CRASH COURSE IN WRITING!
You probably didn’t sign on to a career in fundraising because you love to write appeals. Some of us may have a gift for writing; some of us may not. Nevertheless, it takes good writing to get your...
View ArticleFREE Webinar – Thank You, Thank You Very Much – April 4th
Before Elvis left the building, he always thanked his fans. Do you thank your donors enough? Here are some ways you can be sure you don’t leave your donors in Heartbreak Hotel because they don’t feel...
View ArticleFREE Webinar – Is the Time You Spend on Social Media Worth It? with Beth...
Nonprofits spend considerable time creating and curating content to share on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. But most groups aren’t properly measuring whether these efforts are worth the...
View ArticleVolunteers with Business Skills!
Set aside Mission for a minute. Isn’t it just as important to accomplish your organization’s goals efficiently and effectively? In fact, in the end skillful business practices leave more of your...
View ArticleNot Another Plaque!
“Every volunteer, even the purely altruistic one who isn’t trying to advance a career or other personal agenda, wants to know that he or she is making a difference and advancing the cause,” writes...
View ArticleScouring for Stories
Annually, and probably more often, you’re challenged to find fresh and significant stories to stir passion for your mission and your organization. You’re targeting prospective donors, and also...
View ArticleFREE Webinar – A Time to Plant: Preparing for Capital Campaigns Pt. 1
The need in our communities can be overwhelming. To meet the need, your nonprofit may be considering big projects like building remodels, equipment upgrades, new services and facilities, and...
View ArticleWe Need Your Input. Take Our Quick Survey!
Can you help? Would you be willing to complete a quick survey that will help us better understand how we can improve our products and services? It is a quick survey and just for taking a few minutes...
View ArticleGet Creative in Naming!
There’s the Platinum Society, the Gold Circle, the Silver Council, and more. Naming your giving levels is one of the tools a fundraiser uses to maximize support. But you can do better than that. The...
View ArticleFREE Webinar on 5/23 – How Nonprofits Can Use Pinterest to Raise Money,...
In this free webinar you will learn how to use Pinterest to promote your cause, to gain a dedicated following and to raise more money. Topics to be covered include: Why your nonprofit needs to get on...
View ArticleReadability—It’s Not Optional!
When placing copy on a print piece or web page, try to resist the urge to use unusual color combinations. Just look at magazine advertisements (women’s mags and catalogs are the worst offenders!) or...
View ArticleWho should be on your Development Committee?
In an ideal world, you could build your Development Committee with exactly the people and the skills you like to work with. In real life, that isn’t always the way committee assignments happen....
View ArticleFREE Webinar – A Time to Plant: Preparing for Capital Campaigns Pt. 2 of 2
The need in our communities can be overwhelming. To meet the need, your nonprofit may be considering big projects like building remodels, equipment upgrades, new services and facilities, and...
View ArticleWhat do fundraisers do in the summer?
We’d like to say we all go to the beach or the mountains, think deep thoughts, and dream up marvelous projects for the fall and winter ahead. More likely, though, you’ve just run the numbers on your...
View ArticleFREE Webinar – Serious SEO Strategies – What Nonprofits Need to Know – 6/20...
“If Google is always changing, how do you keep your SEO strategy relevant?” In the span of one hour, this question will become obsolete as Evan Bailyn, best-selling author of Outsmarting Google, takes...
View ArticleLooking at Generations
Your thirteenth birthday isn’t the first day you think about becoming a teen! If your memory is even half way accurate, you’ll remember imagining being a teenager long before that. Apply this thinking...
View ArticleAnother Look at Monthly Donors!
In February 2013 we talked about building your group of monthly donors—a practice that is good for the donor and good for the organization! Easy, effortless for the donor; the possibility of larger,...
View ArticleFREE Webinar – Major Gifts: If You Don’t Ask, You’ll Never Know – 7/2 at 2 pm ET
Join us for this webinar on why major gift fundraising is important for your nonprofit fundraising strategy and how to raise those dollars. Answer questions about whom your major donors are and why it...
View ArticleThe “Bad” Volunteer
It happens. As much of our work that succeeds from the work of wonderful volunteers, every once in a while you’ll find a volunteer who’s not helping. It may be as simple as a tendency to gossip and...
View ArticleVolunteers: The End of the Line
When you’ve tried everything, and a volunteer’s just not working out, now what? At the point when the behavior has convinced you that a clear and final warning won’t make a difference, and you can’t...
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