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Where Are Your Boundaries with Donors?
If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know we talk a lot about building meaningful relationships with donors. Why? Because that’s the core of your role as a major or...
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Donor-Centered
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Why a Mid-Level Fundraising Program Is the Key to Donor Respect
If you ask most CEOs or Executive Directors whether their organization is relationship-centered, they’ll usually say “yes.” But when you look closer, the reality often tells a different story. For...
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The Missing Ingredients: Storytelling and Impact Reporting in Your Donor Relationships
In my years of working with hundreds of non-profit organizations, I've noticed a pattern that continues to surprise me. When I ask development leaders about their donor stewardship strategies, they...
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Why Age Doesn't Matter in Major Gift Fundraising
Let me be straight with you – I'm worried. I'm worried because I see too many good fundraisers getting distracted by the wrong things. And right at the top of that list is this obsession with donor...
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10 Steps to Creating Compelling Donor Offers
The main reason a donor doesn’t give to you is because you haven’t given the donor a compelling offer that matches what they care about.
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Want the Most Flexibility in Your Work? Have a Plan.
I want to be frank with you. I love what I get to be a part of in my role as a Client Experience Leader with Veritus. We partner with non-profit organizations doing amazing work all around the world....
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I Doubled My Support and I Liked It
OK, not as catchy as Katy Perry’s 2008 debut single, but hopefully it got your attention!
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Maybe This Is Why Your Donor Isn’t Responding
If your caseload donor is silent, it could be that you’re not in sync with their communication preferences. Diana Peterson-More writes a brilliant article about communication alignment in her piece...
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Question of the Month: What does it really mean when a donor says “no” to your request for a gift?
Some people may think that a fundraiser’s job is to get donors to say “yes.” But that’s not accurate. As fundraisers, our job is not to pressure donors toward any specific action, but to align with...
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Your Reputation Matters: Restoring Donors’ Trust in Your Organization (Part 4 of 4)
I was talking with a business colleague and asked him if he knew Ralph [not his real name]. “You know,” I said. “That guy who used to work at [name of organization].”
