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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alternative Approaches. Jeremiah Owyang describes this issue, but calls it " Fondling the Hammer " It's a symptom of a larger problem - the lack of ROI thinking and it happens in the nonprofit sector too. Rapid Donor Cultivation white paper from Common Knowledge. Christine Herron suggests the Electric Company.

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Maximizing Multichannel Fundraising for Higher Education

Connection Cafe

If you haven’t watched fundraising expert Joe Garecht’s Heating Up Multichannel Fundraising webinar or read his Raising Money through Multichannel Communications white paper, we highly recommend you do so. It’s also advised to closely monitor your direct mail solicitation response rates and track your ROI. People like variety.

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

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Return on Investment or “ROI”: This term is used by some organizations in place of the term “cost per dollar raised” and illustrates a similar concept. In a more global setting however, ROI has non-monetary objectives such as public awareness of a product or new sales leads. This was originally published as a white paper.