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The Seven Deadly Sins of Hapless Fundraising Shops
Labor Day is behind us, football has begun, and the time for actual work is now. Congrats, friends, it is fundraising season once again! I hope your shop is ready, with an actionable fundraising plan. Traveling to meet a new … Continue reading
Quit Selling Sponsorships. Start Cultivating Partnerships.
Working with non-profits and arts organizations, my most practical advice goes mostly unheeded. Most of you should not be bothering at all with corporate sponsorship. Why? Local decision making is increasingly rare, as banks, law firms, health care organizations, and … Continue reading
Internal Efficiencies & Tragic Fundraising Communication.
I love fundraising samples from organizations, good and bad. For years I kept every solicitation in an overflowing folder, until finally paying someone to scan them for use in an Annual Fund course I taught at Indiana University. The poor … Continue reading
The 7 days of Week 52. End the (fundraising) Fiscal Year With Tacos.
The Annual Fund, when properly planned for and administered, is a full year proposition. That is 12 months, 365 days, 8,760 hours of hard work and determined focus. Mostly. There has to be time to fight with marketing about the … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Fund, Fundraising, Philanthropy
Tagged Annual Fund, board development, non-profits, Online Giving, year end fundraising
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(Fundraising) Staff Retention Made Easy.
Those of us who got to go to college have it pretty well off in the United States these days, with unemployment levels for graduates holding at less than 3%, which is to say full employment, or pretty close. Listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Leadership, Philanthropy
Tagged conference fun, Fundraising, non-profit leadership, staff development, staff retention
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Love, Humility, Fire. The Fundraiser’s Heart.
I interview many potential candidates for fundraising positions, particularly early to mid-career professionals. We are very much in a seller’s market these days for talent. Good for employees. Challenging for employers. So I tend to favor younger professionals, on the way … Continue reading
The Hole in Your Fundraising Program.
Pull your donor list or annual report from last year, on your own, or better yet, with your team. Run through the roster of mid-level donors. What is a mid-level donor? It will be different for every organization, but for … Continue reading
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Please Don’t Ignore Your Lapsed Donors.
Want to do better in your fundraising? Get to know the peeps at Bloomerang, purveyors of revolutionary software that affordably and elegantly delivers much needed solutions to our business: tracking and reporting donor data and engagement. I love these guys. … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Fund, Fundraising, Philanthropy
Tagged Bloomerang, Fundraising, non-profits, Philanthropy
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Ring the Bell. The Joyful Sound of (fundraising) Wins.
We all know the sound of Joy when we hear it, that unedited yelp of delight when something wonderful happens, like for me recently when my Indiana Hoosiers took down Kentucky in the NCAA tourney. It is always wonderful … Continue reading
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The Sign is For Free. Reality and Recognition in Your Sponsorship Program.
Securing corporate giving and sponsorship is difficult, to the point that most non-profits would be better suited to seek funding elsewhere and simply not invest precious time and resources into the effort and focus elsewhere (see the $5,000 low carb … Continue reading
Posted in Performing Arts, Sponsorship
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