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Are You Stewarding Your Donors?

The Fundraising Authority

It costs a lot more money to sell to a new prospect (to find… cultivate… and sell that prospect) than it does to sell a new product (or an upgrade) to a current customer. It takes far fewer resources (time, money, and effort) to renew or upgrade a current donor than it does to find, cultivate, and ask a new prospect.

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Grant Seeking 101: Finding the Right Fit

Connection Cafe

In my last post on getting started with grants , we covered the basics of grants and how to determine if your organization was ready to apply for grants. Today, we’ll talk about how to find grants, and how to determine whether the grants you do find are a good fit for your organization. billion in grants annually.

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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We can’t treat donors like ATM machines, only asking for money. While my in-box filled up with many GivingTuesday requests from nonprofits that I support, I was struck by the creativity of how each organization incorporated giving Tuesday into fundraising or donor recognition campaigns.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” There was a shift in the way they work, they had to be more transparent, with everyday fundraisers reports on numbers and people who were doing the challenge. This “Dr.

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10 Nonprofit Books from 2010

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising by Mazarine Treyz. She’s been a regular commenter on this blog. She’s been a regular commenter on this blog. Her book is perfect for small nonprofits who are looking for practical and tactical tips and wisdom in developing a fundraising plan. Zilch by Nancy Lublin.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. These innovative tools are meeting the fundraising, grassroots mobilization, volunteer engagement, and issue awareness needs of many organizations." things that it celebrated are now commonplace, and nonprofit technology and effectiveness still requires money.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Fundraising. Fundraising / #casesmg / @CASEAdvance. Fundraising. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising / #caseadvdean / @CASEAdvance.

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