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Fundraisers: use stories, not statistics

The human mind is a wanderer by nature. The daydream is the mind’s default state. Jonathan Gottschall What do you like to read? I read a scary book recently. Dystopic, feminist, infuriating. And compelling. (Gather the Daughters, by Jennie Melamed) But it did what I look to fiction to do. It took me away, to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: donor communications, fundraising appeal, storytelling 8 Comments

So you want to change the world

We all have our causes. Those of us who choose a nonprofit career usually do, at least in part, because we want to help make something better or more beautiful. We’re eager world-changers. And that’s a wonderful thing to be! Change? Here’s what might work… and what probably won’t You have a cause or two […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: communications, Donors, Fundraising 1 Comment

How Changing your Mindset Will Help You Attract New Donors

Do you want to attract new donors? When it comes to fundraising, investing in your relationship with current donors is the most important (and effective) thing to do. Just as in business, it costs five times more to acquire a new customer than to retain one. Yet every year, every nonprofit loses donors, and if […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications, Marketing Communications Tagged With: donor relationships, Marketing Posts 2 Comments

What you need to know about before and after

Before and after… it’s the line between so much in a story – in all our stories. Think about your own. There are the “before I knew better” stories. The “before I met my partner” stories. The “after the kids were born” stories. The line between before and after signifies an important point in time […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications, Fundraising Tagged With: donor newsletters, fundraising appeals, thank you letters 2 Comments

Donor touches? Paper is still your best bet

Donor touches matter and paper is still your best bet. I have been seeing a lot of articles during the past year about COVID and work. Specifically, about how the pandemic has changed the way we work and the way we communicate. And honestly, how not? Organizations that were tied to an in-person environment had […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications, Fundraising Tagged With: annual giving, direct mail, donor communications 2 Comments

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