Self-Paced and Live Trainings for Nonprofit Leaders

What if you had a roadmap that laid out the hard-earned knowledge and battle-tested tools to show you the way?

What if you had access to seasoned pros ready to help you sharpen your skills?

The Fixer Fundraising Formula is that roadmap — the one that shows you shortcuts without cutting any corners.

You’re not far from becoming a fundraising champion. You’re in the driver’s seat, but I’ll be right next to you, helping you navigate. I’ll show you exactly how the experts raise millions.

In this course, I will pull back the curtain and help you have confidence that you know your stuff.

One of the most powerful tools to secure funding year after year is demonstrating momentum…that what you are doing is working.

This training will show you creative ways to explain to donors, funders, stakeholders, and your board that the work of your organization is important and impactful - with 18 creative (and true) metrics.

For many years nonprofits could not figure out how to raise money on social media.

Facebook Fundraisers have cracked the code. Over a billion has been raised in just a few years. You can raise money for individuals or charities.

Facebook Fundraisers are an amazing way to bring in quick money for your organization, even if the organization has no followers.

Why? Because you rely on the network of your supporters to build these fundraisers. They really are an easy and powerful tool to raise "general operating" money quickly.

It is VERY easy to do Facebook Fundraisers wrong!!

In this training, I will show you the "8 Expert Tips to Raise $10K+ with Facebook Fundraisers." with LOTS of campaign assets/tools to use to power your team!

Asking people for a big donation does not need to be intimidating or difficult.

In this training, I will show you the exact steps and tactics to use in any major donor “ask,” including four basic things you MUST KNOW to make a good ask!

Annual reports can be powerful marketing and fundraising products used for years at a time.

This training will show examples of awesome annual reports, and we’ll walk through concrete tips you can use to make your report stand out and be fun to produce. This is not your typical Annual Report tutorial.

What are the “big buckets” of fundraising methods used by nonprofits? What are the pros and cons of each and why should an organization focus on three?

If you don’t have a big list does it make sense to do mail or events? If you consistently can’t get traction on social media, should you focus on email?

Come learn the main methods nonprofits use to fundraise and feel more confident you have picked the right ones for your organization.

In this training, we’ll pull back the curtain on the top methods and show you how to choose which ones are right for you!

When I jumped from nonprofits to owning my own business, I learned the secret tips that marketers and the private sector have known for a long time. Now, I’ll spill the tea and teach you how to grow your email list more quickly.

Most of these tips are FREE to implement.

If you need to raise money from individuals, you need an email list growth strategy. Nonprofits will see attrition on their list over time (non-renewals, bouncing emails, unsubscribed, people dying or moving, etc.), so they must constantly grow their lists.

There are a lot of benefits to growing your email list, beyond fundraising - and in this training I will show you how!

Fundraising can feel complicated and overwhelming.

Many nonprofit organizations are drowning in fundraising ideas but are not sure where to begin.

No organization or fundraiser has the capacity to do everything they want to do. So it helps to 1) narrow, 2) prioritize, 3) delegate, and 4) set deadlines.

The best way to do this is by creating a fundraising plan.

“A plan that is not in writing, is just an idea.”

A fundraising plan is a powerful way to take a big, lofty annual fundraising goal and break it down into smaller pieces with clear delegation of who does what and by when. It also must be in writing, or it will not serve you. Organizations with clear goals and plans raise more money than those that don't.

In this training, I will show you how to identify the main fundraising streams and how you can raise more from each category. A development plan is a foundational tool that all serious fundraisers use.

Major gifts from individual donors can be the lifeblood of many organizations. Major gift fundraising is the lowest-cost and highest-yielding work in fundraising. But it's very easy to fail, fall short, or even harm your donor relationships if you aren’t skilled at making that ask.

This course will show you more than 16 secret tips that expert fundraisers know and use in communicating with major donors!

In this powerful and hands-on training, we will learn and practice the fundamentals using sophisticated tips about human persuasion and communication.

This training is not about “asking” or “soliciting” as much as it is about having a powerful, compelling, and consistent way of explaining your cause. This makes asking 10 times easier. Pitching has gotten a bad rap. Ignore the terminology and tune in for practical and immediately useful tips.

If you want to engage more people and turn them into ambassadors for your organization, you must use simple storytelling tactics. Getting other people to care as much as you do about your organization is critical to enlisting volunteers and donors so we can achieve our mission.

It’s also easier than you think and costs zero extra dollars.

You may only have your supporters’ attention for a moment. Don’t lose them. How can you get your message out in the time it takes individuals to “swipe right” or click “delete.” We must learn how to break through.

Once you learn these simple tips, you can easily turn your volunteers, board members, staff, and stakeholders into powerful messengers and fundraising machines.

Most nonprofits are doing it wrong. There are secrets to running a successful grant program. You can’t just “spray and pray” by sending proposals out and hoping for the best.

Learn the step-by-step method for building a grant program that gets most of your grants funded. A dash of psychology. A hint of networking. A pinch of time-saving techniques and a whole lot of creativity leads to a more successful grant program.

After 30 years of grant writing, supervising, strategizing, prospecting and fulfilling expectations for small nonprofits, I am ready to spill the beans and show you how I get a majority of the grants I write.