Best Practices for Campaign Design include proven tactics, strategies, and modeling to raise $10M - $25M.

Clemons-Associates team designed a campaign for the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and $13 million was raised before the August 14 groundbreaking.

You/your team needs to build an exceptional market-ready website (it is the 'calling card' in today's work space whether you are in the digital industry or not). Below is not an inclusive list...but represents key oversights, mishaps and tactical errors when website designing, developing, launching and monitoring. #1 Mistake No Call to Action Yes. You have about 8 seconds to ‘tell your story’ when a reviewer lands on your website. But you need to ALWAYS invite them to take ‘n

Good Gravy! Quit boring your audience to death. Far too often, fundraisers, volunteers and well-meaning Board Members put audiences to sleep instead of delivering an informative, compelling and inspirational message. Below are some flawed techniques and deliveries…along with considerations for a better (more effective) approach. Some General Rules: The average presentation should run no more than 15-25 minutes. Best Practices ‘sprinkle in’ a hand-raising survey, audience inte

Clemons-Associates has developed a customized, sequential step-by-step plan for designing, executing major gift campaigns.

Board Members tell themselves five common lies.

Best Practices for Campaign Design include proven tactics, strategies, and modeling to raise $10M - $25M.

MAKE YOUR DONORS FEEL TRULY INFORMED and VALUED. TREAT EVERY DONATION as a RELATIONSHIP, NOT a TRANSACTION

An impact story is an authentic melding of data, emotional anecdotes and impact on lives, providing audiences access to facts, trends and your nonprofit organization’s amazing story.

25 things you can do to prepare your nonprofit for a GREAT 2026

There may never be a perfect time to launch a campaign. But for many organizations, 2026 is still a good time to act.

Strategic planning for a board involves defining a clear future vision, analyzing the current environment using tools like a SWOT analysis, setting specific, measurable goals, developing actionable plans to achieve these goals, and continuously monitoring and adapting the plan. Board preparation involves creating a supportive culture, establishing a clear framework and agenda for the planning process, and ensuring clear communication and active engagement.

Strategic planning for a board involves defining a clear future vision, analyzing the current environment using tools like a SWOT analysis, setting specific, measurable goals, developing actionable plans to achieve these goals, and continuously monitoring and adapting the plan. Board preparation involves creating a supportive culture, establishing a clear framework and agenda for the planning process, and ensuring clear communication and active engagement.

Nonprofits can adopt strategies to Improve their Unrestricted Fundraising

Nonprofits can adopt strategies to Improve their Unrestricted Fundraising

Effective Ways to use Campaign Barometers

How Nonprofits can get their Board Members to successfully fundraise

Help your board members avoid dysfunction and clearly understand their roles in supporting your nonprofit’s success. As our firm - Clemons-Associates - works with global nonprofits, faith-based ministries and educational institutions (including all Community Colleges in Oklahoma), we are often asked how and when to build, manage and engage a great Board of Directors. Smart inquiry! While reviewing opinions/resources/insights, we find a great article by Richie Geisel poste

It is difficult to limit today’s successful TOP FUNDRAISING TIPS to under 100 tactics, techniques and best practices, but this was the outcome of a ‘stream of consciousness’ exercise after serving 40+ clients and helping organizations raise more than $720 million dollars. As these are not sorted by priority, consider if your organization should adopt these effective initaitives. 1. Have a written project plan Run your fundraiser like a small business. Have a written project

If you’re thinking about a major gift campaign ( Clemons-Associates has served 40+ clients with campaigns ranging from $3M to $300M), it’s likely that key stakeholders (staff, board, key donors…) might suggest a local development consultant from your community offers an insider edge. But consider three myths about local capital campaign consultants In this post, we’ll bust three common myths about local capital campaign consultants to help you sort through the right expert f