Do you fear, or hope a capital campaign is in your future?

The general public probably thinks “capital campaign” whenever non-profit fundraising is spoken of. Whereas that may have once been somewhat accurate, we know the capital campaigns, in the operation of a well-established and non-profit is more likely an occasional occurrence in the scope of the agency’s development program. That being true, the question remains, “How do we prepared for our capital campaign?  The roundtable will focus on a few core preparation fundamentals that are true for most any agency, church related, non-sectarian, mega organization, small non-profit. The discussion of these fundamentals will target only a few topics:  Project design and case development Donor readiness and cultivation Institutional capacity (staff, systems, board readiness) Public/constituent conditioning