All of our past Featured Articles and Ask Terry Q&A are listed below by keyword.

Asking

• Feature - Six Tips for Asking Naturally 8/18/08
• Feature - Ten Questions You Must Be Able to Answer Before You Ask for a Gift 3/17/2008
• Feature - Ten Tips for Success in Securing Challenge Gifts 3/3/2008
• Feature - Ten Signs Donors Give When They’re Ready to Be Asked 8/20/2007
• Ask Terry - Choosing a Challenge or Leadership Gift 7/23/2007
• Feature - Next Ten Asks List 7/23/2007
• Feature - Abundance-Based Asking 6/27/2002
• Feature - Please Pass the Salt 4/5/2000
• Feature - Asking Naturally 4/5/2000

• Feature - Three Critical Variables 9/17/2007
• Feature - Don’t Mess With the Recipe 5/10/2007
• Feature - Top Ten Ways to Get Started With the Model 3/15/2007
• Feature - Top Ten Fastest Ways to Go "Off-Model" 1/18/2007
• Feature - Top Seven Second-Year Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 12/14/2006
• Feature - Top Five Pitfalls of Going it Alone 10/25/2006
• Feature - The Need to Be Special 8/29/2006
• Feature - Costs Associated with Implementing the Benevon Model 7/20/2006
• Feature - The Ever-Pervasive Scarcity Mentality 6/29/2006
• Feature - Top Ten Concerns of Smart Self-Implementers 3/27/2006
• Feature - Rushing to the Ask Event 1/16/2006
• Ask Terry - Improving Image within the Community 1/5/2006
• Ask Terry - Overcoming Perceptions That the Organization Is Financially "Handled" 12/15/2005
• Ask Terry - Impact of Hurricane on Local Fundraising Efforts 9/15/2005
• Feature - Benevon Glossary 3/17/2005
• Feature - Pitfall #1—Getting Creative with the Model 11/11/2004
• Feature - Making Your Needs Known at Every Step of the Model 11/11/2003

• Ask Terry - Involving Your Board in the Point of Entry Process 6/23/2008
• Feature - Top Seven Reasons to Appreciate Your Board Members 2/4/2008
• Feature - The Benevon Golden Rule 12/3/2007
• Feature - Top Five Ways to Show Your Board That You Value Them 7/9/2007
• Feature - Five Ways to Get Your Board Excited About the Model 2/15/2007
• Feature - Eight Tips for Involving Board Members in the Benevon Model 11/30/2006
• Feature - Ten Tips for Staying Sane about Your Board 2/19/2004
• Ask Terry - Persuading the Board 1/22/2004
• Feature - Getting Your Board on Board 6/5/2003
• Ask Terry - Board vs. Staff Roles 3/16/2001
• Feature - Involving Your Board In the Point of Entry 7/7/1999
• Feature - What Are The Roles of Board Members? 8/30/1998
• Ask Terry - How Do We Regenerate the Passion? 7/27/1998

• Feature - Soul-Searching Questions About Your Legacy 4/12/2007
• Ask Terry - Funding the Workshop 1/4/2007
• Feature - Top Ten Lists 1/23/2002
• Feature - Leaving Your Legacy 10/18/2000

• Ask Terry - How the Benevon Model Works for Endowment 8/6/2007
• Ask Terry - Using the Model After a Capital Campaign 6/25/2007
• Feature - Conquering Endowment Avoidance 4/28/2005
• Feature - Using the Model for Capital or Endowment 10/10/2002

• Feature - Eight Tips for Converting Members to Donors 7/21/2008
• Feature - Top Seven Donor-Cultivation Mistakes 5/27/2008
• Ask Terry - Cultivating Donors for a New Organization 12/17/2007
• Ask Terry - Making Sure Donors Pay Off Their Pledges 5/10/2007
• Ask Terry - Donors Unable to Attend the Ask Event 3/15/2007
• Ask Terry - Keeping Donors Connected to Your Mission 2/15/2007
• Ask Terry - Why Donors Might Be Reluctant to Give 2/1/2007
• Feature - Five Ways to Cultivate Your Donors—Personally 2/1/2007
• Ask Terry - Publishing Donor Names and Gift Amounts 11/9/2006
• Ask Terry - How to Invoice and Invite Multiple-Year Giving Society Donors 5/25/2006
• Ask Terry - Inheriting the Model 1/19/2006
• Feature - Results are the Best Recognition 12/18/2003
• Feature - True Contribution 12/2/2003
• Feature - Your Ideal Tracking System 9/2/2003
• Feature - Paying Attention to Women as Donors 8/7/2003
• Ask Terry - Annual Report Recognition 2/6/2003
• Feature - Getting Personal 9/13/2002
• Ask Terry - Cultivating Busy People 9/13/2002
• Feature - Donor Readiness 5/2/2002
• Feature - Follow Up and Involve (Part 2) 8/23/2000
• Feature - Follow Up and Involve (Part 1) 8/10/2000
• Feature - Designing a Know-Thy-Donor Program 3/2/1999
• Feature - Inviting Prior Donors to Point of Entry Events 9/28/1998

