The Leaky Bucket: What?s Wrong with Your Fundraising and How You Can Fix It
Ellen BristolEllen Bristol, president of Bristol Strategy Group, works with nonprofit organizations to improve their fundraising effectiveness, raise income, and involve their boards more effectively. She is widely known for her innovative work in developing management controls, processes, benchmarks, and other guidelines.She currently serves on the board of her local AFP chapter, AFP Broward (Florida), and is a member of the Professional Advancement Division of AFP International, where she sits on the Research Council. In addition to her work with AFP, Ellen is a member of the Florida Speakers Association, the Association of Psychological Type, and the Broward County Chamber of Nonprofit Organizations. She is a regular volunteer teacher at LEAP for Ladies, a local program providing training in business skills and entrepreneurship to women in prison.Linda Lysakowski, ACFRELinda Lysakowski, ACFRE, is one of approximately one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her twenty years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns ranging from $250,000 to more than $30 million, helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and trained more than 25,000 professionals in Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty United States in all aspects of philanthropic development.She has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from both the Eastern Pennsylvania and the Las Vegas chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals). In 2006, Linda was recognized internationally with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP.Linda is the author ofRecruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers; The Development Plan; Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?; Capital Campaigns: Everything You NEED to Know; Raise More Money from Your Business Community; Fundraising for the GENIUS; Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign?; a contributing author toThe Fundraising Feasibility Study—It’s Not About the Money;coeditor ofYOU and Your Nonprofit, coeditor ofThe Nonprofit Consulting Playbook;and coauthor ofThe Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook.