Thu.Apr 04, 2019

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How Data Can Drive Your Fundraising: A Conversation With Keela’s Philip Manzano

Global Giving

Philip Manzano Head of Marketing and Communications at Keela Who He Is: Phil has worked as a communications professional within the sector at many levels: grassroots, local, regional and national. Now, he spends his time telling powerful stories of impact and is devoted to helping nonprofits do good better. Q: Why bother gathering data? A: It’s all about making informed decisions and knowing what aspects of your organization inspire your donors.

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Four Daily Questions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I'm a big fan of the magazine, Experience Life. Particularly the Perspective column from a few years ago, written by Bahram Akradi , the founder and CEO of Life Time Fitness. Akradi tackled self-reflection awhile back. He firmly believes the business model that if you aren't innovating you are dying. And, to innovate, you have to regularly fine-tune both your business and your life.

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Starting a Recurring Giving Program: Tips from the Major Hospital Foundation

Connection Cafe

The concept of recurring giving is pretty awesome. It enables people to make a meaningful increase in their impact on an organization that they care about without feeling a big impact in their checkbooks. For donors who care about a cause, nothing could be much better than that! Simply put, recurring giving is making smaller gifts on a regular basis, maybe monthly or quarterly, that add up to a larger gift than a person could usually make all at once.