• Feature - Composing and Conveying Your Essential Story 3/4/2004
• Feature - The Essential Story 9/27/2001
• Ask Terry - How to Identify the Emotional Hook 6/7/1999
• Feature - The Emotional Hook 3/17/1999

• Ask Terry - Where "Thon" Events Fit in the Benevon Model 3/31/2008
• Feature - How to Phase Out an Existing Event 10/15/2007
• Ask Terry - Civic Event Presentations as Pre-Point of Entry Events 3/29/2007
• Feature - Milestone Events 3/1/2007
• Feature - Weaning Your Organization off that Special Event 12/2/2004
• Ask Terry - Integrating Existing Fundraisers 7/9/2004
• Ask Terry - Trips and Missions as Cultivation Events 2/7/2002
• Ask Terry - Capturing Names at a Service Club Presentation 8/14/2001

• Ask Terry - Awkward Follow-Up Calls 8/18/08
• Ask Terry - Following Up With Ask Event Guests 6/9/2008
• Feature - Top Six Post-Event Follow-Up Mistakes 5/12/2008
• Ask Terry - Sharing Results During Ask Event Follow-Up Calls 3/17/2008
• Ask Terry - Making Follow-Up Calls 9/17/2007
• Ask Terry - Best Times for Ask Events and Follow-Up Tips 1/18/2007
• Feature - Ten Personal Cultivation Tips 11/6/2006
• Ask Terry - Excuses for Contacting People 8/17/2006
• Feature - Bless and Release 3/3/2005
• Feature - Follow-Up Call Angst 10/28/2004
• Ask Terry - Outstanding Pledges 7/9/2004
• Ask Terry - Involving People 1/8/2004
• Feature - Post-Event Follow-Up: Capturing the Names with Permission 11/8/2001
• Feature - A Customized Dialogue 4/20/2000
• Feature - Event Follow-Up Questions and Answers 5/26/1999
• Feature - Setting Up Your Event for Follow Up 5/3/1999

• Ask Terry - Number of Free Feel-Good Cultivation Events 1/7/2008
• Feature - How to Honor Your Donors 11/12/2007
• Ask Terry - Making Your Free Feel-Good Cultivation Events Appealing 6/11/2007
• Ask Terry - Follow Up after a Free Feel-Good Cultivation Event 10/27/2005
• Feature - Improving Attendance at Free Feel-Good Cultivation Events 10/29/2003

