by Mary Sumners | Apr 23, 2021 | Board, Annual Giving, News & Articles
Connecting your volunteers to your organizational needs and goals is important work; volunteers, including the board, are a key to significantly increasing your fundraising outcomes. However, keeping your volunteers engaged and feeling like they are making a...
by Mary Sumners | Nov 20, 2019 | Board, Roundtable, News & Articles
The broader purpose of a board self-assessment is to create and maintain a healthy board by assessing members’ perceptions and status of their servitude. More specifically, the assessment should ensure non-profit compliance, evaluate best practices, identify where...
by Mary Sumners | Oct 21, 2019 | News & Articles
Plan your thank you like you plan your ask. As fundraising professionals, we all know that donors need a thank you when they make a gift. But what we don’t always spend enough time on is how to make that thank you special to the donor. At Kennari Consulting, we...
by Mary Sumners | May 22, 2019 | News & Articles
Many nonprofit organizations strive to have healthy board engagement. An active and involved board often means strong fundraising support, mission-connectedness, and productive and meaningful board meetings. Unfortunately, as consultants, we regularly hear that board...
by Mary Sumners | Apr 26, 2019 | News & Articles
Gift cultivation is just like growing your own garden: roses will need different attention than daisies. Just as donors become engaged with your organization through different channels, their needs are different in terms of stewardship and cultivation. This means...