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Nonprofit Nightmare: Fundraising Horror Stories

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To celebrate Halloween, we’re sharing our scariest fundraising horror stories! Read on, and avoid these nonprofit nightmares based on true events.

How Important is Technology to Your High Net Worth Donors?

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How best to communicate with your high-net-worth donors? How important is your website and related technology to them?
Capital Campaign Roadblocks to Fundraising Success

Capital Campaign Roadblocks to Fundraising Success

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Gail Perry and Kathryn Gamble discuss challenging capital campaign roadblocks including poor feasibility study results, and 3 other issues.
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How to Have a Super Successful Visit with a Major Donor

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Major donor visits can be nerve-racking. Here you are with a golden opportunity—you've obtained a meeting with an important capital campaign prospect. It’s exciting but it is also high-stakes – because, of course, you want to…
Create a Strong General Unrestricted Fundraising Ask

How to Create a Strong Unrestricted Fundraising Ask

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For years, the default fundraising appeal letter at many nonprofits has sounded the same: a general ask for unrestricted support. The problem? That kind of message simply doesn’t light a fire in today’s donors. If your appeal is still built…

#1 Year-End Fundraising Tip: Warm Up Your Donors Before The Ask

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If you are starting to prepare for your annual fall fundraising campaign, it's time to get busy! Here's a first step to a successful year-end fundraising campaign: Warm up your donors first, before you do anything else. Simply start reconnecting…
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7 Tips to Create a Wildly Successful Donor Cultivation Event

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Why do we hold major donor cultivation events? These types of gatherings happen everywhere, and they happen often in the fundraising world. We find that a lot of major gift fundraising happens in these types of quasi-social donor events. Here's…
Create a “Friendmaking” Committee of Board Members

Create a “Friendmaking” Committee of Board Members

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Do you want to get your board members actively making friends for your organization? Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could form a "Friendmaking Committee" of board members who'd be out there opening doors and hosting small friendmaking events?…
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