Getting Funding

2006-03-31T14:11:00.000-05:00

My earlier background with corporate change consulting, employee motivation, and securing senior staff enlistment to company objectives, transended nicely to my more recent 20 year history of service to nonprofit organizations.
My firm Wipcom Advancement Resources will work risk free on a performance basis for emerging enterprises and nonprofit organizations seeking financial stability. By combining writing skills with a academic skill-set for getting to the locus of issues and goals quickly; I can capably and effectively organize the knowledge resources, financial support, and people-power to drive an objective to a successful conclusion.

You want performance and results and that is how I get paid- for delivering on my commitments (and the bi-lateral undertakings) to your organization!

In the two audio blogs up I have outlined both the need for a well written funding plan, and in the later audio blog I've suggested where to go for funds.

Since these earlier posts several people have asked about alternative funding sources where a speedier decision can occur. In this regard, if you are an established firm seeking funds in order to promptly take advantage of a time sensitive opportunity, try either a credit union or a finance company. Either of these can attend to your needs promptly and often with interest and loan conditions and rates which compare favorably to a bank.

FINDING FUNDERS

2006-03-25T13:28:00.000-05:00

2006-03-17T10:14:00.000-05:00

INVISIBLY LOST IN THOUGHT

2006-03-16T17:44:00.000-05:00

The Green Green Fields OF Home

A PLAN FOR YOUR GOALS

2006-03-14T19:48:00.000-05:00

2006-03-10T12:09:00.000-05:00

Dear Fund Seekers,

It seems that there are many worthy nonprofit organizations in need of financial security, whose main stumbling block apparently is an inability to clearly state their mission, vision, and values in language which will focus their goals, and gain interest from potential funders.

The same inability to sell an interesting story seems to be true for start-ups and newly emergent enterprises, seeking seed funding or prototype funds.

Not being able to get your story across can be a big, big problem for emerging entities seeking less than $10 million, and for non-profits who are not among the leaders in health, science, and education etc.

Here we have amazing new technologies emerging, with very talented people seeking much smaller funding for their entities futures, and they cannot win the interest of venture capitalists.

The problem is strikingly similar for non-profit funding, and is partly due to the exponential growth of valuable new community based resources, especially in the 'social categories', who are striving to meet the varied needs of a matured urban society; and their service value goes almost unnoticed.

We who are the shapers and positioners of all their dreams, must go the extra mile to strategize their fund seeking with simpathetic responders.
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Taking Responsibility For The Written Word Has Risks Too!

How far should writer-strategists go in helping with the early formulation of these messages? What are the risks of leading the client to believing our version of their needs?

The mission, vision, values statements properly developed, play a vital role in positioning the reliability and constancy of your future messaging. Appropriate clear language can focus board members, stakeholders, staff, and the public on your value-and support goals.

Getting the vision statement positioned clearly is a strategic must. Funders want to know in plain language why anyone should be interested in you.
R L Hoff March 12/06 robertahoffgroup@rogers.com

March 25/06

Well the podcast on where to go for funding is up on this site and I look forward to your comments.