TWB Fundraising Blog

March 22, 2018

Development Dilemma: Changing Career Paths

Written by Clyde Watkins

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

December 13, 2017

Development Dilemma: Getting your CEO to Plan

Written by Clyde Watkins

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

June 21, 2017

Development Dilemma: Do We Need a Gala?

Written by Clyde Watkins

In our new weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions...

July 13, 2016

Six of the Biggest Challenges on the Horizon for Nonprofits

Written by Clyde Watkins

One of our roles as consultants is to help our clients maintain focus on long-term strategy. The...

May 3, 2016

Seven Characteristics of Successful Campaign Volunteers

Written by Clyde Watkins

You will never achieve a 100% success rate in recruiting successful volunteers, despite everyone's...

January 13, 2016

Campaign Readiness Checklist

Written by Clyde Watkins
Are you campaign ready? 

No matter the goal, if you're looking to dive into a campaign to help...

January 20, 2015

The Four Biggest Myths About Starting A Community Campaign

Written by Clyde Watkins

If you look for them, you will find numerous reasons why your campaign cannot possibly work. There...

July 22, 2014

The Role of Board Members in a Capital Campaign

Written by Clyde Watkins

Aside from their responsibilities for self-perpetuation, and the selection and oversight of...

May 17, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education (Part Two)

Written by Clyde Watkins

Think about it. Pretend you are a college student, registered at any given institution, taking most...

May 15, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education

Written by Clyde Watkins

As all of us are aware, we live in an age of rapidly changing communications systems, and this is...

March 25, 2013

Soliciting Campaign Gifts: The Vanishing Volunteer

Written by Clyde Watkins

In the forty years I have been working in development, the past two decades as a consultant, I have...

February 4, 2013

Networking with a Purpose

Written by Clyde Watkins

Networking with a Purpose The Development Leadership Consortium Continuing Fellows Reception –...