design campaigns that respond to the unique generational cohorts'' motivations and preferences for giving; Make the most of your grant-writing efforts; Understand corporate motivations for giving; Implement financially successful fundraising events; Create a profitable fundraising budget and calendar; and Measurably increase your fundraising results. Further, you will gain insights into the costs and benefits of different fundraising activities, including individual donations, grants, corporate giving, special events, and government contracts. You will learn how to connect with donors based on their unique motivations and preferences, designing strategies that they will respond to, resulting in bigger donations. You will be shown techniques that will maximize the time, effort, and money you spend in implementing fundraising activities. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop a fundraising plan that will increase your fundraising results, leaving you more money to implement your agency''s mission and better serve the community. Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick GuideΓäó series, Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program focuses on realizing the most amount of fundraising revenue using the least amount of organizational resources. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, grant writing, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others. If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick GuideΓäó series is for you.

What is a five-star board member?Every nonprofit wants to have five-star board members, right? So, what makes a good board member? While there is a myriad of books written about the topic, it comes down to five simple criteria:Board members believe in the mission of the organizationsThey understand the difference between governance and managementThey know their roles and responsibilitiesThey are willing to support the organization with their time, talent, and treasureThey are eager to support the organization''s fundraising effortsIn this book, we will show you how to find board members who enthusiastically support your mission, vision, and values. We will teach you how to get them to understand the difference between governance and management and show you how to help them understand their roles and responsibilities.We''ll talk about the importance of board giving and how to help them bring the bear their time, talent, and treasure to help your organization grow. We''ll dispel the myth of Give, Get, or Get Off and teach you a new way to think about your board members'' contributions to your organization.We discuss board recruitment as well as retaining good board members.Table of ContentsChapter One: What is a Five-star Board Member?Chapter Two: How Do Your Board Members Measure Up?Chapter Three: Building a Board That Engages in FundraisingChapter Four: What Do You Need to Look for in Board Members?Chapter Five: Creating Position DescriptionsChapter Six: Where Do You Find Good Board Members?Chapter Seven: Whose Job is It to Recruit Board Members?Chapter Eight: What is the Process for Recruiting Board Members?Chapter Nine: Retaining Good Board MembersChapter Ten: Bringing It All TogetherWritten as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide Γäó series, Building a Five-star Board focuses on creating a board that will take your nonprofit to new heights. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, grant writing, business contributions, fundraising communications, finding and keeping donors, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others.If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide Γäó series is for you.

Are you frustrated you don''t get more grant funding? Do you want to serve more people? Is one of your goals to build organizational capacity? Do you feel anxious about your lack of funding? Are you nervous about getting that foundation''s call? If so, we''ve written How to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks just for you!In this fast-reading book, we show you:The eight questions every grant review committee asksHow to garner more money for program operationsHow to thoroughly address the concerns of grant review committee How to answer all eight questions so that you get more grants funded at the level you requestHow to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to grow their missions by increasing their annual grant income. As a Nonprofit Quick GuideΓäó, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.The authors help you:Submit a compelling case for supportImbed a strong competitive advantage into your proposalGain a reputation for excellence within the funding communityDrastically improve your grant-seeking resultsYou will learn how to craft a first-rate needs section and develop a program description that builds on your needs statements, readies you to measure impact, and prepares you to craft a budget. You will learn how to define more than financial success, effectively measure it, and project it throughout your narrative. We tell you how to craft grant budgets, evidence strong community support, and demonstrate sustainability. We also talk about what a unique marketing position statement is and how to use it to a compelling advantage. We wrap up the book by talking about where in the grant proposal the answers to the eight questions typically appear.Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide series, How to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks focuses on generating revenues specifically through grant writing. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, donor acquisition and retention, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others.If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet or grow client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide series is for you.

Are you a fundraiser who wants to be happy and appreciated in your job? Who wants to earn more money? Would you like to branch out into a fundraising specialty, maybe move up or move on to a new organization? Or, try your hand at consulting? If so, we've written How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career just for you!In this fast-reading book, we show you: What options are available in fundraising How certification can help you in your career Three quick steps to set you on the path to achieve your fundraising goalsHow to Advance in Your Fundraising Career is written for busy development professionals who want to move ahead in their career and find the exact fit for them. A Nonprofit Quick Guide(TM), you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.The authors help you: Find ways to get the education and training you need to advance in the field Understand how certification can help you land a job, get paid more, and feel good about your accomplishments Decide when it is time to move up, move one, or consider consulting Find the professional associations and networking opportunities that can help you achieve success Create your own personal plan for successYou will learn how to assess your strengths and educate yourself in fundraising techniques and philosophy. You will get insights into how professional organizations can help you grow and make helpful contacts. You will be shown techniques that the authors used to succeed in their development professions and in consulting. You will be given the tools to set goals that are the right goals for you and make sure you are in that ideal job.Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide series, How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career focuses on the three steps too success-learning, getting involved, and setting goals. Other books in this series address other areas of fundraising such as development planning, grant writing, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and finding and retaining new donors, among others.If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide series is for you.

Are you looking for new donors to your nonprofit? Do you know where to go to find new donors? Are you losing more donors than you gain? Are you struggling to just meet budget? Do you want to increase your fundraising revenues year over year? If so, we’ve written How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again just for you!In this fast-reading book, we show you:Where to start searching for loyal donorsHow to build relationships with individual, foundation, business, and government donors that result in a donationHow to keep your donors engaged in your mission and excited about your organization so that they give again and again.How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to acquire new donors and increase their annual fundraising income. As a Nonprofit Quick Guide™, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.The authors help you:Identify new donor pools and motivate prospects to giveUnderstand and respond to the unique individual, foundation, corporate, and governmental motivations for givingRetain your new donors, getting them to give that second and third giftCreate donor communications that workDrastically improve your fundraising resultsYou will learn how to connect with potential donors where they are, using strategies that they will respond to. You will get insights into why different types of donors give. You will be shown techniques that successfully tap into individual, foundation, business, and government charitable objectives. You will be able to craft donor communications that increase donor retention. By the end of the book, you will know how to recruit and engage new donors, significantly increasing the chances they will give again.Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide™ series, How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again focuses on generating revenues specifically through donor acquisition and retention. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, grant writing, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others.If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide™ series is for you.