Our Fundraising plan will be divided in 4 steps and it is vital to face this process as a cycle.

Diagnoses – It is the moment to backup your partnership’s history to analyze how your organization has been doing in  fundraising  for the last years.

It is important to look on how the community sees your institution’s job.

A good strategy to analyze similar organizations is to do a benchmarking – it is a comparison on products , services and practices.

Understand how the fundraising is being done on your organization and who your partners have been.

It is in this step that some fundraising support material shall be created.

A very detailed budget will provide the fundraiser good tools at the time of negotiation.

It is from it that we get the necessary evaluation to draw a strategic and support plan for fundraising.

This document you bring you – fundraiser – answers you must know at the time of the deal.

There are many ways you can encourage and influence a long lasting relationship with your partners.

As there are many techniques in  fundraising and different kind of supporters- having in mind the mission and cause on your projects and goals  clearly – you must choose the best combination among them.

There are many ways of fundraising – with different characteristics – Get to know some : face-to-face meeting , newsletter, email marketing, telemarketing, internet , sites and so on…

See a little bit about new medias and other fundraising resources : crowdfunding – matching gifts – contests and prizes.

It is a technique you can promote your organization – to attract people for the cause above the fundraising.

Learn some more fundraising techniques : Member get member, cause related marketing, to approach old donors and to obtain resources through sales and services.

What audience should I get approach to? Where and who  to get the resources with and who would this partner be – the donor or the ideal investor?

Here at the 4th step of fundraising it is the time to get ready for the negotiation itself.

A deal starts long before the first appointment and goes beyond the presentation itself.

Facts on a fundraising success – What turns a fundraising difficult?