Jay Love

Posts from Jay Love

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Donor Stewardship: Expert Tips To Build Strong Relationships

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What Could Cause The Biggest Impact On Funding Your Mission In 2021?

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10 Ways to Damage Donor Trust

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Springtime Is Decision-Making Time For Many Nonprofits

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3 Important Reasons To Review Your Nonprofit’s Bylaws

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What is Your Nonprofit's 'Return on Mission?'

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20 Donor Engagement Signals That Get Missed Often

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Why Your Donor Database Is Your Nonprofit’s Greatest Asset

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Altruism Meets Capitalism: The Plight of GiftWorks Customers

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What Nonprofits Can Learn From For-Profit Customer Satisfaction Surveys

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8 Ways To Make Your Nonprofit A Great Place To Work At

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The Overhead Myth Revisited

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Pros and Cons of Donor Database User Permission Security

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Fundraising Trends Come and Go, But Major Gifts Remain

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The 2 Types of Special Fundraising Events and Why They Matter

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What the Nike+ FuelBand Can Teach Us About Donor Engagement

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6 Tech Tools Nonprofits Should Migrate to the Cloud

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Why You Should Use Your Nonprofit CRM Like a Sales CRM

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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising | A Nonprofit’s Guide for Success

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Online Fundraising | Ultimate Success Guide + Tips and Ideas

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Virtual Fundraising Platforms: 17+ Solutions For Nonprofits

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Fundraising Success Stories | Examples & Tips to Learn From

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"Is Your Organization Outgrowing eTapestry?"

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Donor Segmentation | Comprehensive Guide + Tips For Success

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

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Hybrid Events: The Best of Both Worlds for Nonprofits

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25+ Engaging Virtual Fundraising Ideas For Nonprofits

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What's The Impact of Improving First-Time Donor Retention?

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Capital Campaigns: A Guide to Raise More for Your Nonprofit

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The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions For Professional Fundraisers

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4 Things You Need To Know About The 2019 3rd Quarter FEP Report

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Five Key Takeaways From The 2019 Donor Advised Funds Report

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Nonprofit Annual Reports: 8 Essential Tips [& Template]

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Nonprofit CRM: The Buyer’s Guide + 9 Solutions (2022 Update)

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5 Key Takeaways From The Q2 2019 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report

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Donor Database: The Buyer's Ultimate Guide For 2022

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5 Key Takeaways from the 2019 Giving USA Report

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Introducing The Fundraising Standard - Proper Professional Fundraising Training For Every New Fundraiser in North America

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7 Ways to Keep the Saddest Situation from Happening in the Nonprofit Sector

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Your 5 “Must Know” Takeaways from the 4th Quarter 2018 FEP Report

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The K.I.S.S. Method For Donor Retention Is Best For Most Nonprofits

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Which Stakeholder Is Most Important Is Always Shown By Your Actions

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New Research Underscores the Importance of Major Gift Fundraising

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Donor-Centricity: It's Not Just For Donors

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One Simple Method To Increase The Results Of Your Next Direct Mail Appeal

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Why Isn't Donor Retention Rate As Important As Customer Retention?

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Love Them Or Hate Them, But Don't Ignore Donor Advised Funds

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The Two Best Methods To Avoid A Downfall In Your Nonprofit’s Annual Fundraising

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20 Answers That Will Change Your Charity’s Donor Communications Forever

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NOW Is The Time To Prepare For Your Year-End Appeal Acknowledgement Process

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Thoughts On "12 Reasons Why You Should Gracefully Resign From A Nonprofit Board"

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A Tribute To A Fundraising Legend and Mentor, Jerry Panas

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5 Myths Busted On Why Charitable Giving With Wills and Trusts Is Difficult

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26 Questions Every Nonprofit Should Ask Their Crowdfunding Provider

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12 Things More Important Than Features When Purchasing a Donor Database

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Introducing AFP’s Fundraising Principles and Practice Education Course

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Considering a Capital Campaign? You Need A Toolkit!

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4 Takeaways from the Q4 2017 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report

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The 8 Key Findings of “The Wake Up Call” Nonprofit Leadership Report

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Study Shows Higher Levels Of Charitable Giving Among People Of Color

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The Nonprofit Sustainability Field Manual

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Is It Time To Rethink The Age Old Fundraising Pledge Form?

