{"product_id":"focused-fundraising-isbn-9781119835271","title":"Focused Fundraising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You’ll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundraising, including technology changes, scarce resources, and shifting donor expectations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book, you’ll also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHands-on skills for sharpening your focus while those around you are giving in to endless distractions \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn insightful combination of big-picture views and micro-considerations that offer a practical roadmap to set and stick with your priorities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical applications of tried and true mindfulness and nonprofit strategy research that you can implement immediately in your organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential, desk-side resource for nonprofit board members, managers, leaders, and team members, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind toolbox designed to help you tackle the challenges you face every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Focused Fundraising: How to RAISE Your Sights and Overcome Overload vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Challenges of Focused Fundraising 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Constant Craziness of Nonprofit Life 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Focus Begins by Valuing the Work 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 You Can Focus Because You Are Mindful 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Tech Tug and Instant Overload 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Why Instant Overload Is Here to Stay: The 4 Ms 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 This Is Not the Focus You’re Looking For 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Focus- First: the Raise Framework 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 How RAISE Helps 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Recognize Your Point of View 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Assess Your Standards 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Inspire Your Efforts 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Structure Your Work 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Evolve Your Approach 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Focused Fundraising Teams 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 The Importance of Culture 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Prospect Development 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Engagement Strategies 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Fundraising Operations 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Strategic Information Management 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 The Power of Maturity Models 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Focused Fundraising Maturity Model 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Further Thoughts on Thought Work 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Causativity 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToolkit: RAISE: Practical Examples and Coaching Prompts 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTOPHER M. CANNON\u003c\/b\u003e is the President of Management Consulting at Zuri Group, where he advises many of the world’s top nonprofits and oversees projects for clients who raise billions of dollars each year. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Executive’s Guide to Fundraising Operations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL FELBERBAUM\u003c\/b\u003e is the leader of Yale University’s Advancement Systems and the co-founder of Causativity.org. Michael is a long-time mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher. He also serves as a Board Member of New Haven’s Solar Youth.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonprofit fundraising plays a critical role in the social fabric. Healthcare, Education, and so many other sectors depend on fundraising for continuity and growth. But the overload from today’s always on, always connected world, threaten even the most focused fundraising teams and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e, a team of distinguished nonprofit leaders delivers a startlingly insightful and necessary instruction manual in how to retain and sharpen your focus when everyone around you is giving in to the endless distractions foisted on us by the modern world. In the book, you’ll find robust combinations of mindfulness and science, organizational wisdom and individual advice, and big-picture views and micro-considerations that dovetail to provide a highly practical and compact resource for nonprofit fundraising professionals and volunteers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors show you how to successfully fight back against the volume, pace, and complexity of the contemporary business environment and learn to separate the necessary from the near. You’ll explore concrete strategies for learning to distinguish between a true emergency and issues that are merely noisy and close, maintaining your focus and mindfulness with the effective techniques discussed within. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA can’t-miss resource for nonprofit managers, and fundraising professionals and volunteers seeking relief from the constant distraction and noise created by the contemporary organization, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place on the bookshelves of any business or nonprofit leader who wants to combine powerful mindfulness tactics with effective organizational operational strategies.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaintain your focus on what truly matters as you find the Zen of fundraising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential combination of evidence-based mindfulness techniques and powerful operational strategies to thrive in a hybrid\/remote fundraising world. The book positions nonprofit managers, leaders, and team members to succeed despite a growing deluge of distraction and noise in the contemporary fundraising environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-of-its-kind compilation of individual mindfulness tactics and operational strategies, \u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e is the tool you’ve been waiting for to help you create an environment in which your fundraising efforts can flourish and succeed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book tackles a topic—instant overload due to too much to do, too many distractions, and too little time—that is affecting everyone. Focusing on the important over the urgent is not always easy and Michael and Chris present tactics and some big-picture thinking that help fundraisers and the nonprofit sector. This book is full of strategies that I can use with my team.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Theresa A. Pesch,\u003c\/b\u003e President and VP of Philanthropy, Hennepin Healthcare Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFocused Fundraising\u003c\/i\u003e provides advancement professionals with tips and tricks that can help cut through the noise. Chris and Michael present step-by-step guides to deal with the daily grind and help you target what matters most.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Donald J. Whelan, Jr.,\u003c\/b\u003e Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, Texas Christian University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nonprofit work and fundraising requires daily inspiration so you can stay focused on what really matters, be resilient in the face of setbacks, and steadily move your vision and goals forward. With this book in hand, you’ve got a key resource to keep you motivated and on track.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Allison A. 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