Learn with Linda™
In my Learn with Linda™ online sessions, we roll up our sleeves and dive into the nuts-and-bolts of fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Sessions are a half-hour or so, yet are packed with the very information you need. I also provide information about my related online courses so that you can step up your fundraising game to a truly professional level.
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Move Donors Up the Donor Pyramid by Using the Four Keys to Building Good Donor Relationships
If you’ve been in fundraising for more than a week, you’ve probably attended or been invited to at least one workshop on “making the ask.” But before you think about asking an individual, a business, or a foundation for money, you have to establish a relationship. Come learn how to build the relationships before you think about making the ask!
5 Secrets to Successful Capital Campaigns
Are you getting ready for a capital campaign?
In this Learn with Linda™ session, I'll reveal the five secrets of successful capital campaigns (some of them may surprise you). You will learn how to ensure that your campaign is less about the “pain” part and more about making your organization stronger for the future.
Get Rid of Your Nominating Committee: Course Build a Great Board
Why do so many nonprofits struggle with recruiting and keeping good board members? Because they go about it wrong! If this month’s free webinar, “Get Rid of Your Nominating Committee,” you’ll learn a better way to find, recruit, and retain great board members
Strategic Planning: Turning “Oh, no ☹” into “Oh, boy 😊”
Does your board jump for joy when it’s time to update or start a new strategic plan? If you’re like most nonprofit directors, you’re probably saying, “Yeah, right. They moan and groan and find excuses because they are too busy to do it, or think you don’t need a plan, or it’s not their job to do it!
The 12 Step Cure to Special Event Addiction
Is your nonprofit addicted to special event fundraising? I have the cure for you! This free Learn with Linda webinar, The 12 Step Cire to Special Event Addiction, will help you move to more effective and efficient fundraising methods.!
Three Secrets to Advancing Your Fundraising Career
Are you new to fundraising and you’re not quite sure what this career is really all about or maybe you’ve been in it for a while and you really want advance and expand you repertoire into doing other types of fundraising. Or maybe you’ve been stuck to doing one thing and you really wanna learn more about the aspects of fundraising and grow along with them.
Developing Your Case for Support
How much buzz you've heard about story telling? Are you also over saturated by listening to it? Story telling has been very important in the especially in the early civilization. And it was done graphically. How many of you has written a story about you nonprofit? If not, you to have a story to tell.
Create a Development Plan that Works
Do you have Development Plan? Is it written down? Are you using it? Is it implemented? Is it being evaluated? If the answer to these question is "No" or you are not really sure then you need to attend this Learn with Linda Webinar, because we're going to talk about the Development Plan and why it's so important for an organization to have a development plan.
Is it Time for a Development Audit?
If you were like me who's been working in a Development Office and you often kinda rant screaming because you knew that a financial auditor is coming and you know that it will take a lot of your time, a lot paper works and you have to answer a bunch of questions. A good financial audit will help you develop policies and procedures. Stay tuned for this webinar because you will learn a lot about development audits. How it's done, who should do it and a lot more.
How to Get Rid of Willie Sutton Theory of Business Fundraising
We are going to talk about something that perhaps will surprise you about Business Fundraising and I'm going to teach you some terminologies that you might get rid of your language that you might never use again. That may be the first surprise that you'll get and we will also talk about some fact that will help you understand why business is important in the nonprofit.
So you Want to Be a Consultant? (Or Succeed at Consulting?
Have you ever thought about being a consultant? Or maybe you already are a consultant and you're just thinking about "do I wanna grow my business?" or "do I wanna change my business?", "should I work alone?", "do I collaborate with other consultants". We will address all these things in our Learn with Linda.