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Blog, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Staffing, Stewardship

Using a Gift Chart During a Pandemic to Forecast Your Calendar Year-End Campaign

"Times are tough." That is the understatement of the day now. Isn't it?Donors, many who own their businesses or companies, or work for one, have faced significant losses themselves. "Times are tough" seems to be the mantra these days.What…
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October 2, 2020
10 Engaging Online Courses Your Nonprofit Team Should Take
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Free Resources, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Staffing, Stewardship, Webinars

10 Engaging Online Courses Your Nonprofit Team Should Take

A guest post by Matt Hugg founder of Nonprofit.CoursesFrom a major university hospital with thousands of personnel to a grassroots community hotline, with one (underpaid) staff member and a cadre of volunteers, working at a nonprofit is…
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August 7, 2020
The top twelve tips on successfully taking an in-person fundraising event virtual
Blog, Campaigns, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planning, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Staffing

The top twelve tips on successfully taking an in-person fundraising event virtual

One of the top questions asked these days are, “How do we take our gala event and make it virtual?”Since COVID-19 has happened, there has been a deep desire to take events and make them all virtual.I assert that it can be done. But,…
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May 29, 2020
The greatest opportunity: a summons to more in our not-for-profits.
Blog, Board, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Staffing, Stewardship

The greatest opportunity: a summons for more in our not-for-profits

The Pandemic has been a great global summons. A call. In the middle of the night to awake. To something new.What are you talking about?Yes, it has. I know, I know.You are probably saying it has been a grand inconvenience, even a…
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May 14, 2020
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Staffing, Stewardship

Fundraising After COVID 19

Yes, there will be life after COVID 19.Of that, I can guarantee it. What I can't guarantee is what life will look like.But, what I can guarantee is that life will look and feel different than it does today. Change is almost a constant…
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April 3, 2020
Blog, Campaigns, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Staffing, Stewardship, Uncategorized

Please Fit Your Fundraising Oxygen Mask

I tend to fly a lot these days. And, sometimes, I pay attention to those safety announcements. Qantas Airlines has done a great job of making them both fun and informative, which helps.The one safety tip that I, and probably you, remember…
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March 20, 2020
What nature can teach us about resiliency in fundriaising
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What bushfires taught me about being a resilient nonprofit fundraiser

It was early December when I arrived at my location in Australia.The fires had been burning for several weeks and had been slowly chewing more and more bushland. As the days rolled on, dark clouds of smoke became even more ominous, and…
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March 6, 2020
Blog, Campaigns, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Staffing

Are you suffering a “crisis in confidence” as a nonprofit executive director or fundraiser?

There are specific points in all our nonprofit careers, where we stop and wonder, "Am I cut out for this work?"Whether or not you are an executive director or a fundraiser, it happens.Whether through a "bad job fit," "unrealistic expectations,"…
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February 7, 2020
Blog, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Staffing

How our fundraising expectations die a slow death to complacency

Just this week, I have spoken to two coaching clients about the stages of grieving after losing a job. Yes, there are actual stages of grieving that one must go through that follow Elizabeth Kubler Ross identified stages of grieving a death.…
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January 24, 2020
Blog, Campaigns, Free Resources, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Staffing

Top 10 “Finding the Right Fundraising Hire Red Flag” list

Hiring can be just plain tough. Sometimes you think you have it nailed, and the prospective new employee lasts a month. Or maybe, you can’t find the right candidate to start. And, then, when you find one, they always seem to operate at less…
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December 27, 2019

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