Groove or rut? When messaging is good for fundraising Given time and trial, you may find ideas and language that work well for your fundraising. When you do, feel free to continue to use it. Your readers aren’t waiting for your latest artistic creation; they read your appeals to know how they can help. They […]
Love your donors? Why you need to care about keeping them
Love your donors? Why you need to care about keeping them Recently, Tom Belford at The Agitator shared information from the latest Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey Report. Two statements jumped out at me. Perhaps most striking is the performance difference in retention between the top 20% of organizations, who lost on average 14.1% of their new […]
Are you facing the terror of the blank page?
“But If you’re a writer, you know the terror of the blank page. I’ve said it all before!” The cursor blinks, daring you to give up. Your hands are poised, willing your brain to direct them. And still, the blank page. Are you working on an appeal? Finding it hard to come up with something […]
What you need to know about online giving and compliance
Online giving compliance? Today’s post comes to us thanks to Ify Aduba of Harbour Compliance. If your organization raises money online (and you probably do), this piece will help you be sure you’re in compliance with the law. You’ve taken the time to revisit your case for support and have identified bold, new fundraising strategies for […]
Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff?
Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff? It sure caught my eye. A question that I hope was a mental exercise was posed recently on an online forum: Should staff and board be limited to 10-year terms? The question received a variety of responses – all of which, to me, highlighted an […]
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