planning
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Getting the Meeting: Top Tips for Donor Face Time
- January 22, 2019
- Posted by: Susan Mangels
- Category: Communication, Planning
No CommentsMany businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.
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Giving USA and the State of the Union’s Generosity
- July 19, 2018
- Posted by: Ken Marotte
- Category: Fundraising, Planned Giving, Planning
For those of us who follow the fundraising sector’s latest trends and patterns, it’s Christmas in June! The latest edition of Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy was released last week, and as usual, it’s brimming with sharp insights you can’t afford to miss. Some of the most significant findings – all relating to U.S. giving in 2017
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A Nonprofit New Year: Five Tips for Starting the Year Right
- January 25, 2018
- Posted by: Ken Marotte
- Category: Planning
The internet is full of great advice on how to leverage opportunities at the end of the year. But what about after December gives way to January? Are there best practices for the beginning of the year, as well?
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End-of-Year Giving Tips
- December 22, 2017
- Posted by: David Kulivan
- Category: Planning
Between the period of Thanksgiving and the December holiday festivities – the time of the year I like to call “gravy season” – you have to present end-of-year giving opportunities to your donors. So, how do you cut through all of the festive, eggnog-infused chatter to make the most compelling case for why your donors should support your organization?
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A Major Gifts Mentality Part 3: The Execution
- April 28, 2017
- Posted by: Ann Fitzgerald
- Category: Major Gifts, Planning
In parts one and two of this series, we explained the role of the team and the plan that has to be in place to successfully solicit major gifts. The last piece is great execution on the plan by the team.
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A Major Gifts Mentality Part 2: The Plan
- April 3, 2017
- Posted by: Ann Fitzgerald
- Category: Major Gifts, Planning
It’s easy for fundraisers to get excited about a prospective donor and immediately attempt to ask for a donation. In doing so, they may miss important planning steps that lead to greater success in closing a gift. In the first part of this series on a Major Gifts Mentality, we covered the major gifts team – who is part of it and what do they do. Now we must consider the plan.