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Leveling up your major gifts program

Candid

Finding your number is both an art and science. Depending on your organizational culture, you may need to expand your definition of who is a major donor. Start by creating sample scripts for thank-you calls, emails, and cards and ask your team to thank your major donors. Sometimes it’s $1,000, sometimes it’s $1 million.

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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

Kindful

They don’t follow a script. Facilitating a high-impact, memorable retreat is an art and the best facilitators are master artists. They use online surveys, analyze metrics, review marketing collateral, assess board culture, and review key information about an organization. They use a pre-retreat assessment process.

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Measuring Impact: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. In other words, when it comes to measuring the impact of arts and culture, we may be surprised by how much funders, creatives, advocates, and communities have in common. What resources will be needed?

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) A lot of what we’ve inherited, it’s based on white dominant culture,” she said. “If Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Ask a question. (“How Personalize it. (“Joe,

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) A lot of what we’ve inherited, it’s based on white dominant culture,” she said. “If Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Our supply of pantry items will last only 30 days.”)

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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End

Bloomerang

Arts, culture, and humanities fell 7.5% (-8.6% You can find a sample script here. International affairs -related causes grew 9.1% (7.8% adjusted) . Foundations grew 2% (0.8% Health organizations fell 3% (-4.2% adjusted) in part due to declines in revenue from fundraising walks, runs, and other events. .

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How to Nail the Soft Skills of Fundraising: The Face-to-Face Ask

Connection Cafe

Asking is part art and part science. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Pretend you are a cultural archaeologist. Does the thought of making a six figure ask make your palms sweat? Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. Composure during your delivery. Be curious.

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