Reinforcing the Basics | Building Your Skillset If you are like me, you are thinking a lot about your goals for this year. Now is the perfect time to refocus on essentials while expanding on potential. Let’s talk about advancement planning and what it can do for your ministry! True advancement planning occurs when you’re […]
The Power of Ten
High Priority Prospects and What They Can Mean for Your Ministry I want to share a powerful method we’ve seen work again and again for leaders. I believe it will help you focus in the year as you look ahead to the next ten to twelve months. Focus on establishing a group of highest […]
How to Grow Long-Term Donors
Knowing the difference between when and how to emphasize gifts and commitments with potential donors is vital to the process of creating a sustained community of generous giving. To determine the development strategy you’re going to use, you must first understand the stages of a donor. Donor-focused perspective is key! The current outlook on fundraising […]
This December May Never Come Again
Zach Clark talks about the challenge of keeping focus at the end of the giving year and the 4 essential things we encourage leaders to do to have a record giving year.
What You Absolutely Positively Must Do Before the End of December
The clock is ticking. The giving year is quickly coming to a close. Are you ready? Let’s review three simple, yet specific, steps you can take to maximize the potential for donor giving here at the end of the calendar year. Let’s get you setup and ready to roll in the NEXT calendar year! […]
How to raise more money by just saying thank you
How well are you thanking and reporting? Are you setting the standard in this important work? I want to challenge you to consider how you can grow giving by focusing first on better thanking and reporting to your donors. This is essential to growing your giving future! Here’s what the data tells us: If […]
Achieving Your Giving Goal in the Next 45 Days
This calendar year is coming to a close. Have you hit your giving goals? Creating a 45-day plan may be the push your project needs. Any purposeful gift is the result of intentional planning; it begins with God and flows from your faithful follow-through. By this point in the year, you have had a lot […]
4 Ways To Create A Sense of Urgency to Grow Giving
If you will do these four actionable steps, it will move your ministry to a higher level of giving results. Zach Clark shares specific actionable things that you can do to move forward and grow your significant giving for your ministry.
Why Now is the Best Time to Raise Money
When is the best time to start raising money? If this is a question you find yourself asking, take a few minutes to learn what Zach Clark, Founder of Development and Leadership Coaching, has to say in this video about why the best time is right now even though it may not feel like it […]
Planning Versus Doing
Are you stuck in the planning phase of the work you do through your ministry? In this video, Zach Clark, Founder of Development and Leadership Coaching, shares some questions you need to ask in order to help you take action, and get the right information in front of people who could make a big […]
How to switch from busy to effective
How do you flip the switch when you are overwhelmed and anxious with way too many things to do from being busy to being effective? I want to take you through a process that has helped me and many of the leaders we work with here at Development & Leadership Coaching. But first, you […]
Coaching with Zach: Why You Don’t Have Enough Giving
An inside glimpse at a coaching conversation about the challenges a leader is facing with scheduling time with potential donors as well as seeing enough money raised to achieve their goals by deadline.
Want to move forward? Stop having imaginary conversations
I’m taking about those imaginary conversations in your head that hold you back. Don’t get overwhelmed. Get encouraged!
The 100 Day Reset
Are you struggling to keep you and your team focused? You may need to hit the reset button. In fact, as leaders, data suggests that we should be hitting the reset button every 100 days. We have learned that it is very hard to sustain a group of people moving together and keep their focus, […]
Do You Have the Courage to REGAIN Donors?
Many leaders struggle to prioritize their focus when it comes to raising money. The number one challenge that we see in ministries is retaining donors, and regaining those that were lost. When it comes to raising money to move ministry forward, leaders tend to gravitate toward spending their energy to recruit new donors. I want […]
10 Personal Planning Questions for the New Year
Planning for the year ahead is not just for ‘Type A’ people. Planning is really part of how we do what we do as leaders. It is part of a lifestyle of leadership, and great planning starts with great questions. When it comes to planning, we encourage people to create a file, […]
Simplify Your Year End Giving Approach in December
What’s on your plate for raising money at the end of the year? In this video, Zach Clark, founder of Development and Leadership Coaching, speaks directly to people who are working to raise money effectively in the month of December. He shares a specific structure and mindset you can use to simplify your life, manage […]
4 Ways to Stop Being Overwhelmed and Get Things Done
The reality today for anyone in a leadership role is that more is being expected for less. I want to give you 4 principles to help you not just get things done, but get the RIGHT things done. 1. Measure your capacity to meet with people rather than all of the projects you are working […]
What the Bible Really Says about Favoritism and Raising Money
This is a controversial topic. How can you balance your need to raise money for ministry with what the Bible teaches about avoiding favoritism in James Chapter 2? “My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine […]
4 Ways to Ridiculously Grow your Network and Influence
How can we expand our network and engage more people in the vision of our organization? I get this question all the time from the leaders I work with and the answer to this question starts with YOU. As a leader, you have to be taking intentional steps to grow your reach and your influence. […]
