TWB Fundraising Blog

May 25, 2022

Volunteer Leadership Search: Three Pillars Initiative — What Participants are Saying

Are you a seasoned fundraiser, grant maker or philanthropist who is passionate about helping...

November 1, 2017

Development Dilemma: Fundraising with Volunteers

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

June 14, 2017

What to Do If Board Members Won't Solicit Major Gifts

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

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...

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...

May 25, 2012

Doing Good

Written by Gene Brandt

I recently attended a memorial service for a woman with whom I worked a number of years ago. She...

March 2, 2012

Using Volunteers Effectively in Capital Campaigns

Written by Gene Brandt

It seems that I am continually reminded of the vital importance of volunteers in fundraising....