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: The Ultimate Guide + Examples

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5 Key Reasons Every Nonprofit Board Member Should Donate In January

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The 2 Most Ignored Major Gifts In The Nonprofit World

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The Key Secret To Recruiting The Best Nonprofit Board Members

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33 Things Nonprofit Boards Can Discuss (When No Strategic Plan Is In Place)

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One Simple Exercise Led To The Best Nonprofit Board Meeting Ever

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5 Concrete Ways To Improve Nonprofit Financial Health

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NCOA: The Easiest Way To Improve Fundraising Results

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How Donor Advised Funds Encourage Philanthropic Goals

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Donor Advised Funds Can Be Every Nonprofit’s Friend

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New Tax Law Further Underscores the Importance of Donor Relationship Building

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When Seeking Foundation Grants, Nonprofits Must Prove Their Sustainability

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When #GivingTuesday And Donor-Advised Funds Collide

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3 Reasons Why Donor Retention Trumps New Donor Acquisition

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Here Are the Top Fundraising Cities for 8 Nonprofit Cause Types

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9 Reasons to Attend BloomCon 2018 In Phoenix

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A Donor-Advised Fund Horror Story, From the Donor's Perspective

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Fundraisers: Be Different to Rise Above the #GivingTuesday Noise

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3 Takeaways from the 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey

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Just How Important Is a Donor’s Second Gift?

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4 Sneaky-Good Questions To Ask Prospective Board Members

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Want to Report on Impact to Donors? Start With Common Results!

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10 Reasons Why Bloomerang is Coming to Canada!

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Why A Chief Relationship Officer For Bloomerang?

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3 Reasons to Stop Putting Off the Creation of a Nonprofit Communications Plan

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4 Takeaways from the 2017 Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) Report

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The Single Most Important Step Of A Successful Fundraising Event

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The Only 4 Good Reasons For Organizing a Fundraising Event

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4 Ways Nonprofit Board Members Can Prevent Abuse Before It Happens

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Can 1.8 Million U.S. Nonprofits Sustain Themselves?

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Memorial and Tribute Donors Can Be Retained (With Some Help)

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6 Reasons Why Most Fundraisers Don’t Know Their Donor Retention Rate

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Major Donors and Angel Investors Ask These Same 6 Key Questions

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4 Easy Steps To Nonprofit Leadership Succession Planning

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Fundraising Mentoring: A Lost Art?

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Stay Together - How to Encourage a Lifetime of Donor Loyalty

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Why Every Fundraiser Should Have a Sustainability Scorecard

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How One Nonprofit Increased Donor Lifetime Value by 50%!

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The Dilemma Regarding Measuring Outcomes Every Nonprofit Faces

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2 Takeaways from the 2016 High Net Worth Philanthropy Report

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Prospect Research Was Meant for These 3 Donor Types

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3 Ways Avoid Annoying Existing Donors on #GivingTuesday

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4 Takeaways from the AFP 2016 State Of The Sector Report

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5 Outcomes Questions Every Nonprofit Should Have An Answer To

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The Looming Importance of Measuring & Reporting Fundraising Outcomes

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Donor Advised Funds: A Wake Up Call For Fundraisers

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Project Completion Reporting: A Perfect Example Of Donor Stewardship

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In Memory of Tom Suddes: Philanthropy Icon, Mentor, Friend

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What 19th Century Medicine Can Teach Us About Fundraising Strategy

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#GivingTuesday: Should You Embrace It Or Not?

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8 Major Donor Love Lessons from BMW

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Lifetime Value: Your Donor Acquisition Strategy Secret Weapon

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And the Single Most Important Fundraising Metric Is...

