Forum One

MARCH 31, 2009

Fundraising When Money is Tight.? Warwick is very positive about the prospects for non-profits to continue to receive donations today despite the economy, and he insists that we continue our fundraising activities. t afford to stop recruiting new donors. t cut fundraising costs without careful consideration.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. This is a difficult question to answer in a brief response, but I’ll endeavor to cut to the chase with (1) five donor acquisition strategies, (2) your case for support, and (3) how to impress. board, staff, volunteers and donors) for names from their networks.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

It’s staying on top of new ideas and technology in an increasingly wired world and matching donor expectations accordingly. Poorly trained staff hurts every aspect of your organization from moral to how you interact with your donors. Successfully embracing change isn’t just about going with the flow; it’s about leading the pack.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I follow several nonprofit fundraising blogs, one of which is The Agitator, and this recent post about "ask amounts" on direct mail and fundraising forms caught my eye. Read the post, and the linked white paper about the research and testing that went into this sweeping declaration. What if they are brand new?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). posted Ten Tips for Journalists to Fundraise.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. These include: Encouraging donations from donors and potential donors. So what are Google Ad Grants ?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2015

In fact, despite careful planning , your sustainer program may eventually hit a plateau—making it seem nearly impossible to raise more money or acquire more donors. To convert one-time donors into lifetime givers, you must make it simple. Defenders of Wildlife uses an upsell lightbox to convert one-time givers into sustaining donors.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2015

Its program, the Trail Keeper Club , aligns donor giving with the organization’s mission to turn unused rail corridors into public trails. When developing your program, you must decide how to reward your recurring donors. What events will donors be invited to? Decide what benefits to offer. Will you offer premiums?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

If you haven’t watched fundraising expert Joe Garecht’s Heating Up Multichannel Fundraising webinar or read his Raising Money through Multichannel Communications white paper, we highly recommend you do so. Let’s get to some of the top tips we’ve rounded up to help drive your multichannel fundraising success.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2019

With the future in mind, I think there are five fundraising truths that are especially urgent to understand as higher education fundraising leaders set the course for FY2020. Over the past ten years, our research shows that there has been a 50 percent decline in donor participation rates in phone programs. Fewer phone donors.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Older donors don’t give online Wrong. A higher percentage of donors 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 give online than offline. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline. Major donors don’t give online Wrong. Online donors don’t give offline Wrong. Here are five that need to be busted.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are also a provider of donor-management software. That’s what Bloomerang is, it’s a donor database. Their donor database, it’s fantastic. You want to have a connection with the donor, with the volunteer. We love doing these webinars.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Causes is selling $25 and $50 prepaid gift cards and donors get a tax write-off. Right now, most social media efforts should be focused on friendraising not fundraising. But, peer to peer fundraising has been one area where social media has had very positive results. The article notes that “gift cards will be the No.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2017

Most conversations about planned gifts don’t start with technical questions; rather, they center on donors’ wishes to have an impact on the organization’s needs. cash, securities) in exchange for a contract to pay the donor or the donor’s designee an annuity for life. 24 Planned Giving Terms You Need to Know: 1.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2014

For a refresher, my 2013 piece Non-Technology Trends for the CIO and a 2011 white paper for the Association of Fundraising Professionals on similar topics may be good places to start and worth a read as well.). And, for better or worse, this New Normal is not going away anytime soon. Working Smarter.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2021

Your fundraising needs fuel. The Nonprofit Fundraising Content Conundrum. You may think, as a fundraiser, your nonprofit content marketing strategy is not your job. Your fundraising strategy is fueled by content. And without that fuel, your fundraising will never catch fire. . Nothing comes from nothing.

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