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

Get Fully Funded

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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Making a Great Story into a Powerful Fundraising Story

Bloomerang

It’s far easier for our brains to put ourselves in the shoes of ONE person and connect with their story than it is for us to do that with a group of people. . Example: Your gift of $25 or more can help us provide an additional 500 meals to help make sure that every child in our city has enough to eat. Tell them what their gift will do.

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How to Prevent Fundraising Burnout in a Small, Growing Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Sounds serious. Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. Someone else can call area businesses to ask for gift cards. Dictionary.com defines “burnout” as physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress. Read that again. Physical or mental COLLAPSE. Not a stumble. Not a setback. A COLLAPSE.

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Nonprofit Website Best Practices: 10 Ways to Make Your Investment Count

Neon CRM

Many website services promise quick and easy setup free of any long-term planning or custom coding, and—while that may sound alluring—it can cause certain roadblocks in the future that prevent you from scaling your online presence. In today’s ever-expanding online world, that’s important. Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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How to Get (and Keep) Major Donors

NonProfit Hub

Sounds like a great idea. Can I pick your brain?”. It might sound like I don’t know what I’m doing, but I have a strategy, I promise. Getting that initial gift is just part of the goal. We want to create a co-working space for nonprofits.”. Potential donor: “Awesome! What do you want from me?”.

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Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or if you’re using a desktop client, disable the pop-up alerts and sound effects and close or minimize the application until you’re ready to focus on email. Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. It’s really important to acknowledge this. Even if it’s just $5-10 or a few hours each month.

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. And if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, you probably have some desires that you’re experiencing when it comes to major gift fundraising. There we go.

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