GuideStar offers a free fundraising calendar for 2012

2012 may be another rocky year for fundraising. In GuideStar's new report, "Your Fundraising Calendar for 2012," fundraising consultant Gail Perry presents a month-by-month plan to help nonprofits get the most out of their fundraising efforts next year.

Gail Perry is the author of Fired Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action and founder of Gail Perry Associates, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based consulting and training firm. You can find more fundraising tips in her Fired Up Fundraising blog.

Perry breaks fundraising down into manageable chunks – major donors, social media, messaging, events, board retreats, web sites, planned giving and more – addressing one per month. Nonprofits that follow her advice will build a comprehensive fundraising strategy that will help them weather economic storms not only in 2012 but in years to come. Click here to download a copy.