Are you ready for a Capital Campaign? 2nd Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798241582560)

Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? is a practical workbook that does what many organizations pay thousands of dollars to have a consultant do for them.

This book can help you raise the sights of your entire organization to raise more money than you ever dreamed possible. You will learn what the key ingredients of a successful campaign are and how to make sure your organization has these ingredients in its toolbox before you launch a campaign that could fail because you didn't plan adequately. Once you've determined that you are ready or can get ready without a major overhaul of your development program, buy the companion book, Capital Campaigns in a Digital Age, also by Linda Lysakowski, to help you plan for a successful campaign.

This workbook will help you assess:

• Whether you have a donor prospect pool for major campaign gifts.
• Whether you have planned adequately for the campaign.
• Whether your board is willing to step up to support the campaign.
• Whether your staff has sufficient time to devote to the campaign.
• Whether you have the right policies and procedures in place.
• Whether your community is ready for the campaign.
• How well can your software system manage a campaign.

This book provides exercises you can do as a group to help you get ready for what will, most likely, be the biggest fundraising effort your organization has done up to this point.