June 29, 2025

Where Have All The Good Fundraisers Gone?

Where Have All The Good Fundraisers Gone is Joanne Oppelt’s take on the #1 REASON WHY fundraising campaigns fail. Here’s what she has to share: If you’re like the CEOs I know, it is tough to find good fundraising talent. Successful development professionals are few and far between. The way I see it, the problem is that fundraisers are not taught how to fundraise correctly, that is, in the most cost-efficient methods […]
April 1, 2025

Donors Are More Important than Your Clients, Issue or Cause!

Donors Are More Important than Your Clients, Issue or Cause is fundraising veteran Joanne Oppelt’s take on how to engage donors when combating the loss of government funding. Here’s what she has to share: There is nothing new under the sun. That axiom is certainly true regarding the current cuts in government funding. While we may not have seen such radical change in government programs over such a short period of time […]
June 8, 2024

Joanne Oppelt, NANOE Member, Raises $1m Gift

Joanne Oppelt, NANOE Member, Raises $1m Major Gift is a celebration of my colleague and friend Joanne Oppelt. I’m Jimmy LaRose, and as the architect of the Major Gifts Ramp-Up Model and co-founder of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives I’m pleased to share that this MGRU & NANOE collaboration has resulted in saved and transformed lives. Joanne’s commitment to NANOE’s principals and her deployment of the MGRU Model generates […]