How to Write a Great Out-of-Office Message (with Key Info for Your Donors)
Everyone at the office is just about ready to shut down their laptops for some time off during the holidays. But you don’t want to leave your donors hanging. What if they have questions about sending in a last-minute year-end gift? Now, this doesn’t mean you or your...
The Satisfaction of Unclogging a Drain and What That Has to Do with Your Donor Pipeline
I don’t know about you, but I love watching Reels or TikTok videos of the drain cleaners. You know what I’m talking about? There are tons of videos of clogged drains and you watch people methodically chip away at the clog until whoosh, the drain is unclogged and the...
3 Tips for Unlocking Year-End Success
It’s year-end and you’ve just landed a new job – now what? How are you going to ask donors for a gift when you don’t even know them? Or maybe you’ve had a portfolio, but it’s WAY too big, so there’s no way you can reach everyone. How do you know where to focus your...
Founder Q&A: What does your non-profit’s structure have to do with success?
The structure of a non-profit has everything to do with whether the organization is running effectively and efficiently, and whether the donor is experiencing the best the organization can offer. When every function of the organization is aligned in support of the...
18 Barriers to Effective Relational Fundraising
Every non-profit organization I’ve encountered has some kind of barrier that prevents a donor from freely giving to their heart’s content to that organization. Let me list a few: No donor acquisition strategy. A poorly developed donor cultivation strategy where they...TOP RATED PODCAST
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