sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As you work to implement your fundraising vision, its likely gift officers play a vital role. In this dynamic work environment, how are you keeping gift officers motivated and connected to their outcomes? I have worked with a lot of leaders to develop plans for keeping gift officers excited and on track. It isn’t a one-time fix.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? Most funders themselves use status quo problem-solving skills, so they expect you to do the same. Let’s make a gift!”

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources. Training your team and developing their communication skills will be essential. A donor can also gift any retirement funds that they won’t use to your nonprofit.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 3, 2022

I believe there is a crisis amongst major gift officers all over the world. It’s a confidence crisis that is causing good people, like you, to struggle and lose faith in their skills as well as cause donors to question the mission of organizations they either support or want to support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It helps them cultivate essential human skills like adaptability, creativity, and problem-solving, which are invaluable in a world increasingly shaped by AI. By simply asking, “What food items would be meaningful as a gift to someone from XYZ country?” Experimentation should feel like playful, be fun and create a sense of wonder.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From there you can create two versions of your appeal: 1) thanking active donors for their previous contributions and asking for a final end-of-year gift to maximize their support, and 2) reminding lapsed donors about your organization’s important work while also letting them know they still have time to make a donation. Contact them here!

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 20, 2022

Every excellent fundraiser I’ve known is constantly learning, always curious and eager to improve their skills. If you’re a good frontline fundraiser, you’re always seeking to learn how to do your craft better.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Subject line: Sofia, keep tabs on the impact of your gift by following us on social media. Why do donors stop giving after their first gift? Since your donor’s first gift was during Giving Tuesday, your update email should talk about the impact created by the funds raised during that day. 2) Week One: The Friend Request.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Sense-making is an essential workplace skill along with several others. Robin Good curated this article about research on future workplace skills. The skills are: Sense-making: ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed. Does it require some special gift? How do you do it?

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

This technology has helped Cassie Chilcutt, prospect research manager for the Conservancy, reduce major gift officer portfolios by more than one-third after removing low-likelihood prospects. “(It) It) has helped me identify the correct constituents to place into gift officer portfolios,” she said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation. Secure a major donor for a matching gift campaign. The best thing about incorporating video in your strategy is that no special skills are needed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. The five EI skills are: Build self-awareness to identify what makes you vulnerable to burnout. Had they hit some sort of genetic lottery that gifted them with super stress-busting superpowers? Was it an acquired skill?

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

Quick ways to build fundraising skills If your schedule is packed, consider intentionally setting aside a small amount of time—say, 15-20 minutes—to learn each week. and “ What information should be in a gift acknowledgement letter? Our team of librarians has curated responses to the questions we hear most from nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Volunteer applications can also uncover valuable skills, interests, and certifications. Create opportunities to ask open-ended questions to continue learning about their skills and interests and ask for feedback within your communications to improve your programs. Create your engagement plan informed by the data you collected.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 6, 2023

It’s an opportunity to express gratitude and appreciation for the individuals who selflessly give their time, skills, and resources to make a difference in their communities. Volunteer Appreciation Gifts Consider giving out small gifts to your nonprofit volunteers to show your appreciation.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These include: Employee matching gift programs Giving Tuesday corporate partnerships Annual giving campaigns In-kind donation drives Corporate volunteerism [and volunteer grants!] Employee matching gift programs Program overview: Employee matching gifts are a powerful tool for nonprofits, driving individual and corporate revenue alike.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 12, 2009

it’s a gift economy event, and 2. my gift is social reporting. A Gift Economy Event. This is how the myPublicServices conference team explains their ideas about the gift economy: The web has already transformed the way we book a holiday, buy a camera, and share the snaps. For two reasons: 1. Social Reporting.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sending custom receipts recapping donors’ 2022 gifts to make tax season easier. Plan for annual giving In addition to cultivating donor relationships year-round, you should also plan activities to solicit annual gifts throughout the year. Hosting a donor appreciation event to celebrate your community of supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tip: Include gift vouchers for local shops and cafes, food hampers, small sets of bath and beauty products. Reach out via email, or on social media, and ask if anyone has specialized skills (such as personal training) or runs a business (such as a bakery) and could donate their goods or services as a prize.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. Those in positions of power can invite traditionally excluded people to the table, but to sustain meaningful dialogue, everyone must have some skills to hold these important and often difficult conversations.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 30, 2022

