October 10, 2025
June 8, 2024

Joanne Oppelt, NANOE Member, Raises $1m Gift

Joanne Oppelt, NANOE Member, Raises $1m Major Gift is a celebration of my colleague and friend Joanne Oppelt. I’m Jimmy LaRose, and as the architect of the Major Gifts Ramp-Up Model and co-founder of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives I’m pleased to share that this MGRU & NANOE collaboration has resulted in saved and transformed lives. Joanne’s commitment to NANOE’s principals and her deployment
June 7, 2024

[PODCAST] Avoiding Random Acts of Marketing – Lindsay LaShell

Avoiding Random Acts of Marketing – Lindsay LaShell Are all of your marketing efforts worth the time and money you pour into them? How do you get the best results from your marketing campaigns and optimize the use of your resources? Learn how to break through the dead-ends of ineffective and unproductive marketing that does not benefit your organization and saps you of time and money that you could be using elsewhere. On this episode, […]
June 7, 2024

Linda Lysakowski is America’s Fundraiser

Linda Lysakowski is America’s Fundraiser is an understatement. This fundraising veteran has dedicated her life to saving and transforming lives because of the way she has lived her life. “Love for what?” you may ask. First, her love for the Lord. Second, her love of nonprofit leaders. It was the early 1990s when I launched my journey with a goal of becoming our nation’s most successful fundraiser. I was 23 years old and made a […]
June 2, 2024

Meet Cristy Kettering…Major Gifts Fundraising Expert

Cristy Kettering, a Major Gifts Fundraising Expert, is a connector, activator, encourager, and coach, who is passionate about serving leaders and nonprofit organizations in their growth and missions. She loves witnessing generosity connect with nonprofit needs to solve critical problems. Because she believes that nonprofits make a profoundly positive difference in the world and that the success and scope of a nonprofit’s impact are directly influenced by its