• Ask Terry - Ask Event Size 8/4/2008
• Ask Terry - Ask Event Pitch During Economically Challenging Times 7/7/2008
• Ask Terry - Renewing Pledges in the Fifth Year 5/27/2008
• Ask Terry - How Soon to Have the First Ask Event 5/12/2008
• Feature - Ask Event Testimonial Speakers 4/28/2008
• Feature - Tips for a Great Pitch 4/14/2008
• Feature - Top Five Ask Event Mistakes 3/31/2008
• Feature - Passion Retread 12/17/2007
• Ask Terry - Dispersed Donor Base 12/3/2007
• Ask Terry - Substitute Table Captains 11/12/2007
• Feature - Year-Round Table Captain Recruitment 10/29/2007
• Ask Terry - Extending Pledge Length 10/29/2007
• Feature - The Ripened Fruit Formula 10/01/2007
• Ask Terry - Upgrading Smaller Donors 10/1/2007
• Feature - Reasons to Keep Having Ask Events 9/4/2007
• Feature - Encouraging Repeat Guests at Your Ask Event 8/6/2007
• Ask Terry - Holding a Small Ask Event 7/9/2007
• Feature - Keeping Your Ask Event Fresh—A New Theme Each Year 6/11/2007
• Ask Terry - Who to Seat at Your Ask Event's VIP Table 4/26/2007
• Feature - Fifteen Things That Perfect Table Captains Do 4/26/2007
• Ask Terry - The Visionary Leader Talk and the Pitch Script 4/12/2007
• Feature - Choosing Passionate Table Captains 3/29/2007
• Ask Terry - Inviting Guests to Your Ask Event 11/30/2006
• Ask Terry - Table Captain Packets 9/14/2006
• Ask Terry - Posting Ask Event Information on the Web 6/8/2006
• Feature - Inviting and Preparing Your Table Captains 2/3/2005
• Feature - Selecting Your Table Captains 1/20/2005
• Feature - Filling Tables at the Ask Event 10/14/2004
• Feature - Five Ways to Increase the Bottom Line 9/30/2004
• Feature - Top Ten Reasons to Have a Free One-Hour Ask Event 9/16/2004
• Ask Terry - How Many Will Pledge at the Ask Event? 9/2/2004
• Feature - So You Want to Have an Ask Event? 9/2/2004
• Ask Terry - Second-Year Pledge Cards 4/30/2004
• Feature - Ask Event Pitfalls 4/30/2004
• Ask Terry - What to Track from the Ask Event 1/22/2004
• Feature - Challenge Gifts 10/1/2003
• Ask Terry - Best Day for Ask Event 8/14/2003
• Feature - Having a Larger Ask Event Next Year 7/10/2003
• Ask Terry - How Many POEs? 5/16/2003
• Ask Terry - Invitation Script to Ask Event 3/20/2003
• Feature - The Free One-Hour Ask Event: Should You Have One? 1/23/2003
• Feature - The Top Ten Reasons to Put On the Free One-Hour Ask Event 11/7/2002
• Ask Terry - Challenge Gifts 11/7/2002
• Ask Terry - Best Day for Ask Event 9/13/2002
• Ask Terry - Projecting the Results 8/29/2002
• Ask Terry - But We Need the Money Now! 11/8/2001
• Ask Terry - Should We Tell Our Results? 9/13/2001
• Ask Terry - Selecting the Ask Event Speaker 6/6/2001
• Feature - Event Follow-Up 5/17/2001
• Ask Terry - Free One-Hour Ask Event : Four Questions 4/2/2001
• Feature - The Free One-Hour Ask Event 11/29/2000
• Ask Terry - What to do with One-Event-Only People 9/10/2000
• Ask Terry - Corporate Sponsorship for the Free Ask Event 7/5/2000
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry vs. Ask Events (2) 2/11/2000
• Ask Terry - Free Ask Events: Best for Which Organizations? 9/6/1999
• Ask Terry - Why Not Dinner? 6/23/1999

• Feature - New Year's Resolutions 1/07/2008
• Feature - Ten Tips to Avoid Holiday Dread 10/9/2006
• Feature - Launching the New Year 1/9/2003
• Feature - Holidays: Opportunities for Involvement 11/14/2000
• Feature - Turning Holiday Charity Into Year-Round Gold 10/27/1999
• Feature - How About a Holiday Thank-a-thon? 11/21/1998

• Ask Terry - Implementing the Model at a Public Broadcasting Station 11/11/2004
• Ask Terry - Upgrading Members to Lifelong Donors 6/13/2002
• Feature - Integrating Benevon with Direct Mail 1/10/2002

• Feature - Why Launch a Multiple-Year Giving Society? 8/4/2008
• Ask Terry - Year Two for Multiple-Year Giving Society Donors 9/4/2007
• Feature - Units of Service 6/13/2002
• Feature - Multiple-Year Giving Society 5/30/2002
• Ask Terry - Cultivating One-Year Donors 3/21/2002
• Ask Terry - Multiple-Year Giving Society and the Challenge Gift 7/26/2001
• Ask Terry - Designing Your Pledge Card 6/7/1999
• Feature - Why Multiple-Year Gifts? 7/5/1998

