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Monthly giving: 5 reasons to start today

Monthly giving: 5 reasons to start today Are you waiting at the starting block to start a monthly giving program? And I don’t mean a check box on your donation form. I mean a real program – with goals and a plan. Last month, I urged you to try something new this year. If you […]

Filed Under: Annual Giving, Blog Tagged With: donor retention, monthly giving, regular giving 1 Comment

Want happier donors? Do one easy thing this week.

Want happier donors? Have you ever thanked your donors “just because”? In my experience, January seems to be the quiet after the end-of-year storm for solicitations and other mail. So it’s a great time to start the year off right with some gratitude – the best kind, no strings attached. When I’ve done this, I’ve […]

Filed Under: Blog, Thanks Tagged With: donor retention, gratitude, happy donors 9 Comments

Do you want your donors to stick around?

Do you want your donors to stick around? Donor retention continues (rightly) to be a hot topic. It risks being like the weather, though: everybody’s talking about it, but nobody’s doing anything about it. Let me share an example from my past. I thought about an organization I used to work for. Riverfront Recapture built and programs […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications, Thanks Tagged With: donor retention, writing for donors 9 Comments

What good politicians can teach us

I’ll admit to being a political junkie. I’ll be glued to the set tonight, watching returns until I fall asleep. The drama is better than most entertainment television has to offer. And of course, the stakes are huge. Think about all the people who don’t vote. In the US, only about 40% of people vote in […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications, Donors Tagged With: communications, donor retention, writing for donors Leave a Comment

So, Hands-On Fundraising is a thing…

Just a quick mid-week post to share with you that Hands-On Fundraising, LLC is formed and ready for business. I think this is where my long nonprofit career has been pointing. It’s time to share what I’ve learned over those years. Time to reach more organizations and help them do great work. Thank you for […]

Filed Under: Annual Giving, Blog, Donor communications, Fundraising, Planning Tagged With: appeal writing, donor retention, Fundraising, nonprofit consulting 2 Comments

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