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MultiChannel Donors: Real? Or Yeti?

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Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! According to the report, the answer is essentially "not so much."

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Five Ways to Become a Better Fundraising Professional

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The more I engage with clients the more I find myself wishing I knew what I know now when I was on the fundraising staff at a nonprofit. With that said, I decided I should write a series of blog posts titled “What I Wish I Knew Then” with the hope that the lessons I have learned will make you a better fundraising professional, too.

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The Fail-Safe Guide to Pitching Technology to Your Nonprofit Stakeholders

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CharityDynamics just released the Interactive Investment Benchmark Study that looks at how organizations plan to invest in digital resources and strategy. What they found is that as the economy continues to recover and online fundraising outpaces other development efforts, nonprofits are planning to invest more in their digital footprint.

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Lesson 1: Removing Yourself from the Fundraising Equation

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Hopefully you’re caught up on my path to fundraising enlightenment and the Four Noble Truth’s of Fundraising. Meaning my reality is based on my perception of life, of the world, of fundraising. Most of us in the peer-to-peer fundraising world would consider our walks, 5ks and rides a fundraiser. Yes, right?

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How to Prepare Your Pitch for New Technology Investments

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Paint the picture for your board or leadership team by analyzing your current campaign results, conducting a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat analysis) and compare your organization to industry benchmarks. Technology nonprofit leadership nonprofit technology Online Fundraising technology investment' Position the Ask.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

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Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. Need some inspiration to get your organization''s website updated?