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How well do you know your donors?

Or, more to the point, do they feel as if you know them? I think of a story about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After he died, his body was transported by train through America. At one station, a reporter asked a man who was in tears if he knew President Roosevelt. And the grieving man […]

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Advocacy for Nonprofits: Taking It a Step Further

Advocacy involves taking a stand for a particular cause to create change. Advocates fight to make the world a better place, many times hand-in-hand (or for) nonprofits to establish a greater good.  Nonprofit advocacy builds on the idea that although no individual can save the world by themself, people who work together can create real […]

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Is our world moving too fast for empathy?

If part of your work is communicating with donors, your job might be getting harder. Is our world moving too fast for empathy? We’ve heard that human attention spans are now shorter than those of goldfish. We know more people are reading online, and fewer are reading on paper. And we have also known that […]

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Donor CARE – and you

We never met in person. But John Haydon was my friend. There’s a good possibility he was yours, too. That’s just how he was. On March 8th, I joined a large group of his family and friends at a memorial service. It was so well suited to John – leaving people moved and sad, but […]

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Is your fundraising program missing this essential ingredient – consistency?

Fundraising’s essential ingredient: Consistency. I know we live in an age of minuscule attention spans. Advertising always screams NEW! So it’s easy to miss how important something as homely and useful as consistency can be. But it’s key to a strong fundraising program. Consistency takes many forms. Here are a few reasons why it’s so […]

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