And in the whirlwind of asking, many organizations often forget to plan what happens after the gift is made. You’ll also receive a template for starting your year-end plan and lots of examples of warm & fuzzy donor touches that will make your donors feel great about their gifts! About your Speaker.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

Matching Gifts Board members can use matching gifts to help nonprofit fundraising by either making their own donations and matching them or by soliciting donations from others and offering to match them themselves. Board members can also spearhead matching gift challenges. You may be surprised by what you find!

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Funders will make financial gifts if what you offer aligns with their philanthropic or personal interests.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

Especially in the beginning of their employment, many benchmarks beyond gift income must be mutually agreed upon. Reiterate this mindset: It takes a village to increase gift income. No professional — no matter how talented and skilled — will be able to turn around the advancement environment by themselves.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Confirms to the donor that you got their gift. Closes the loop on this gift and prepares them for the next gift. After all, they gave your organization a gift. Your thank you letter needs to be warm and sincere, and you may need to sharpen your fundraising writing skills to get it right. And important.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Is major gift officer the only viable career in fundraising ? I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building. This is why the fundraising adage “ major gift officers have to get out from behind their desks ” has long been accepted wisdom. . Sometimes they won’t have the skills. Major gift fundraising costs, on average, $0.5 per dollar raised compared with $0.50

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

While nonprofits can ignore the importance of individual donors, corporate partners can bring unmatched powerful support to organizations, including: Skills-based support & training Workplace giving programs In-kind donations Volunteers or a volunteer grants Sponsorships for fundraising events Matching gift programs.

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Skills Director Grant Volunteer 78

sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Think of automation as a tool to help your team focus on the uniquely human skills of creativity, relationship building, and critical thinking that only they can bring to their fundraising roles. Improve Donor Interaction Missing a chance to make a real connection with a donor is a motivation killer for gift officers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Donate your skills (graphic design, strategic planning, human resources).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Lots of people take jobs in nonprofit fundraising and assume their sales or other corporate skills will transfer. Skills/concepts that translate: Marketing concepts are the same in for-profit as in non-profit. Skills/concepts that don’t translate: Working on comission is considered unethical among professional fundraisers.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

Today’s question comes from a director of development who wants advice on how to quickly and efficiently find the best major gift and planned giving prospects: Dear Charity Clairity, We recently purchased donor analytics and now have a database overlay indicating who has major gift and planned gift likelihood.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. If you host the event at a restaurant or local pub, offer a gift certificate to the establishment as a prize for the trivia winners. Tax tips event Taxes are stressful!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

We looked at all of our current grant and major donors, and, if there were funds unspent from each of their gifts, we asked if we could redirect it to our COVID-19 response. Many of the nonprofits we surveyed regretted not taking time to pursue training, practice using tech tools, or sharpen other skills that help them be more productive.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Capital campaigns are laser focused on the top-level gifts. In most campaigns, the top ten gifts account for half or more of the campaign goal. That laser focus has several consequences because major gift fundraising is relatively inexpensive. Bigger, more exciting ideas and dynamic thinking really do raise more money.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

Corporate giving programs help nonprofits have diversified streams of income by contributing donations, scholarships, grants, matching gift programs, and other resources to supplement a nonprofit’s operations. Qgiv donation forms can integrate with Double the Donation to streamline the gift matching program.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ask: Send a personalized request for support that acknowledges the donor’s past gifts and shares the impact their donation will make. Thank: Always send a “thank you” message to every donor, no matter the size of their gift. You could also try teaching them a fun new skill. Connect with your donors over the phone!

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