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Hiring Fundraising Staff
The major gift fundraisers are not magicians. They can’t simply pull their millionaire contacts and tell them to give to your ministry now that they work for you. It just does not happen that way. If you have a large pool of middle donors and/or current major donors that need to be cultivated, then you are ready to hire a frontline fundraiser. Here is some fundraiser hiring best practices:
Are your board members currently involved in major gift fundraising?
Board members need to get more involved in major donor efforts through sharing, identifying donors, meeting with prospects, introducing their friends to the organization and ensuring the development director has what she needs to be successful.
Put Your Board of Directors to Work!
As the chief development officer you must empower your board with the knowledge to raise funds (even if they think they already know it all). You must create an environment that is focused on creating new revenue, instead of simply cutting the old spending.
