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Why Isn’t Your Board Supporting the Fundraising Effort?

What does it take to get the full board supporting fundraising? Board members are well known for their nervousness about fundraising. I’ve worked with thousands of board members over the years in my retreats and workshops. On the whole,…

Upgrading Year-End Donors to a Higher Gift Level

Upgrading year-end donors can be a challenge - and an opportunity. What to do with your very important major and mid-level donors during your year-end campaign? Today we have a guest post from the very smart Rachel Muir, CFRE - sharing…

Fundraising as a Dart Game: Are You Guessing your way Along?

Disaster Fundraising – How Your Nonprofit Should Respond

Fundraising Strategy

Disaster fundraising - when and how should your nonprofit respond? And you need to respond carefully. Communications with donors need to be precise and convey the correct tone. And this goes for all nonprofits. Even if your organization is…

Upgrade Your Fundraising by Using the Phone

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Did you know that phone fundraising really works? Using the phone WILL boost your fundraising! I am in love with a very, very old technology. One that is so very "last century." The phone is something many fundraisers avoid. "It's intrusive,"…

Simple Ways to Nail Email Fundraising Appeals

Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Email fundraising appeals are sometimes hard to get right. They are inexpensive, and easy. But do your donors really read your email appeals? Do they even open them up? How do you create compelling email fundraising appeals that will…

Four-Step Master Plan for Your Year-End Campaign

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Here’s a smart, concise master plan for your year-end campaign. Follow this step-by-step format and you should see amazing fundraising results. Let’s make the most of the “giving season” and just nail your fall fundraising campaign! Here…

#1 Year-End Fundraising Mistake: A Weak Ask

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Are you making year-end fundraising mistakes? Too many organizations are not asking often enough. And when they do ask, they do it poorly. This is happening with far too many nonprofits. Especially smaller organizations – and some large…

Metrics for Fundraising: Donor Retention Made Easy!

Donor Cultivation

Today we have a special guest post from fundraising guru Roger Craver of The Agitator Blog. He joined us for a private webinar with our INSIDERS this week: Donor Retention Made Easy. During his webinar, he outlined the…

7 Ways to Build Donor Retention and Create Highly Committed Donors Who Love You

Annual Giving, Donor Cultivation, Donor-Centered Fundraising

Don't we all want "highly committed donors" to our organizations? If you have highly committed donors, what would your donors do for you? Well - they will give and give and give again. What happens when your donors are not highly committed? My…

21st Century Fundraising Metrics

Fundraising Plan, Marketing & Communications

Remember the old saying - What gets measured, gets done? We all know it goes for fundraising too, right? So what do you want to get done in your fundraising program this year? Certain amounts of money raised? Donors renewing their gifts? …

Are You Having Too Many Fundraising Events?

Events

Are you having too many fundraising events? Love ‘em’ or hate ‘em, fundraising events are a fact of life for most nonprofits. Here’s the challenge: Fundraising events are our most inefficient way of raising money. In general, when…

Is Your Organization Aiming for the Fundraising Bull’s Eye?

Fundraising Plan, Fundraising Strategy

Where are you with your fundraising plans? Are you playing the fundraising "dart game" by any chance? There's a game that many nonprofits play called “Aim for the Fundraising Bull’s Eye.” It’s the game of searching, searching…

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Why Isn’t Your Board Supporting the Fundraising Effort?

Upgrading Year-End Donors to a Higher Gift Level

Disaster Fundraising – How Your Nonprofit Should Respond

Upgrade Your Fundraising by Using the Phone

Simple Ways to Nail Email Fundraising Appeals

Four-Step Master Plan for Your Year-End Campaign

#1 Year-End Fundraising Mistake: A Weak Ask

Metrics for Fundraising: Donor Retention Made Easy!

7 Ways to Build Donor Retention and Create Highly Committed Donors Who Love You

21st Century Fundraising Metrics

Are You Having Too Many Fundraising Events?

Is Your Organization Aiming for the Fundraising Bull’s Eye?

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