Do you have a trusted advisor on your fundraising team?

Dianna Smiley, CFRE*, is founder and principal.  She is committed to providing targeted and affordable services that meet your organization’s unique needs, reflecting her practical and strategic approach.

*CFRE stands for Certified Fund Raising Executive - the only internationally-recognized credential for expertise, accomplishment, and ethics in the fundraising profession. Dianna has maintained this credential since 2010.

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Family Influence on Major Gifts Part 2

Yes, the conversation about a major gift can get more complicated if family members are included. But if the donor wants to include them, it’s much better to do so than have the gift crash and burn later due to important voices not being heard.

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Family Member Influence in Major Gift Decisions

How can we understand whether and how the donor's family is important to our work with the donor? How do we respect the donor's privacy while exploring ways to include family members in the gift discussion that might make the gift more meaningful? Or in ways that might enable the gift to happen at all?

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Your team is full of great people!  But how can you be confident that your fundraising strategies and activities are a good fit for your organizational profile and provide maximum support for your mission? How do you increase your annual giving or plan for a special campaign?

What if your organization’s fundraising needs a tune-up?  Maybe you have a new executive director or development director, and it’s time to raise the level and sophistication of your efforts.

You want your organization to be around for a long time – and planning for a long-term future of “enough” support is critical.  You also need someone who knows all about building long-term and legacy support.

To be confident in your plans to raise the funds required by your important work, you need a trusted advisor.  But your trusted advisor can’t just be a cheerleader.  Instead, you need the help of someone who is strategic, encouraging, insightful, broadly and deeply experienced in fundraising, and committed to your success.  Dianna Smiley is that person, and her company, Dianna Smiley LLC, is the firm to give you the tools and confidence you need – to get the support your important work needs.