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Developing a Tactical Fundraising Calendar for Your Organization

The Fundraising Authority

Your best bet to ensure maximum revenue is to lay out a tactical fundraising calendar as part of your overall fundraising plan. A tactical calendar, as its name suggests, is simply a calendar that shows when your non-profit will employ each of the fundraising tactics it is planning to use in a given year. Of course not!

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Creating Fundraising Systems for Your Nonprofit

The Fundraising Authority

For example, if your system calls for a thank you call to be made to every donor within 7 days of their gift, have your database set to automatically print out a call list for your development director once per week. The database will automatically print out a thank you letter. 4 – Put it On a Calendar.

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5 Must-Have Productivity Software Products Nonprofits Need to Be Effective in 2021

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. DATABASICS. 5 Online Calendar. Google Calendar. Recommendation ?

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

The current software does not interface with our current/new technical environment (MS-Exchange and Office, or Google g-mail, calendar, docs, etc.). An inability to hire staff who know how to use or support the database in question. Difficulties in training new staff or volunteers on the database. Stewarding current donors.

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5 Simple Steps to Take Right Now to Plan Your 2023 Golf Fundraiser

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As soon as you have a date set with the golf facility, send a quick email to your contact database as well as individual emails to major donors and supporters to get it on their calendars and into their budgets. Get your event on donors’ minds early and in front of sponsors amid annual budget planning.

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3 Easy Upgrades Can Work Wonders for Digital Donor Acquisition

sgEngage

Another client created a digital calendar with tips on how to care for a specific disease in each month of the year. The nice part about creating valuable content is that it not only helps you grow your email database but it also can be repurposed for your existing file as part of your stewardship and retention activities.

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4 Ways to Leverage Your Donor Database for Virtual Events

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Others have started incorporating hybrid events in their calendar where there are both digital and in-person elements to the event in order to keep everyone engaged. . Whatever format you choose, your donor database can aid you in engaging supporters prior to, during, and after the event. Run a report on previous registrants.