Dos and Don’ts for Sharing Stories On Stage and Online As fundraising professionals, mastering the art of becoming a nonprofit storyteller and presenting a good message will help move the giving needle at events -- in-person and online. Whether you are presenting the story yourself or have enlisted a guest [...]
Fundraise smarter and more effectively by automating your email marketing. Learn how you can go beyond the native Bloomerang and Mailchimp integration with Zapier and how workflow automation with Mailchimp can be an integral part of your fundraising efforts. Diana: My name is Diana Otero. I'm the Product Engagement Manager [...]
In a recent article I discussed three strategies to successfully fundraise mid-pandemic. Here I’d like to look at some of the principle underlying nonprofit leadership strategies that serve as pre-conditions to successful fundraising, crisis or no crisis. As true as these tenets ever were, they hold particularly true during a [...]
How you think and feel about money is called your money mindset, and it directly impacts how much money you will have and how much money you will raise. You, your board or staff may have beliefs about money so ingrained in you, you don’t realize what they are. These [...]
In my prior life as Founder and Executive Director of Girlstart - a nonprofit empowering girls in math science, engineering and technology - we used inexpensive digital printing to send donors Valentine’s and Thanksgiving postcards. We also had pre-printed customized thank-you card stationery for girls to write donor thank you [...]
Lisa Schra, Advancement Director at Living Stones Academy, and Paul Hart, a long-time brand and communication volunteer at LSA, will share about their recent “Stones of Hope” gala-type fundraising event. Through this event, Living Stones saw an increase of 50+% in revenue and attendance. They will share their suggestions for [...]
Fundraising hasn’t been this hard since the Great Recession. It seems like just about everyone, everywhere is exhausted by the two pandemics facing our country, coronavirus and racism. There is an underlying sense that we are in the midst of a great shift in mindset and values. All while the [...]
Christal M. Cherry will show how boards can learn how to work with the CEO and staff to ground organizational values and practices so that they are inclusive. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Christal, we're ready to go. Is it okay if I go ahead and get us started officially? [...]
All the best strategies you’re innovating now, and having success with, should be continued as you fundraise mid-pandemic. This is your pandemic silver lining! It’s taken this quarantine crisis for some nonprofits to do what they should have done before. Stop looking for bad news and reasons to not fundraise [...]
Often, the biggest obstacle to board fundraising is their fear of failure. Unless fundraising is part of their day job, they probably do not understand what will happen once they open the door. They may worry any request will feel transactional because they do not understand donor cultivation and stewardship. [...]
Kristin Steele will help you think about what a virtual event can do for your mission and your fundraising, and take a look at what you need to put together a successful and impactful event. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Kristin, 11:00 a.m., my time. 8:00 a.m., your time, I [...]
Ephraim Gopin will show best practices and tips, and give a better understanding of how to improve your organization’s email onboarding process. The goal? Grow your email list! Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Ephraim, I'm ready to get going. You're okay? Ready to go? Ephraim: I'm ready to go, Steven. [...]