Attorney (UGA), West Point grad, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer with 13 years of coast-to-coast capital campaign experience; believes nonprofit campaigns should be run like a military operation complete with occasional use of camouflage face paint and frequent use of “Hooah!” (Per Wikipedia, “hooah” means "anything and everything EXCEPT 'no'").

ACCE Capital Campaign

Work Your “Core” to be Ready for Action

Originally published in the Winter 2022 edition of ACCE’s Chamber Executive Magazine.   Work Your “Core” and You’ll Be Ready for Action Any personal trainer will tell you to work your core – your abdominal and lower back muscles – during every workout. Consistency is critical. Why? Because these muscles are required for any substantial…

Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Campaign Kickoff

Congratulations to POWER 10 client, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, on the successful public kickoff of the Partnership Grand Strand capital campaign. Campaign Co-Chairs Dr. Michael Benson (Coastal Carolina University) and Clay Brittain (Brittain Resorts and Hotels) announced to approximately 250 business and community leaders that the Chamber has already raised $1.615 million…

Partnership Gwinnett 4.0 Campaign Public Kickoff

Congratulations to 3x POWER 10 client, Partnership Gwinnett, on the successful public kickoff of the Partnership Gwinnett (PG) 4.0 capital campaign. PG 4.0 Campaign Co-Chairs Jay Dennard (Northside Hospital) and Jennifer Fennell (Jackson EMC) announced to approximately 70 business and community leaders that PG has already raised nearly $2.3 million towards the $3.5 million campaign…

The Best Career in the Chamber World

If you are reading this article, chances are, you know well the highs, lows and in-betweens of running or working at a chamber. Importantly, you know how immensely rewarding chamber work can be. After all, your daily work helps grow businesses, connect people to jobs, and improves quality of place and life for people in…

WEBINAR: Show Me the Money!

When was the last time you made a successful 5 to 7-figure Ask on behalf of your chamber or economic development organization? Don’t think it’s possible? It is. All you need is a little preparation, know-how, and skill. POWER 10, a leading national capital campaign management firm specializing in campaigns to fund economic and community…

History Cherokee Groundbreaking

Congratulations to POWER 10 client, History Cherokee (formerly the Cherokee County Historical Society), on the groundbreaking of their new multi-functional cultural attraction, the Cherokee County History Center, funded by the POWER 10 managed History in the Making campaign, which to date has achieved 92% of the $2.8 million funding goal. The new History Center will…

Capital Campaign Client - Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce

Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Campaign Kickoff

Congratulations to POWER 10 client, the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, on the successful public kickoff of the Northern Colorado Prospers 2.0 (“NCP 2.0”) capital campaign. NCP 2.0 Campaign Co-Chairs Carrie Baumgart (Markley Motors), Shawn Ostoff (Bank of Colorado), Nicole Staudinger (FirstBank), and Kevin Unger (UCHealth) announced to approximately 80 business and community leaders…

Amity Farrar POWER 10 Captial Campaigns

Data Makes the Dough Rise

This article was originally published in the Spring 2021 edition of ACCE’s Chamber Executive Magazine. In our last Chamber Executive article, POWER 10 CEO Sean Mikula offered that the constituency chambers serve does not care too much whether the chamber CEO and staff are “busy” – what they care about is whether the chamber has…

Rome Floyd Chamber

Rome Floyd Chamber Campaign Kickoff

Congratulations to POWER 10 client, the Rome Floyd Chamber, on the successful public kickoff of the RISE & THRIVE 2025 capital campaign. RISE & THRIVE 2025 Campaign Co-Chairs Cassandra Wheeler (Regional Director, Georgia Power) and Kenna Stock (CEO, Harbin Clinic) announced to over 100 business and community leaders that the Chamber has raised nearly $1.7…

Sean Mikula

BUSY is a Four Letter Word

This article was originally published in ACCE’s Chamber Executive Magazine in February 2021. A few years ago, I was at a “state of the city” address by a mayor in a fairly large community you all know. The mayor started off by saying, “If I had to describe the last year in one word, I…