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5 Prospect Research Indicators Of A Potential Major Gift

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Buying Fundraising Software: 6 Important Factors to Consider

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How to Select the Best Nonprofit Board Members

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6 Things The Olympics And Fundraising Have In Common

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An Easy Way to Ease New Board Members Into Fundraising

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15 Tried and True Rules for Direct Mail From A Legend

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An Introduction to Nonprofit Communications Segmenting

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5 Takeaways From The 2016 Giving USA Report

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10 Ways To Make Sure Donor Retention Is Everyone’s Job

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It's Time for the Nonprofit Sector to Embrace Scientific Research

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5 Takeways From the “Giving To Women and Girls” Report

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7 Features Every Donor Database Must Have

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Why Nonprofit Boards Can't Ignore Low Donor Retention

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7 Advantages of Cloud-Based Donor Management Software

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Why Bloomerang Doesn't Use Bloomerang

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6 Takeaways from the 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report

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3 Ways We Can Raise Charitable Giving as a % of GDP

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The Power of Offline, Low-Tech Personalized Donor Communications

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3 Thoughts on the 2016 AFP International Fundraising Conference

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5 Takeaways From The 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report

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8 Must-Do's During the AFP International Fundraising Conference

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4 Takeaways From New IRS Charitable Contribution Data

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13 Characteristics Of An Outstanding Fundraising Conference

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Why Donor Experience Eats Donor Satisfaction for Lunch

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Want to Improve Fundraising Results? Invest In Training!

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4 Key Insights From The 2016 Philanthropy Outlook

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The Surprising Link Between Employee and Donor Retention

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The State of Donor Retention in One Image

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New Study Shows Donor Retention Rates Are In Decline

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4 Reasons Tax Time Should Equate To Legacy Giving Time For Your Nonprofit

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6 Guiding Principles For Nonprofit Executive Directors

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How To Use Donor Identity To Aid In Retention

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See How One Nonprofit Communicates Donation Impact

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Why Collaboration Is Essential To Transitional Philanthropy

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The Nonprofit Sector Needs To Learn How To Fail, Faster

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7 Facts About The Nonprofit Sector You May Not Have Known

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Donor Advised Funds: 8 Things Fundraisers Should Know

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Try Friendraising To Create Donor Relationships That Last

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10 Considerations Before Running A Text-To-Give Campaign

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The Single Simplest Way To Improve Fundraising Results Is...

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Mentoring: An Overlooked Path To Fundraising Expertise

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5 Reasons Why Every Nonprofit CEO/ED Should Blog

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4 Experts Who Are Modernizing Fundraising Best Practices

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6 Easy Steps To Nonprofit Board Recruitment

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An Introduction To Balanced Scorecards For Nonprofits

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6 Surprising Attributes of Extraordinary Major Gift Officers

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Benefit Corporation Vs. Certified B Corp In Plain English

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7 Attributes of a Great Fundraiser

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10 Ways To Rock Your First P2P Fundraising Campaign

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9 Reasons Why Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Is So Effective

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Donor Passion: The Highest Form Of Engagement

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Major Gift Fundraisers: You Are In Sales (And That's Okay)

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Every Nonprofit Organization Needs A Flag To Raise

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4 Reasons Why More Nonprofits Should Consolidate

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5 Reasons Charitable Giving Will Never Exceed 2% of GDP

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Does Your Nonprofit’s Signature Event Have To Be A Gala?

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5 Reasons Why Nonprofits Need Incubators Too

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8 Attributes Of An Outstanding Nonprofit Board Chairman

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How Do Giving Habits Impact Donor Lifetime Value?

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Why Fundraising Is A High-Stakes Game of Musical Chairs

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What Fundraisers Can Learn From An Intensive Care Unit

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8 Steps To Spring Cleaning Your Donor Database

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5 Ways Organizational Culture Impacts Fundraising

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The Most Important Metric Major Gift Fundraisers Should Track

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New Report Gives Positive Outlook For Philanthropy In 2015/16

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A Thorough Orientation = A High-Performing Nonprofit Board

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The Magic of Human Connectors in Fundraising

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Should Hundreds Of New Nonprofits Be Created Each Year?

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21 Ways To Make Donors Your Valentine

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The 6 Characteristics of a Well-Run Nonprofit

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Donor Retention: It's Not Just A Problem In The United States

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The Top Email KPIs for Nonprofit Communicators

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Former Board Members: A Nonprofit's Most Underutilized Asset

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4 Questions To Ask About Your Fundraising Team Chemistry

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[NEW DATA] Donor Retention Is On The Rise!

