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Your Fundraising Calendar for 2017 – What You Need to Master This Year
Confused on how to tackle fundraising this year with a strong plan? Gail Perry has you covered with a set plan based around each month to effectively reach new and lasting donors.
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Let Your Donors Know How Much You Appreciate Them
Holidays are the best time to get your donor’s attention. With Valentine’s Day arriving fast, this is the perfect opportunity to show your appreciation for donors and a great way to stay in touch with these people.
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Are you saying thank you like you mean it? Taking your donor from first-time to lifetime.
Getting major donors seems to be the goal of many, however we must ask ourselves — how will this benefit us in the long run? Fundraising isn’t about asking rich people for money, but turning a first-time donor into a
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Building Effective Nonprofit Communications Teams (Infographic) #NPCOMM2017
Communication team effectiveness is the key to success within a nonprofit. Kivi Leroux Miller provides an infographic with helpful tips on this strategy.
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Step 1 for Effective Advocacy in the Age of Trump: Learn to Listen Better
In the age of Trump, it is difficult to depict what the future holds for nonprofits for the next four years. The ones who will essentially survive are the nonprofits that listen the best.
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The Pre-Ask Meeting: Who, When, Where & Why?
Amy Einstein discusses “pre-ask” cultivation meetings, and the importance of meeting face to face with donors and major gift prospects.
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How to Get Your Whole Organization Behind Major Gift Fundraising
Expert Gail Perry shares six ways to help build a culture of philanthropy within your organization.
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Nimble, Networked and Niche: Why Nonprofits Need to Be All Three
Tivoni Devor discusses how being nimble, networked and niche can help nonprofits navigate the current political landscape.
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How Students Can Prepare for a Nonprofit Career
Nonprofit expert Allison Fine offers her thoughts on how educators can prepare undergraduate college students for a career in the nonprofit sector.
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How Annoying Are You As a Grant Applicant?
Vu Le presents his GRAVE Gauge with wit and wisdom, offering ways to avoid common grantseeking mistakes.
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Overwhelmed? Here Are 2 Tips to Master Major Gifts
Major gifts are so important to a nonprofit’s career. Month by month, week by week gifts, how is it possible to keep up with this? Amy Eisenstein expresses her top 2 tips to proactively master this skill.
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How to Create a Better Annual Report
Having an annual report can seem unnecessary as donors often perceive them as they are boring thick booklets. However, if this is the case, who was your annual report written for? It is essential you cater these to donors.
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Is Community Engagement or Awareness Essential? Depends on Your Mission.
The way nonprofits go about their communications work can vary tremendously. As many organizations have significantly different views for their priority goals, their ultimate mission is very similar to one another. Miller discusses the logistics behind this.
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Social Media Capital for Nonprofits
Social Media Capital for Nonprofits: How to Accumulate It, Convert It and Spend It.
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How to Craft a Killer Thank You Letter
Thank you letters can be difficult. What are the best tactics to make your donor overall happy they made a gift? Gail Perry discusses the steps in successfully writing these letters to retain these donors.
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7 Year-End Fundraising Practices That Work All Year
Year-end fundraising is one of the most effective time periods in the life of a nonprofit. Instead of implementing these tactics only at the end of the year, learn how you can adapt them to year-round fundraising.
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