Welcome.
If you want to reach and engage more prospects, recognize and motivate more donors, and position your organization’s strengths to attract investments, we should talk.
Building on a successful career in both nonprofit marketing and fundraising, I now focus on the point where they converge: Advancement Communications. I bridge the gap between institutional priorities and audience interests to educate, inspire, and influence donors and prospects.
I’m Beth Steele, creative director of Steele Advancement Communications.
No learning curve required.
Why me?
Meet your needs.
What do I do?
And the value of crisp development communications. I appreciate what it takes to cultivate and steward donors, and what preparation you need to secure transformational gifts. I’ll work with your team to make sure you – and they – are ready.
I understand that fundraising is personal. It is an honor to tell donors’ stories in ways that make them and the institution proud. And a privilege to play a role in effecting change by advancing your mission.
What's my secret?
Rare insight into the subtleties.
What do I add?
Think of me as your specialist.
My approach is collaborative, strategic, and insightful. I deliver the full range of advancement communications: from annual giving to pre-campaign staging; midpoint slumps to celebrations; award-winning case statements to inspiring final reports.
My work is targeted and integrated. Positioning pieces, white papers, donor profiles, solicitations and stewardship, president’s reports, microsites, emails, speeches, and more. Each part builds your whole.
What do I do?
Meet your needs.
I have the experience and insight to set the stage for philanthropic success, shift in and out of campaign marketing mode, and adjust messaging when opportunities arise or major gifts aren’t aligning with organizational needs.
I’m a flexible and talented writer, dogged researcher, active listener, and insightful interviewer. My approach is strategic, collaborative, and creative.
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I have the experience and insight to set the stage for philanthropic success, shift in and out of campaign marketing mode, and adjust messaging when opportunities arise or major gifts aren’t aligning with organizational needs.
I’m a flexible and talented writer, dogged researcher, active listener, and insightful interviewer. My approach is strategic, collaborative, and creative.
Why me?
No learning curve required.
I have the experience and insight to set the stage for your philanthropic success. I’m a flexible and creative writer, critical editor, and insightful interviewer, and that’s just the beginning.
As an experienced major gifts officer, I know the work. I can shift in and out of campaign marketing mode, infuse energy when opportunities arise, and regroup when major gifts are not aligning with organizational needs. On every project of any size, you will find me to be respectful, trustworthy, and discreet.
The one you count on for targeted advancement marketing. The one who brings an open and curious mind. And a determination to help you and your team hit the mark every time.
Look to me for persuasive writing with an emphasis on outcomes. Editing with an eye to clarity, gaps, and inconsistencies. Listening well and interviewing with purpose. Digging deep to find the story behind the story and share the perspective not yet seen.
What do I add?
Think of me as your specialist.
And the value of crisp development communications. I appreciate what it takes to cultivate and steward donors, and what preparation you need to secure transformational gifts. I’ll work with your team to make sure you – and they – are ready.
I understand that fundraising is personal. It is an honor to tell donors’ stories in ways that make them and the institution proud. And a privilege to play a role in effecting change by advancing your mission.