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4 Ways to Recruit and Retain Volunteers for Your Fundraising Event

Four tips to recruit and retain volunteers for your fundraising event Thinking about a fundraising event? If you run a nonprofit, you may not have the budget to pay for a huge team. As a result, pulling off a fundraising event may take a significant amount of time. You need help. So, you may be […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising events Tagged With: fundraising events, relationship building, volunteers 3 Comments

How to challenge the White Walkers of nonprofit life

In times of disaster, you’ll find thousands of people wondering about nonprofit work. What is our role in society? What is good for me? As I write this, hurricane Harvey is finally lumbering his way across the country. Behind the storm is an area of devastation from floods that’s hard to comprehend – at least […]

Filed Under: Blog, Nonprofits Tagged With: Fundraising, nonprofit staff, Philanthropy 10 Comments

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: 5 Tips to Supercharge Your Campaign

Peer-to-peer fundraising: 5 tips to supercharge your campaign In an ideal situation, donors would allocate support for your nonprofit by giving time and funds without provocation. However, have you considered that more donors may step forward if they were approached by friends and family instead of a faceless organization? Peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) puts this exact […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: online giving, peer-to-peer 1 Comment

4 ways you might be making it all about you

And why making it about you is a mistake We all do it from time to time. We fall a little in love with our own organization. Or we get a little tired of the hard work. Then we forget that good fundraising focuses on the donor and the mission. Are you making these mistakes? […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: donor care, donor focus, thank you 9 Comments

12 ways you can thank your donors

Saying thank you is a critical part of fundraising. Sometimes, we can focus most attention on getting a gift. But great thanks are key to getting the next gift. Here are 12 ideas of how to thank your donors. 1. A prompt, personal, sincere thank you letter This is the least you should do, of […]

Filed Under: Blog, Thanks Tagged With: donor love, donor retention, thank you 5 Comments

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