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Do You Want To Learn To Be A Better Fundraiser?
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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?
So, Your Donation Page Sucks…
A donation page is one of the most frequented pages of a nonprofit’s website. A donation page should be a simple page. But simplicity is easier said than done. It requires careful consideration before constructing it.
What should be considered?
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.
Should Nonprofit Organizations Worry About Overhead Costs?
I got asked a question - shouldn't we try to spend as little as possible to raise as much as possible?
So I went on a rant about this. Watch it here.
What Does the Future Hold?
What does the future hold? How can we prepare when we don’t know what it will include?
It has been two years since COVID changed our lives forever. While we never could have known or adequately prepared for the impact of COVID, I do think back and wonder - what could I have done to help my future self two years into the future?