Our own Steven Shattuck recently joined our good friend Jeff Jowdy on his Beacon Podcast to discuss creative ways nonprofits can engage with donors. You can listen to the full conversation here. Be sure to check out previous episodes of The Beacon Podcast here >> Full Transcript: Announcer: Welcome to [...]
If you write your annual appeal, then you know how frightening the job can be. So much rides on you finding just the right words … for the right audience and at the right time. And like a scary movie, there are many other things that are out of your [...]
Finding the right CRM for your organization can be a major challenge. Between navigating an overwhelming number of features, prioritizing your organization's needs, and creating purchasing and implementation plans, many nonprofits end up finding themselves lost in the various steps of the process. This just goes to show that there’s [...]
Tax season is no one’s favorite time of year. Even for tax-exempt organizations, dealing with the required forms and paperwork can get quickly overwhelming. However, it’s imperative you don’t blow off this work! Your 990 is critical for your fundraising success. Pulling all of the important data included in this [...]
Content comes in many forms. Some are more digestible… interesting… inspiring… persuasive than others. Others are a bit hard to take. When you serve up content to your constituents, you want it to go down easily. You want folks to enjoy what’s on your menu. Yummy, not yucky. Here’s what’s [...]
Current donors are warm leads. When a donor has given to you once, you at least know they have some sort of linkage, interest or connection to what you do. They’re not with you for the long term yet, but getting them to give again isn’t like making a “cold [...]
A mentee of mine reached out to me the other day for advice about a role she was applying for in the near future. She shared the job description with me, and friends...friends…that job description was 2.5 pages long, and it had everything in it except solving world peace. I [...]
In this webinar, you'll get Rachel Muir’s 12 step program to survive Founder’s Syndrome with individual formulas and special care instructions for founders, board members, and the new incoming Executive Director. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Rachel, my watch just struck 1:00. Is it okay if I go ahead and [...]
Each quarter the Fundraising Effectiveness Project releases its report based upon the data collected that year. It is one of the only such reports based upon actual data from over 176 million transactions across more than 20,000 nonprofit organizations. Here is the latest report from the 2nd quarter of 2019. [...]
Does your nonprofit have a blog? If not, why not? I happen to be a huge fan of nonprofit blogging, which is why I’ve put together this quick guide touting a ‘Top Ten’ list of benefits. What? You say you have a nonprofit newsletter? They’re not equivalent. Blogs are fresh, [...]
With calendar year-end giving time right around the corner, most nonprofits are gearing up for the major push to bring in year-end donations. If that’s where you are at this point, you may be wondering how you’ll ever pull it off. The following three-step strategy will help you build a [...]
In this webinar, Marc A. Pitman will share which leadership styles help nonprofits grow (and which may be harming your nonprofit). He'll also show how basic internal processes can significantly improve your fundraising! Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Marc, is it okay if I go ahead and get this party [...]