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?3 Reasons to Integrate Your Organization’s Systems

Saleforce Nonprofit

When supporter information remains segregated, fundraising initiatives can be crippled. This is because fundraisers — up and down the pyramid — miss out on fundamental information that can help them better build relationships, effect the best possible messaging, and elicit support to further the mission.

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“Getting Real” with Donors: Creating a Culture of Philanthropy for Securing Unrestricted Gifts

Connection Cafe

Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. Too often nonprofits cloak fundraising for general operating funds with fundraising in the name of a new building or a new educational program.

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Leveraging Email Automation to Enhance Donor Relationships

Get Fully Funded

To prove to them that they do, write fundraising emails that demonstrate each donor’s personal impact. Create templates for campaign updates and fundraising appeals that fill in with each donor’s name, gift size, and tangible impact. In total, we raised [$Total Revenue] to support the local animal shelter.

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Inspiring Loyalty: Donor Stewardship in Arts and Culture

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Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. Stewardship is often discussed as it relates to university advancement and is more rarely discussed in terms of arts and cultural organizations. Beyond the Gift.

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From Year 1 to Year 2: The Importance of Retaining First Gifts

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Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. Fundraising professionals continually speak about the importance of retaining new donors , but few have developed methods that are cost effective and efficient. The Trial Gift.

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3 Major Higher Ed Takeaways from bbcon 2020 Virtual

Connection Cafe

Fundraising during a global pandemic . It’s no secret that the world is going through significant change and fundraising best practices are not exempt from that. Understanding the landscape and the culture where the change is being made is key. Get the right stakeholders involved and keep them involved.

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Taking Your Professional Development Global!

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).