The Anatomy of the Ask
When Nathan, founder of The Almoner, asked me to write about the “Anatomy of the Ask,” my mind immediately returned to high school and college science classes—facts, experiments, science…
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How to Use Obsidian for Creative Writing
I recently started using the program Obsidian for creative writing and my productivity exploded. Why? Because a good system makes it easy to be creative. I’m going to share a little bit about…
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Excellence in Action
I recently talked to Tony Menke of the Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern South Dakota (CCFESD) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He’s the CEO and a former FOCUS missionary, so he is…
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Recipe for Success #1 – Take Me Out to the Ball Game
This post begins a new series of articles called “Recipes for Success.” Each “recipe” will be a successful fundraising model used by a Knights of Columbus council in a parish setting. This…
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Tee ‘em Up
As fundraising team members, we must involve our leaders – whether it be a President, Executive Director, or CEO – in fundraising activities creatively and strategically. We also have to…
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How to Use Python to Add Tons of Teams to Classy with the API.
I’ve used Classy to fundraise for Golden Harvest Food Bank for about four years. It’s a great platform, and we’ve raised nearly $3.5 million with it in that time. One of our biggest…
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How to Use Google Colab to Create Custom QR Codes for Fundraising
Do you like that custom fundraising QR code above? Making it is easy peasy if you have the right tools, all of which happen to be free. As you might know, the humble QR code has become a big…
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Major Gift Officer: Best Job in Development?
I was at a career crossroads, reflecting on Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” “Two roads diverged in a wood – and I….” How would I finish that line, “and I…?” Having held positions as…
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Should I sell used books to raise money for my church?
Dear Almoner, I attend a Catholic Church with many ministries. My idea is to open a nonprofit account with Amazon to sell used books. Donors from the church would bring used books and I would…
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Wisdom in Serving the Poor – Chapter 2
The Volunteer’s Christlike Character Many churches working in mission to the poor have experienced a harvest of good fruit born out of this ministry. Sometimes a family that has been helped by…
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