A recent study of over 1,000 churches across the United States who had recently completed capital campaigns revealed that seemingly subtle differences in the ways various churches approached their campaigns yielded startling and significantly different campaign results. The study was conducted in June-July 2010 by Volkart May & Associates, a Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota based marketing and market research firm.
All Things New
"I want to commend James D. Klote & Associates on the efforts and leadership of your organization."Our JDK&A consultant did a masterful job in guiding, leading, shepherding and encouraging the many members of our Church who participated in the Campaign by making visitations and "telling our story". Our Consultant clearly explained what we were each to do and how to do it. Unfortunately, a few of us thought we could do it better by doing it "out way" only to discover that we not only diminished the experience of some of our parishioners for a significant gift but also reduced the level of giving of the Campaign from its real potential.
The upside is that most of us did exactly what he outlined for us to do and the Campaign succeeded in spite of ourselves. I would highly recommend James D. Klote & Associates to advise other churches in their Capital Campaign efforts.
– Angelo Haddad, Capital Campaign Steering Committee
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Bakersfield, California
It is a fool who undertakes a Capital Campaign without the benefit of a professional campaign advisor, and it is even a bigger fool who does not do exactly as he is admonished.
– Paul Pruett
Capital Campaign Steering Committee
Seven days a week your Consultant was meeting, phoning, cajoling, reminding, suggesting, and yes, insisting that we all do our respective assignments. Both cheerleader and taskmaster, he led us on the path to success. We were blessed to have your company at our service.
– Richard D. Giles
Capital Campaign Steering Committee
As Senior Warden of St. Paul's, I want to add my thanks. While I supported our campaign goal, I expected to actually achieve about 60% of the goal. The financial capabilities were there, but I felt we all needed to develop a broader, deeper commitment to the church which couldn't have been done in the short period of the campaign. You helped a number of key people think beyond the limitations we had set for ourselves, not just financially, but emotionally. Thanks for helping us to expand our potential. It will carry beyond the Capital Campaign to our parish life.
– Ray Watson
Senior Warden
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