Friendraising: Community Engagement Strategies for Boards Who Hate Fundraising But Love Making Friends - 2nd Edition

FriendRaising is a one-of-a-kind guide, helping you build in-person relationshipson the ground in your community, deepening relationships that may have begun online.Do you wish your organization had real friends? Friends will support your missionin every way imaginable - sharing their time, their wisdom, their in-kind gifts, theirconnections, and yes, even their dollars.     FriendRaising is about building authentic2-way relationships between your community and your organization's mission. Because when the whole community is engaged in your mission, they will do everything they can to make sure you succeed.   And FriendRaising is an activity board members will love!    This no-nonsense guide shows your board:

• How to connect your organization with new friends
• How to engage those friends
• How to keep those friends
• And how to ask those friends for all kinds of help

FriendRaising includes:

• 89 Step-by-Step Strategies (and then some) your board members will want to do
• Dozens of FriendRaising checklists and brainstorm sheets
• Real world examples of these strategies in action
• And more!

You can start building your network of friends today. What are you waiting for?