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Thanking Donors – How to Show Your Donors Some Love

You might already be thanking your major gift donors for their contribution & support during the holidays, but what about all the others?

What You Can Expect from a Full Scale Major Gift Program

Major Gift Fundraising

Discover the motivations of high-net-worth donors and get effective strategies for successful donor outreach.

Let Go of the Money to Hold Onto Your Donors

The best way to develop a donor relationship is to back off from the money. Engage your donor's heart instead, and open the door to a BIG Ask.

Want Donors To Throw Money At You? Take This Approach

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Transform your major gift visits and learn how to convince donors to give without making an ask.

Nonprofit Nightmare: Fundraising Horror Stories

Donor Cultivation, Fundraising Plan, Inspiration

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?

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

How best to communicate with your high-net-worth donors? How important is your website and related technology to them?

What’s Motivating High Net Worth Donors Today? Part 1

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Discover the motivations of high-net-worth donors and get effective strategies for successful donor outreach.

Capital Campaign Roadblocks to Fundraising Success

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Gail Perry and Kathryn Gamble discuss challenging capital campaign roadblocks including poor feasibility study results, and 3 other issues.

What is the Role of a Nonprofit Board in Fundraising?

Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising Strategy

The Fund Development Committee of the board can help everyone support this most important revenue-producing area of a nonprofit.

What Can Go Wrong with Your Board’s Fund Development Committee?

What Can Go Wrong with the Board’s Fund Development Committee?

Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising Strategy

Five ways Fund Development Committees go wrong from micromanaging internal operations to negating the power of the CEO.

How to Have a Super Successful Visit with a Major Donor

Donor Cultivation, Major Gift Fundraising

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…

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

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

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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Thanking Donors – How to Show Your Donors Some Love

What You Can Expect from a Full Scale Major Gift Program

Let Go of the Money to Hold Onto Your Donors

Want Donors To Throw Money At You? Take This Approach

Nonprofit Nightmare: Fundraising Horror Stories

How Important is Technology to Your High Net Worth Donors?

What’s Motivating High Net Worth Donors Today? Part 1

Capital Campaign Roadblocks to Fundraising Success

What is the Role of a Nonprofit Board in Fundraising?

What Can Go Wrong with the Board’s Fund Development Committee?

How to Have a Super Successful Visit with a Major Donor

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

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