What Tools or Skills do You Have Available?

To complete a fundraiser successfully you need to have access to various tools and skills. Tools you will need could be a computer and the skills to use it. With a computer, you can send email to those who are supporting your cause and to those who are helping you with the job. This will save you a great deal of time and energy - can you imagine phoning 20 or so helpers to alert them to the next meeting? Sure, you can advertise it in the paper, but maybe they don’t all subscribe to the paper.

Besides, with a computer, all the information is written down and readily available and it didn’t cost you anything more than the time it took to prepare it. A phone is certainly handy for that personal touch and for setting up other appointments, so be sure you have access to one. If you also have an answering machine, you’ll find it beneficial for taking those calls while you are out.

Communication skills are important in fundraising; if you don’t have them, get hold of someone who does. Look for someone with a bubbly personality, a ready smile and the gift of the gab. Some people say all you need is the mouth, but you also need someone who is tactful and polite. If they are also well liked in the community, then you have a winning combination.

Logical thinking is also a skill much needed in fundraising activities. For a person to get the support of a business or organization they need to be able to verbalize the details in a logical manner. If they jump from the end to the beginning and then explain the middle, the person listening is likely to be confused and consider the proposal unprofessional. Their next step is a refusal!

Another skill that someone on your committee will need is the ability to keep meticulous records. You will need to keep minutes of meetings with a legible record of all the goals and decisions made. Whether this is done on a laptop or by hand in a notebook is up to the person doing it.

Bookkeeping skills are also essential. Since the goal is to raise money, there will naturally be money involved and you’ll certainly need a record of who gave what. Even the smallest raffle needs to be carefully recorded so that everyone can see where the money came from and where it went. This will ensure that everything is open and above board. Financial records are a must.

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