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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When Lead Development Staff Won’t Leave Their Desk

Bloomerang

Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. You can do just about anything you can do in person in terms of active listening and tuning into the donor’s facial expressions and body language. Provide training and/or coaching.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Here are three tools I created or co-authored that can help you match skills to roles: Nonprofit Data & Tech Skill-Building Checklist — a worksheet that provides an inventory of technology and data-related skills and a way to rate your skills or those of a team member or job candidate. Everyone is already so busy.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Publicly Recognize Memorial Gifts

Bloomerang

In this case you’d simply add a footnote at the bottom of your Honor Roll with language like: *includes a memorial or tribute donation. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., It sets up an awkward competition and may make some families feel bad. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Motivating Donors to Make a Will to Leave a Bequest

Bloomerang

Give people suggested language they can share with their attorney. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [ASK AN EXPERT] Motivating Donors to Make a Will to Leave a Bequest appeared first on Bloomerang. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below.

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Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

Bloomerang

If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Assume in your tone and language your donor simply has forgotten or has just not got around to it due to the busyness of daily life. Personal handwriting packs a punch!

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Twitter | LinkedIn | The post Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy appeared first on Bloomerang.

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