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3 Principles Fundraisers Should Adopt from Service Providers

Connection Cafe

Accountants, marketers, and consultants across industries focus on relationships, not pure transactions, to build fruitful professional relationships. But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Demonstrate (and articulate!)

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Web and Altruism Nick Booth, high fibre podcasting blog, points us to some fascinating brain research that has discovered the part of the brain responsible for altruism and he links it to why nonprofits should be using the social web to advance their missions. Live Blogging Conferences.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. And that’s really what I do in my role as a fundraising consultant through capital campaigns. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action.

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. Inquiries for consulting. Helps me prepare for trainings/consulting Program Ideas. Can we calculate it if we haven't done anything yet? Defined Audience.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

And then, for the past 10 years, I’ve been working with countless organizations as a consultant. And then you also need to be able to articulate that, without fundraising or without a steady income from which to draw upon, you could cease to exist. So let’s begin with what motivated me to do today’s session.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

And a little shout out to our colleague Tina Cincotti who’s a lovely consultant based in Boston, Tina created this. ” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. Next slide, please, Kevin. . Next slide. .

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

Who gets to be involved in consultation? What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? So maybe you have a form that you use to have input, a survey you use for input, you have small digital groups that you have input, a Slack channel for input.