Researchers have uncovered a key component of organizational agility, and it's not what you might expect. A study by Elaine Pulakos and Rob Kaiser published in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (2019) reveals stability as an essential part of agility. This finding seems counterintuitive—isn't agility all about change? Yes, [...]
Robert Osborne and Laurel McCombs will help you assess and revitalize your development program to take an anti-racist approach that results in successful fundraising and a high return on investment. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Bob, Laurel. I've got 1 p.m. Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and [...]
For most of us, 2020 is a year we’d like to forget, despite all the fundraising lessons we've learned. So much pain, loss and heartache. I hope when you look in the mirror and at your organization you see strength and pride. As hard as looking back can be its [...]
How-To Write a Stellar Opening Statement That Will Draw Your Nonprofit Audience's Attention in Immediately What is the difference between content that captures your nonprofit audience's attention and draws them in and content that people just scroll past or send to “spam?” It’s all about the hook. A hook is [...]
Okay, 2020 is over. Your year-end fundraising blitz is over. Now what? Do not simply take the money and run -- consider nonprofit gratitude. Think of January as “Thank You Month.” Shower the donors you love with love… show them the way that you feel… things are gonna get much better [...]
The nonprofit executive director's time and energy are precious commodities, particularly in small organizations where a single individual is often the director of HR, IT, finance, and, well...everything. It's easy to see how performance evaluations (not to speak of nonprofit performance management) can feel like another large spoonful on an [...]
Today, I’m excited to announce that Bloomerang has taken a significant step in our goal of providing best-in-class nonprofit technology based on fundraising knowledge to even more organizations with the acquisition of Kindful. Since the founding of Bloomerang, we’ve sought to bring solutions to fundraisers that help them spend more [...]
Combined company will offer an expanded set of capabilities to help nonprofits attract more donors, deepen existing donor relationships and improve fundraising effectiveness Bloomerang, a leader in cloud-based donor management and fundraising software for small and mid-size nonprofits, today announced that it has acquired Kindful, a nonprofit software platform known [...]
Nonprofit accounting standards dictate that nonprofits must treat the gifts and donations they receive in specific ways. This includes making special accounting provisions for funds with donor restrictions and funds without donor restrictions. However, due to the difficulty involved in complying with these accounting standards, nonprofits are understandably less than [...]
At some point in your nonprofit career, you may have heard about a multimillion-dollar gift being given to a charity and thought, “5 million dollars? What a generous gift!” Maybe from where you sat it looked effortless like a big gift fell out of the sky into the fundraiser’s lap [...]
When discussing legacy gifts, most assume the conversation is around bequests. Time and time again, surveys have shown that gifts given via a will are the most common planned gift vehicle. While nonprofits should absolutely be prepared to accept bequests from donors, professionals in these organizations should also be aware [...]
Should you ask for and close gifts by Zoom? By telephone? Indeed, you should! Why? Because the number one reason people don’t give is because they aren’t asked. And the more up close and personal you make your ask, the more likely you are to get a positive – and [...]