Enrollment Closes August 25.

Here’s the math on whether to join the 30-Day Year-End Appeal Kickstart

Two questions keep coming up when people are deciding on the Year-End Appeal Kickstart. I figure if you're wondering the same thing, you deserve a straight answer instead of a sales pitch.

“Is $297 worth it?”

One of the first things we do in the Kickstart is assess last year's appeal — honestly, line by line. What worked, what didn't, and why.

I worked with a client who raised $1,000 in their first appeal. We sat down, assessed what actually happened, and rebuilt the plan for the next one. That next appeal raised $50,000.

That's not what everyone should expect walking in — every org starts from a different place. But it's what's possible when the assessment actually happens instead of getting skipped, which is what happens most years when October arrives and there's no time left to look back, only forward.

“Can I really commit to four Tuesday mornings?”

Yes, if you can give me an hour. Sessions run 60 minutes, 8:30 to 9:30 AM Eastern. Built for people with full plates — you're in, you work, you're done. And if a Tuesday goes sideways (it will, you run a nonprofit), recordings are included. You don't lose the week.

Why I'm telling you this now

Enrollment for this cohort closes August 25. Not “closes when it's full” — closes August 25, period.

I capped this cohort at 12 people on purpose. Not as a sales tactic — because a 30-day program only works if I can give real attention to real plans, and that stops being true past a certain size. But the cap isn't what's driving today's message. The date is.

Here's what happens if August 25 comes and goes without you: you're back to building your year-end appeal the way you built last year's — alone, in October, under pressure, with nobody assessing what actually worked. I don't think that's the plan you actually want. I think it's the plan you default to when nobody's asked you the two questions above.

So I'm asking them for you. If the answer to both is “yes, I could make this work” — this is the week to say so.

What you get in 30 days: a real assessment of what happened last time, a complete year-end appeal built from it, and four live working sessions to build it with you.

Enrollment closes August 25, 2026. After that, the next cohort isn't until next year.