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Letters We Never Send: When Good Fundraisers Leave

Every year, nonprofits across the country lose talented, mission-driven fundraisers—not because they stopped caring, but because they stopped feeling cared for. The cost is staggering: recruitment, onboarding, lost donor momentum, and a cycle that keeps repeating itself. What if your fundraiser could tell you the truth on their way out the door? This is the […]

Lead Them to the Yes: With Fire in Your Belly

Most people think the Yes is born in the ask. But it isn’t. A well-timed question. A persuasive pitch. A direct request that gets someone to do what you need them to do. But here’s the truth seasoned leaders learn (often the hard way): you can’t ask people into alignment. You have to lead them […]

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Popular Books

  • Getting to the Yes: A Board Member’s Guide to Philanthropic Leadership Getting to the Yes: A Board Member’s Guide to Philanthropic Leadership $15.99
  • A Guide for the Fundraising Professional A Guide for the Fundraising Professional $17.99
  • How to Fundraise Without Fear How to Fundraise Without Fear $17.99
  • A Guide for Creating a Compelling Campaign A Guide for Creating a Compelling Campaign $17.99
  • Getting to the Yes Starter Set Getting to the Yes Starter Set $45.00

This is a brilliant book for anyone in fundraising or anyone who wants to make a career in this important and challenging field. Kimberly Dye is a successful advancement leader who has many great stories of how you can turn every contact into a “yes.”

David Drobis Retired Chairman and CEO of Ketchum Worldwide

Wow, just the leadership needed at this time! In a world, where uncertainty shakes us about, environmental disasters come thick and fast and economic progress has slowed except for sales of military equipment, Kimberly is offering us fresh insights into how to make unique sustainable partnerships. Long term partnerships with repeat donations, opportunities for collaborative weaving of multi-layered giving to create a systematic approach to building outcomes that count. This book is a must for my top shelf reads this Spring.

Anne-Marie Coury Community Development Advisor

I’m thoroughly enjoying the first pages of your book, laughing and nodding along as so much of it resonates with my day-to-day work. Your refreshing take and the simplicity with which you address the fear of the ask really struck a chord and aligns beautifully with my work as a MG consultant and advisor, especially when working with Board members who often look like they’d prefer to disappear under the table when we talk about 'the ask'. In fact, I don't even use that term anymore, I actually phrase it much along the same lines as you 'getting to the yes' or sometimes 'getting to the no', which can be equally important!

Simone Plunkett Sr. Consultant, Xponential, Australia

I wanted to congratulate you on capturing the essence of our work. Your words were sincere, authentic, and donor-focused. I plan to use your books with several clients. There isn't a better resource to guide fundraising that I've seen in our field.

Marc Misiurewicz CEO and Founder Empreinte Consulting

The FLCC Foundation held its first-ever Board Retreat. We came prepared with the assigned reading - "Getting to the Yes: A Board Member's Guide to Philanthropic Leadership" by Kimberly Dye, M.S., M.Ed. This book is worth picking up if you serve on a board.

Alissa Shields Board Member, FLCC Foundation Board

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