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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

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Reflections from #MFOM14: Email Marketing, Fundraising, and Visual Communications

NTEN

On August 2-3, I attended the 5th biennial Money for Our Movements (MFOM) social justice fundraising conference in Baltimore, Maryland, convened by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. Everyone is a fundraiser: People donate to entire organizations, not just to one department (or silo).

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Aligning Your IT Needs With Your Org's Mission (or, Doc Brown to the Rescue)

NTEN

In Back to the Future , Doc Brown gets the cable plugged in -- yes, just in time. While's it's not quite as exciting in real life, getting your IT aligned with your mission can be your sliding down the cable moment, just what you need to send your organization from 88 MPH to, well -- okay, so the metaphor isn't literal.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

If you are ready to ride an epic wave of generosity with an airtight end-of-year fundraising strategy join our special guest Rachel Muir. If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about end-of-year fundraising. Rachel: Absolutely. .

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DonorsChoose.org is doing a hybrid blog action and fundraising challenge during the month of October. Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

CFRE will explain how fundraisers can persuade ‘powers that be’ that they should actively promote legacy giving, even (especially) now. And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out the recording, as well as the slides, later on this afternoon.

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