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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

It’s how my brain works. And so really, our focus was on the annual fund. We wanted to build a stronger culture of philanthropy at the school and secure new and increased gifts to our annual fund. But basically, we talked about why we have the annual fund, why we support the annual fund. So our purpose here.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . They’ve been using this term “funding gap” for many, many years.

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A Conversation with Michael Gilbert on Nonprofit Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. The growth of the web and mailing lists was explosive and I was very interested in remaining well informed. Q: When did you start publishing? How did you get started?

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Plus, it’s super competitive. It’s challenging.

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