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New Year, New Goals: First Steps for Setting Your Goals

A successful year begins with a good plan

With the new year comes new resolutions. Some are set on improving their physical fitness, while some are dedicated to giving back more to their communities in the coming year. Just as people around the world do, nonprofits set (or refresh) their goals as the new year approaches. With a fresh calendar ripe for filling […]

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Simple Development Systems – smart fundraising with a heart

Pamela Grow Simple Development Systems

Are you new to fundraising? Or suddenly the chief (or only!) fundraiser? Are you feeling overwhelmed? I get it. Even after decades of fundraising, I took a DOD position that basically placed all fundraising responsibility on my shoulders. With very little budget. And a board that was not only unused to fundraising but hostile to […]

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Your annual giving toolkit – part one

Annual Giving Toolkit pt 1

Annual giving is a process To create a successful annual giving program, you need to think beyond the once a year appeal. Fundraising is relationship-building. When your donors hear from you once a year – and that one communication is an ask – how valued do you think they feel? They probably don’t even remember […]

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Do you want to raise more money? You need a plan

You need a fundraising plan

If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. ~Yogi Berra Is this you? Many organizations share a problem. They’re either new and need to build a fundraising program… Or they’re not new at all but have never focused on building a fundraising program. In both situations, the answer is […]

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Are you in a groove or in a rut?

Fundraising groove or rut?

When repetition is good Messaging that works Given time and trials, you may find ideas and language that works 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 give because […]

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