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Blog, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

How to reduce the frantic pace in your nonprofit fundraising workday

Just recently, I noticed as I was driving around that everyone seems to be frantic. Or, is it more frenetic? Folks weaving in and out, road rage, and overall cortisol on overload.In comparison, I just spent three months in Australia. And,…
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July 26, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Online, Planning, Resources for the professional

How your nonprofit should spend its summer vacation

A guest post by Dennis Fischman of Communicate! ConsultingFor many nonprofit organizations, summer is a slow time. If you are in Development and Communications, you know that many of your supporters are at the beach or running “mommy camp”…
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July 13, 2019
The top six tips to avoid the "Hope and Pray" method of calendar-year end campaign planning
Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Uncategorized

The top six tips to avoid the “Hope and Pray” method of calendar-year end campaign planning

Often, I work with clients who don't adequately plan for their calendar year-end efforts.  This lack of planning does a disservice to the organization for a couple of important reasons.  One such reason is that calendar year-end efforts and…
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June 30, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events

The top seven steps to creating special event sponsorships that sell

Before you can even solicit sponsors for your fundraising special events, you need to take several key steps first to best position your organization.What most groups fail to do is evaluate their sponsor value proposition first and foremost,…
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June 2, 2019
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

What one thing can make or break the success of YOUR organization?

The Board.It can make or break your organization. If assembled and organized correctly, it can chart a successful future that prospers and preserves inspiration and creativity of its members and benefactors alike.If not, well...insert…
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May 17, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Stewardship

The key indicators of a strong nonprofit fundraising campaign

I often get asked, "What are the key indicators of a strong nonprofit fundraising campaign?"In order to have a strong fundraising campaign of any sort, whether it be capital, endowment, or even annual, you need several hallmarks of success…
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May 5, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Stewardship

Raising more money from your current loyal donors through repeat and best-ever gifts

What happens when you don't invest in donor acquisition?Well, your organization will face a declining donor base with the need to raise more money from fewer donors.  With about 10% of donor bases naturally declining each year, the focus…
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April 21, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Online, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Using multi-channel digital fundraising “shoestring” strategies to acquire new donors.

In this day and age, as development professionals, we need to keep our eye both on donor retention and acquisition. It is one thing to retain your current donors. But if you are not constantly acquiring new ones, your donor file will naturally…
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April 5, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

How to craft an effective and impactful plan for your next fundraising fiscal year

For many, as the calendars switch to spring, our organizations begin their budget planning season in preparation of a new fiscal year. As a result, development departments are often hard-pressed to come up budget sometimes right in the middle…
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March 23, 2019
Blog, Board, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events

Hosting Your First Fundraising Cultivation Event

Donor cultivation events should be an important part of your fundraising program.  Whether you are a small or large non-profit, or if you are raising money for annual operations for capital campaigns, you need to incorporate them as a vital…
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March 8, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

How to raise more money through fundraising special event corporate sponsors

What happens next after you develop your sponsorship prospect list for your next special event? Do you send them all the same letter?  Do you make personal phone calls?  To whom?  How do you get in the door?  Who should you ask first?I…
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February 22, 2019
Blog, Campaigns, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Stewardship

How to take care of yourself as a busy nonprofit fundraising professional

It all happens to us. Time silently ticks away, and deadlines loom.  And, then, BAM, out of the blue, a crisis occurs with a client, or some other proverbial "fire" starts burning.  Perhaps it is a last-minute grant deadline suddenly arises,…
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