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Reflect, Review, and Recharge: A Look Back at 2024
Make a plan, work your plan. What was our plan for 2024 and did we accomplish it?
What Do We Do Now?
Regardless of all the distractions happening, regardless of the noise, regardless of what grabs the attention, you have a job to do.
You still have to raise money for your nonprofit and probably have goals before year-end.
So what can you do?
L’ador V’ador - From Generation to Generation
Seasons change.
So do the generations.
Who are the current five generations of donors and how should nonprofits be building relationships with them?
Just Go Talk To That Stranger
I get it, talking to people you don’t know can be hard. Nerve-wracking. Overwhelming.
But nonprofit friends – get over it.
Reimagine Tradition - Why Are You Doing Your Event?
Over the past three years, the fundraising events have returned, and nonprofits are again relying on them to bring in significant portions of their annual budget. But should they?
As we're now in event and gala season, let’s review a few items to keep in mind to make this your most successful event yet.
Gossiping In The Office or Information Gathering?
When I started working, I liked to think of myself as a sponge. I sat outside my boss’s office and near my colleagues in the planned giving department’s section.
And I would listen. But that was the pre-COVID times.
What to do now to gather information?
How to Prevent a Wild West at a Nonprofit
Do you have a gift acceptance policy for your nonprofit organization?
While not always the most exciting of topics, it is SOOO important.
Check out this video about why it will help with your capital campaign (and also as you prepare for planned gifts!).
Mastering the Essentials: 13 Fundraising Fundamentals for Nonprofits in the New Year
It’s the beginning of the year! Now (hopefully) you’ve had a moment to look back at your revenue numbers from last year.
You have hopefully exceeded your goals, brought in more donors and increased your retention numbers.
Oh and you have a plan for this year.
No?
Well, no worries, I got you. Here is where to start.
Looking Back to Look Forward
What is strategic planning all about? It is a process done to prepare – strategically – for the future. To have a guide for what’s next. To help prioritize where your organization should spend its time, talent and treasure.
But a plan is worthless if it isn’t actionable and achievable. And to start, you first have to look back.
Nonprofit Fundraising Motivations for End-Of-The-Year
You know when it is the end of the year. And you have a never-ending to-do list to finish out the year?
Watch my latest video that discusses this common feeling for fundraisers during end of the year.