The Good and Bad News About Fundraising: Our Latest Newsletter
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Last month, Giving USA released their summary of giving for 2008. I’m a optimist, so lets talk about the good news first:
Good News
* 2008 was the second highest fundraising year on record (2007 was …
With the state of the economy, so many non profit organizations are looking for ways to produce fabulous special events on a shoestring budget. Here are a few tips:
How to cut costs at your next …
Last month, the White House held a briefing to educate nonprofit organizations who want to get a piece of the stimulus funding distributed through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
If your non profit …
Here are 2 opportunities for your organization to get more supporters and funding this fall:
ING Direct just launched a new interactive volunteer management system called Orange Volunteers. Your organization can post volunteer events …
Here is a checklist for conducting a productive face to face “ask”
Thank prospect for the meeting
Bring them up to speed on your organizations history and latest initiatives
Tell them your “case”
Ask them about their charitable giving
Less …
8 tips for increasing the productivity of your board
I’ve been on both sides of board management: as a staffer trying to work with my boards more effectively, and as the well meaning board member …
Over 179,000 non profit organizations use the Facebooks “Causes” application to fundraise, but only a small fraction of those groups have raised over $ 1,000.
This bleak statistic probably makes you think that social networking is …
Over the next few months, many of you will be working fast and furiously to produce fundraising galas and events that maintain the same cache on less financial resources.
Here are 6 ideas :
1. If appropriate, …
If fundraising is like “selling” your organization, here is a funny video of a sales call gone so wrong:
