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Seven Deadly Sins of Fundraising Events
Events
Oh boy, we’ve all been there.
We've seen disasters at fundraising events - little ones and . . . huge ones, haven’t we?
Some mistakes ruined the evening’s energy. Others ruined the auction.
So don’t make these mistakes at YOUR next…

198 Nonprofit Fundraising Event Tips to Maximize Your Profit
Events
Your fundraising event is a huge amount of work, and it takes countless hours of volunteer and staff time.
Let's make sure all this work pays off - so that you make as much money as possible from your event!
These tips will help…

Top 10 Tips to Make More Money, Have More Fun at Your Fundraising Event
Annual Giving, Events
Fundraising event tips are here!
May is Party Month here at Fired-Up Fundraising. Today I'm sharing how to make more money and have more fun with YOUR own fundraising events.
We all have events, so let's make them fun and also highly profitable.
First:…

Takeaways from #AFPFC in New Orleans
Fundraising Strategy
This week's AFP International Conference in New Orleans (#AFPFC) was full of smart ideas and great learning. That's our new CEO Mike Geiger above with fellow #AFPeep Alice Ferris and me.
Here's my annual wrap-up of key takeaways…

Checklist for Planned Giving: What Tools Do You Really Need?
Planned Giving
Planned giving has gotten a bit of a bad rap.
You might think, for instance, that those big planned gifts are out of reach for all but the biggest nonprofits.
Fortunately, however, you’d be wrong.
The fact is that a smaller organization…

5 Easy Tips for Better Planned Giving Marketing
Planned Giving
Here's some good news! Planned gift marketing does not always have to be difficult.
Here are some simple, no-cost adjustments that will dramatically enhance your planned gift marketing efforts and generate more support for your organization.
If…

Is Your Nonprofit’s Legacy Society Dreary . . . or Dynamic?
Planned GivingDo you have a planned giving "Legacy Society?"
Most organizations have a gift club or society for keeping contact with those very special planned giving donors.
In April, be sure to join our Planned Giving Intensive to help you establish…

Screening Sessions: A Terrific Tool for Major Gift Prospect Research
Donor Cultivation, Major Gift FundraisingScreening sessions are one of our favorite major gift prospect research tools.
Why do we like screening sessions so much?
Because the information you obtain is often more up to date, on point and accurate than much of the data you can find…

Questions and Answers about Monthly Giving
Annual Giving
As you know, we've been talking about monthly donors for the past few weeks.
And you may have seen my Facebook Live interviews here and here with monthly giving guru Erica Waasdorp.
It’s been tremendously fun and exciting to get lots…

7 Tips to Create a Profitable Recurring Donor Program
Annual Giving
Recurring donors are a huge untapped revenue source for so many nonprofits.
We are still trying to wrap our heads around the vast potential recurring donors offer.
If you have 300 monthly donors – just how much overall revenue would these…

Three Steps to Launch a Robust Monthly Giving Program
Annual Giving
Monthly giving programs are becoming more and more popular revenue sources.
So today, we have a guest post by author and international monthly giving guru Erica Waasdorp.
Erica's the author of Monthly Giving: the Sleeping Giant:…

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