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Board Boot Camp

Does your board understand and embrace their role as fundraisers for your organization? If not, check out our board boot camp, an intense four-hour session to help board members understand what makes a development program successful, what their role is in fundraising, and how to develop a network of support for your organization.    Read more



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Board Development Programs

Is your Board of Directors an energetic, enthused, harmonious group, committed to the mission of your organization, knowledgeable about and able to help your organization's fundraising efforts?

If not, you may be interested in CAPITAL VENTURE's Board Development Program.

Why?

Building an effective Board of Directors is the cornerstone of any successful nonprofit organization. Your Board must know your organization, its mission, and their role in the organization to be effective. Let CAPITAL VENTURESM help you build your Board of Directors into a valuable asset for your organization.  Read more



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Board Giving

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By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President

Board giving! Always an interesting debate. How much should they give? Does it really matter if they all give or not? I've even hear some organizations that want to "pay up" for a reluctant board members and "fake a gift" from that board member just so they can say they have 100% board participation. Perhaps the board chair offers to make a gift in the reluctant board member's name so they can report 100% giving. What is wrong with this picture?

Besides the obvious ethical considerations, think about it this way. If you are a human service agency that treats drug and alcoholic clients in a counseling program, would you "fake success" by saying well this client has been clean for twice as long as anticipated outcomes, so we can take her 6 months and credit them to this clients that did not stay clean? Or take pints form the student with the highest grade point average and give them to a failing student to improve your success rate? You get the idea!

These may sound like extreme comparisons, but board giving cannot be "faked, fudged or overlooked."  Read more



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Brainstorming Form

Use the brainstorming form to identify potential donors, board members or volunteers for your organization. This form can be used with board, staff and/or development committee to help you build your prospect lists.  Read more



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Building an Effective Board

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By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President
Originally published in the Club Managers Association of America April/May 2009 newsletter

For most nonprofit organizations, building an effective board is one of their greatest challenges. How do you find good board members, how do you get them to join the board, to become active, and to keep them involved once they are on the board?  Read more



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