How do you approach your board members to make their gifts to your annual appeal. It should not be done at a board meeting, or through the mail. Remember, your board members are major donors and should be treated as such. And do not "nickel-and-dime" them at every meeting. If they are enthusiastic supporters of your nonprofit, they will want to support it by giving and getting!

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2. The “Tin Cup” mentality?
A necessary evil?
We don’t need it.
Not my job!
I don’t know how.
I don’t want to bug my
friends!
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3. o They have a fiduciary responsibility for the
organization!
o They are volunteers!
o They lend credibility to the organization!
o Funders expect it!
o They care (or should care), more than anyone else,
about the organization!
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4. o Board Recruitment
o The Development Committee
o The Board Appeal
o Board Education
o Brainstorming
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5. 100%
Meaningful Levels
Early Commitment
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6. 100% means 100%--every board member
must give:
What if they cannot afford to give?
What if they don’t want to give?
Back to board recruitment
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7. Meaningful Levels:
Is it $500, $1,000, $5,000?
Is it give or get?
Back to board recruitment
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8. Early Commitment
Fundraising from the inside out
Look at your development calendar
Look at your fiscal year
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9. o Start with the Chair—who asks the chair?
o Evaluate Board Giving Potential—use major gift
strategies
o Prepare Materials—a good tool to use
o Creating a Philanthropic Environment—is fundraising
important in your organization?
o Ask Board Members Personally—the five to one rule
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10. o Start with the Chair—who asks the chair?
o Evaluate Board Giving Potential—use major gift
strategies
o Prepare Materials—a good tool to use
o Creating a Philanthropic Environment—is fundraising
important in your organization?
o Ask Board Members Personally—the five to one rule
Linda Lysakowski.com: Dedicated to inspiring philanthropy and creativity

11. o Start with the Chair—who asks the chair?
o Ask Board Members Personally—the five to one
rule
o An asker must a giver be!
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