Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2011

If you really want to change something about your life, you’ll find a way to do it. It’s what keeps us from truly excelling in fundraising, raising boatloads of money, and fully funding our mission. See if any of these sound familiar: “We don’t have any big donors.&#. These are excuses.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

You may be in dire need of a sponsorship chair and found someone that’s willing to help and is passionate about your cause , but asking for money isn’t in their wheelhouse. Life happens and circumstances are always changing, but the sooner you can identify any potential red flags, the better it is for everyone.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

You’ve got to come from a place of thinking about love, not money. If you want your donors to stay uplifted by their philanthropy (and, as a corollary, if you want to continue to feel satisfied in your work with donors), then you’ve got to practice gratitude as a way of life. Donors don’t want you spending your money on this).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

We know the ultimate goal of any nonprofit fundraiser is to raise as much money for the mission as possible. Sound familiar? We all want a little security in life, right? Your attitude can help influence others, especially committee volunteers. If you sound stressed, others will follow suit. The silver lining?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Seema) The work-life balance is individual, both in terms of our personalities, but also our types of work. It was work, but something I also see as part of my life. I try to assess when I find work at home detrimental to life at home. But that sounds like a great topic for a museum studies thesis! A: Not that we know of.

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

To dig into how some nonprofits are leading the way with CX, we were pleased to speak with Ernestine Benedict , Chief Communications Officer at ZERO TO THREE , a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. We’re a nonprofit, so: no money, no mission! I do see a shift.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies by Channel There is no one right way to raise money for your nonprofit. Try One of These 50 Fundraiser Ideas There are so many different kinds of fundraiser events that your nonprofit could hold to raise money and build broader awareness for your cause. Check it out!

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Today, an interview with staff from a museum with an incredibly healthy attitude towards experimentation with social media. We had to readdress our value proposition and start raising serious money immediately. It sounds like COSI’s efforts in this arena are really focused on the local community. But I do use it.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I like that attitude and the way you framed it. And so, for me, it made sense to go ahead and make that leap, that what would have been for me a more intentional slow process of doing a little bit on the side for a few years and having more money in the bank to feel comfortable as a very risk averse person, making such a big career jump.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

What’s the sound of your nonprofit’s brand? Colleen Fahey’s article, How Audio Enhances Your Brand Content: Find Your Signature Sound , provides guidance for how your nonprofit can strengthen its voice. Asking for money can be sweat inducing, but it’s a lot less painful if you’re prepared.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Rob Reich: Big philanthropy is an exercise of power, and wherever there is concentrated power in a democratic society, the civic attitude toward it should be scrutiny, not gratitude. I’m a professor in the computer science department at Stanford, and in previous life, I was an engineer at Google for many years. I’m Amy Costello.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

Somebody else has got to save the polar bears, I've got to save myself," is sort of the basic attitude. People, when you have a lot of crisis in your life, hearing about an even bigger crisis is just depressing. We are going to use some of that money to train some of the young people in energy conservation, in renewable fuels.

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