• Ask Terry - Is the Point of Entry a Bait and Switch? 7/21/2008
• Feature - Top Five Mistakes at Point of Entry Events 6/23/2008
• Feature - Top Ten Ways to Fill Your Point of Entry Events 6/9/2008
• Ask Terry - Using a Mailing List to Announce Point of Entry Events 4/28/2008
• Ask Terry - Lunch-Time Point of Entry 4/14/2008
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry in Fifteen Minutes? 3/3/2008
• Feature - Eight Ways to Create a Sense of Urgency at Your Point of Entry 2/19/2008
• Ask Terry - Filling Your Point of Entry Events 5/24/2007
• Ask Terry - Increasing Point of Entry Attendance 3/1/2007
• Ask Terry - Best Size for a Point of Entry 12/14/2006
• Ask Terry - Will the Wish List Compete with Financial Gifts? 8/31/2006
• Feature - "Why Should I Care?" 8/3/2006
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry Timeline 8/5/2004
• Feature - Lackluster Attendance at your Point of Entry 8/15/2002
• Feature - One-on-One Point of Entry 7/11/2002
• Feature - Capturing Names with Permission 3/21/2002
• Feature - Facts 101: Deciding Which Program To Focus On 2/21/2002
• Feature - The Visionary Leader Talk 10/24/2001
• Feature - The Point of Entry in a Box 8/30/2001
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry vs. Ask Event 8/14/2001
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry Events and Boring Office Syndrome 4/3/2001
• Ask Terry - Point of Entry Events and Worksite Access 1/4/2001
• Ask Terry - Underemployed Rural Donors 10/3/2000
• Ask Terry - Getting Referrals 9/7/2000
• Feature - Making Your Needs Known 6/23/1999
• Feature - Tips For Involving Staff in the Point of Entry Plan 9/20/1998
• Feature - Designing the Ideal Point of Entry for Your Organization 4/30/1998

• Ask Terry - Missionizing a Chili Fest 10/26/2006
• Feature - Where Do "Thons" Fit In The Model? 2/17/2005
• Feature - Converting Events to Point of Entry Events in a Box 8/29/2002
• Feature - Converting Existing Events to Point of Entry Events 7/27/2000
• Ask Terry - Mission-Based Fundraising 3/22/2000

• Ask Terry - Paying for a New Christian School 1/21/2008
• Ask Terry - Large National Organizations 7/20/2006
• Feature - Five Concerns of Large-Budget Organizations 3/10/2006
• Feature - Using the Benevon Model in Small Communities 5/12/2005
• Ask Terry - Fundraising at a "For Profit" Organization 2/19/2004
• Feature - Using the Model in Large Organizations 10/15/2003
• Feature - Youth and Fundraising 7/25/2003
• Ask Terry - Tips for New Organizations 7/10/2003
• Ask Terry - Fundraising in a Declining Economy 5/16/2003
• Ask Terry - Political Fundraising 10/11/2001
• Ask Terry - After 9/11/2001: What to Do Now? 9/27/2001
• Ask Terry - Call Your Donors Now 9/27/2001
• Ask Terry - Getting Started: Small Staff 11/14/2000
• Ask Terry - Does the Benevon Model Work Internationally? 10/3/2000

• Ask Terry - Advertising for a Team Leader 7/6/2006
• Ask Terry - Hiring a Development Director with Benevon Experience 3/29/2006
• Ask Terry - Staffing Required to Implement the Model 3/31/2005
• Ask Terry - Team Leader Job Description 8/19/2004
• Feature - Staffing the Model 5/13/2004
• Feature - Leaving a Legacy: It Takes a Team 2/20/2003
• Ask Terry - Staff Support for the Benevon Model 2/11/2000
• Feature - The NFP CEO & 'New Era' Fundraising 4/21/1998

• Feature - Building Your Team 5/24/2007
• Feature - Sustainability—It's Not About You 3/29/2007
• Feature - Sustainable Funding for Your Mission 3/15/2007
• Feature - Sustainable Funding Message Taking Hold 3/1/2007
• Feature - Sustainable Funding? You've Got to Be Kidding! 2/19/2006
• Feature - Sustainable Funding Scorecard 2/17/2006
• Feature - Increasing the Size of the Pie 6/24/2004
• Feature - Sustainable Funding Is Within Your Reach 6/10/04
• Feature - Adopting the Model In the Midst of Scarcity 5/27/04
• Feature - What Do We Mean By Self-Sustaining? 9/13/2001

• Feature - Treasure Map Interviews: Deepening the Dialog 4/4/2002
• Feature - Treasure Map: Extra-Credit Questions 8/14/2001
• Feature - Using the Treasure Map Exercise With Others 9/9/1999
• Feature - Suggestions for Doing Treasure Map Interviews 8/2/1998
• Feature - Treasure Map Interviews 7/19/1998

• Ask Terry - Using the Ask Event Video 2/19/2008
• Ask Terry - Why Seven Minutes? 8/20/2007
• Ask Terry - Updating the Seven-Minute Video 10/12/2006
• Ask Terry - Guidelines for Producing a Video 5/24/2000
• Ask Terry - The Power Video 3/23/2000

• Feature - Seven Ways to Attract and Engage Great Volunteers 7/7/2008
• Feature - Are You Willing To Have Volunteers Get Really Involved? 2/26/2001
• Feature - Asking Volunteers to Give Money: What's Stopping Us? 7/5/2000
• Feature - The New Volunteer 6/21/2000