Here’s how we can help you do good, better.
We set your bar higher with:
Revenue Raising Strategies.
Building a more sustainable organization includes thinking more strategically about your income streams. If you haven’t already, you need to start building a revenue raising strategy – a path your organization can follow to find support (over and above fundraising) for the good work you’re doing.
It should identify who benefits from the services you offer, and how; so you can find resources that align with your work and mission instead of the other way around. Contact us if you need help building a revenue model that increases the reliability – and autonomy – of your budget.
Cases for Engagement.
Your case is the long-form explanation of the clear and compelling need that your organization addresses — the story of why and how you do what you do. Your story has impact; use it while on-boarding, team-building and developing your Board.
Just as importantly, strategically select a few of its messages, stir in some supporting outcomes and outputs and – voila! – you’ve got a powerful response to prospective donors and funders asking: ‘Why do YOU deserve support?’
Communications Strategies.
Your strategy sets the tone and direction for your communications: it’s what you’re going to do and why. A good strategy gives you a future-proof filter to determine if a tactic fits with your goals. You wouldn’t pack hiking equipment for a trip without knowing what type of terrain you’ll be covering, would you?
Call us old-fashioned, but we think the best strategy is measurable, scalable, and customized to your organization’s goals. (Also how we pick a good rucksack.)
Customized Training.
Need help developing a more informed, motivated and aligned organization? Or maybe you’re a nonprofit sector association looking for some customized learning that helps you finally smash through your ceiling.
Successful educators say good learning starts with good learning objectives — what you’ll walk away knowing more about and able to do. So, naturally, that’s our métier too. If you’ve got a specific training need in mind, contact us to learn more.
Capital Campaign Feasibility Studies.
You want to launch a capital campaign, but you’re unsure if you’ll hit your goal — or what your goal should even be. Our capital campaign feasibility study gives you personalized insight from your fundraising environment so that you can feel confident your campaign will achieve your goal.
We start by conducting a series of sophisticated interviews with a few dozen carefully chosen donors and prospects. In these interviews we explore in a measurable, no-pressure way, the likelihood of you meeting your campaign goal. When we’re finished, we compile and present the information that lets you know if there’s more cultivation to be done, or if your campaign is set for success.
Fundraising Appeals & Stewardship.
Donors actually want to hear from you, but you may be leaving money on the table if you’re not speaking to them donor-centrically. There’s an art and a science to helping donors feel welcomed, loved, appreciated and important. It starts with recognizing that fundraising is not about money: it’s about the impact of that money.
We’ve written more successful appeal letters and impact stories than we’ve had hot meals, so let us help with experienced strategies; logical, emotionally inspiring, and clearly written in language that rings all your Donors’ bells.
Brand Books.
So how do you want people to think of you? Your brand book is a clear communication of your look and feel to your organization’s stakeholders. This way, everyone from your audience to your team members are on the same page.
Of course we cover the ‘most wanted’ tools — classics like mission, vision and brand persona. But we like to sit down with you to discover what tools are essential to YOUR organization, then craft the brand book that’s as personalized as it is useful.
Strategic Planning.
Where should your organization be heading? What route should you take? And who steers… your Board? The staff?
Good strategic planning should create a roadmap for your nonprofit’s success. It should allow your board, staff and key stakeholders to set your organization’s most important priorities, making sure they’re aligned with your nonprofit’s mission, vision and values. It should establish your goals and objectives while, at the same time, providing a framework and process for implementing and achieving them. Madskills excels at facilitating this kind of planning. And, if you choose, we can even fill your tank with all the policies and procedures you’ll need for the trip. (Your mileage may vary.)
Know what you need?
Here’s how we work:
Discovery.
We start by researching your position in your space. This looks like combing through your web, social and geographical presence, and asking you so many questions you’d swear we really wanted to get to know you.
Do-ery.
We take all that research and work with you to set objectives for your new standard of success. Then we concoct a master plan which we present to you for you and your stakeholders’ approval and then, by jinkies, we get right down to business — keeping you as updated as you’d like along the way.
Delivery.
We wrap everything up in a bow and deliver it right to your hands — well, not the workshops, those would be very heavy. Always on-schedule, always on-budget and always over-performing.