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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 Navigate the Start of a Nonprofit Capital Campaign
There are times when nonprofits need to do something. Big. Transformative. And often that requires additional funds raised beyond what is typically brought in each year.
So what to do?
Often the answer for nonprofits – and nonprofit boards - is to launch a capital campaign.
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.
Summer Fundraising Principles - Guiding You to Raise More Money
Interested in learning about guiding fundraising principles to help you raise more money? It all starts with building relationships with your donors to your nonprofit to ensure sustainable funding.
Watch this video to learn more.
Should We Celebrate?
Do you have a fiscal year ending coming up, like let’s say June 30th? Or September 30th?
Do you make a big push in advance of these dates to encourage your donors to give before your fiscal year closes?
What about big anniversaries for your nonprofit?
Do you make a big deal of these milestones? Launch a capital or anniversary campaign?
These dates and milestones are important INTERNALLY but really do not mean much EXTERNALLY.
So what to do?
How To Find New Donors
Donating money during the pandemic was a way for people to feel like they were doing something in a world where no one felt safe, in control or hopeful.
New donors were streaming in.
Three years later, is that still the case?
When You’re The Only One In The Office…
No one tells you when you start in a fundraising role that it can be really lonely.
That you can feel like you have the weight of the world (or the weight of your nonprofit - which sometimes feels bigger!) on your shoulders.
Can you relate?
Follow Your Passion, Even When It’s Hard
“Don’t ask anyone else what they think.”
I recently celebrated a milestone in business and asked for feedback from others on advice they have received over the years. This one is an example of what NOT to do.
Read on for other lessons learned.