Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on finding potential supporters for your nonprofit organization. Chad will review the best practices in fundraising prospect identification and provide practical tips for how small nonprofits can maximize their network. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Chad, I got 2:00 [...]
âIâm increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we donât do something very foolish. I mean with artificial intelligence weâre summoning the demon.â â Elon Musk We do not know the full power of [...]
Wherever thereâs a problem, there will be someone trying to fix it to various degrees of success. The nonprofit sector does just that, applying itself to make things better with a can-do spirit and that tangible sense of optimism. If only optimism was enough! In reality we need the counterbalance [...]
Imagine a story where someone was born, everything went perfectly from beginning to end, and then the story was over. Where is the intrigue? Where is the interest? Where is the excitement? Where is the lesson learned? Where is the transformation? When it comes to a good nonprofit story, struggle [...]
My last article of this two-part series, âNonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy,â began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix. Today, I want to offer [...]
Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach, also known as Charity Clairity. Today's question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to shine a light on their legacy giving program by publicizing bequests.  Dear Charity Clairity, [...]
Erica Waasdorp will show you how important recurring giving has become, and how best to bring them in - with minimal time and effort, but with the large focus these sustainable recurring donors deserve. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Erica. I got 2:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go [...]
This season is ripe for conflict. So much is going on in the world outside of the realm of nonprofit board service. Folks are divided on issues of police reform, virtual schooling, left or right politics, diversity-focused-vs-not diverse enough, and whether to mask up in this pandemic or not. It [...]
With one and a half million tax exempt nonprofits in the United States alone, itâs not surprising that thousands of nonprofits fail each year. Forbes states fifty percent will hit the wall in the first twelve months. Other data suggests itâs less, with the National Centre For Charitable Statistics putting [...]
Once you and your team have worked together to fine-tune your internal nonprofit strategic communication initiatives by constructing a mission statement, vision statement, and identifying your core values, you can now start to strategize your external nonprofit communication efforts. There are several forms of external nonprofit communication which include: Website [...]
You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Wonder no more. The data is available, and we know dire predictions of the death of philanthropy early in [...]
Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach, also known as Charity Clairity. Today's question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on identifying planned giving prospects through predictions and analytics.  Dear Charity Clairity, My board wants us [...]