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What to Do When Your Fundraising Methods Fall Flat

Get Fully Funded

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Let’s back up and look at your methods of fundraising through the eyes of your donor.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

.orgSource

Sunk cost fallacy is that soul-sucking tendency to continue investing time, money, or effort into activities that are clearly failing. Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. Our diversity strategy puts inclusion at the center of all our activities.”

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4 Ways to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Digital Storytelling with WhatsApp

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Digital storytelling enables nonprofits to tell their stories across multiple media, potentially in multiple languages, and to reach unknown readers and viewers through the power of tagging and amplification. WhatsApp offers an appealing and efficient method of sharing documents and other materials among members of a team.

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Crafting the Perfect Gala Invitation

Greater Giving

Consider your audience and budget for the best delivery method. Starting at 6pm or 7pm allows guests to attend after work while leaving them time for other activities later. Use captivating language on your gala invitation to evoke curiosity. Digital or Physical? Craft a catchy event title and logo.

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Engaging Your Ideal Donors and Boosting Your Fundraising Efforts: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Modern Nonprofit

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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Nonprofit Donor Engagement Strategies: Breaking Through the Noise

Neon CRM

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Ditch the industry jargon and formal language when writing or speaking with your supporters. Can you remember the last time you got a phone call that wasn’t spam?

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Online fundraising: Leveraging compliance as a development strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

Approximately 45 states have laws regulating charitable solicitation activity. The term soliciting is broadly defined, but generally refers to the act of asking for contributions by a variety of methods. When it comes to online activity, that may mean reviewing where the organization receives repeated or substantial contributions.

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