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How to Interview Strong for a Fundraising Job

Top Nonprofits

CFRE, as our guest for a webinar entitled: “How to Interview Strong” or “How Interviewing is Like Asking for a Major Gift”. Since impressing an interviewer – and getting to “yes” — is similar to impressing a major donor prospect, you’ll also come away with an understanding of the keys to effective major gift fundraising.

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Helpful Ways to Measure and Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Performance

sgEngage

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data. It) has helped me identify the correct constituents to place into gift officer portfolios,” she said. The goal is then to turn those data insights into actionable tasks.

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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

A nonprofit CEO reader writes: “My inbox and mailbox are flooded with fundraising appeals from causes using the words ‘terrifying,’ ‘alarming,’ ‘emergency.’ “Yes, Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals.

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Why nonprofits should deploy artificial intelligence to achieve fundraising success

ASU Lodestar Center

There’s absolutely no way that we can connect with that big of a base of alumni to do fundraising without technology.” Natural-language processing. Natural-language processing (NLP) refers to the capability of AI to understand the text and the spoken word. AI fundraising. million alumni. Sentiment analysis.

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Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016

BoardAssist

Fundraising guru Gail Perry shares them all with us in this week’s guest post starting with donor loyalty, something we should all be working harder at! Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016. Times are changing, and fundraising is evolving too. The end is coming for general unrestricted fundraising.

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One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2019

Connection Cafe

Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach. It goes beyond the fundraising appeal to seeing a gift as a step in a relationship, not a one-off business transaction.

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50 Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies to Help You Raise More

Neon CRM

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

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