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6 Reasons Why You Must Attend BloomCon

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Is Your Website Getting in the Way of Online Donations?

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Your Year-End Appeal Thank You Letter Is Just As Important

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It Is Time To Change The Perception of Fundraisers

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Why All Nonprofits Should Embrace #GivingTuesday

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7 Segments for Your Best Year-End Fundraising Appeal Ever!

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4 Ways To Make Your Next Board Retreat A Major Success

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12 Cliffs Notes for Improving Donor Retention

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The 7 Key Drivers of Donor Commitment

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4 Donor Retention Experts You Need To Know

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10 Challenges Every Fundraiser Must Make to Themselves

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5 Ways To Get Your Nonprofit's Online Content Seen

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5 Ways to Excite (and Keep!) New Online Donors

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Can Crowdfunding Ever Sustain a Nonprofit?

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The First (And Most Important!) Step in Planned Giving

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Stop Telling Donors About Your Nonprofit

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The Impact of Visually Sharing Your Nonprofit’s Impact

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How The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Raised $1M In Year 1

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8 Characteristics Of An Outstanding Board Member

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How To Make Google Love Your Nonprofit Website

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Take Our Major Gift Fundraising Aptitude Quiz

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Stewardship: The Bedrock Of Growing Major Gift Prospects

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Stop Fundraising, Start Relationship-Building

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Why Your Development Department Needs Its Own Mission Statement

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Avoid a Nonprofit 'Culture of Martyrdom' at All Costs

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Study Shows a Bright Future for the Next Generation of Philanthropists

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How Employee Culture Impacts Philanthropy

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8 Takeaways from the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising

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Confessions of a Nonprofit Board Member - 7 Dos and Don'ts

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How A Fundraising Prospect Profile Can Facilitate Data Management

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The Secret to Securing Monthly Recurring Donors

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10 Things Your Nonprofit Mission Statement Must Do

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4 Reasons Why Your Next Executive Director Must Embrace Fundraising

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Proper Data Migration: The Key To Fundraising Success

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3 Things To Look Out For During Donor Management Software Demos

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What American Idol Can Teach Us About Fundraising

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Ethics: the First Step to Fundraising Success

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5 Ways To Improve New Donor Retention

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Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal Succeeded - Now What?

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The 5 Key Elements of Effective Fundraising Software

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[GUIDE] Your Nonprofit’s First Strategic Plan

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Do Premiums Work Against Fundraising?

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Follow the Donor Bill of Rights for Donor Retention Success

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The Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Sector

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5 Steps to Successful Nonprofit Staff Hiring

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The Power of Statistically Valid Fundraising Outcomes

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Today’s Donor Expects Measurable Fundraising Outcomes

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5 Reasons Why NPO Boards & Executives are Reluctant to Innovate

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Gift Acknowledgements: Nothing Beats a Handwritten Note

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When Free Fundraising Software Isn't Really Free

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9 Proven and Time-Tested Guiding Principles of Fundraising

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Turn First-Time Donors Into Repeat Donors - Nonprofit 911 Webinar

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The 4 Thank You Letters Every Fundraiser Needs To Use

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Thank You Letters: the Springboard of Donor Retention

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The Importance of Legacy Giving to the Donor Relationship

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12 Ways Your Fundraising Data Can Go Bad

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Why Nonprofit Software Built for the Long Term is Best for Customers

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2 Reasons Why You Should Dump Your Nonprofit Board Executive Committee

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Stop Treating Your Database of Non-Donors Like a Security Blanket

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When Free Fundraising Software Is Anything But [UPDATED]

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Summer Vacation and Major Gift Solicitations

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Independence Day Applies to Your Fundraising Software CRM Too!

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The Most Important Statement in the Nonprofit World in the Last Decade

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The Immense Power of Partnerships in the Nonprofit World

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Halfway Through the Year: How Are Your Fundraising Efforts Faring?

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5 Strategic Board Questions to Improve Mission Quality

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The Most Common Fundraising Challenge We Hear About

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3 Ways to Improve Donor Retention

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Does Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Mean "One and Done?"

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The Importance of Donor Communications

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Why Volunteering and Board Membership Should Go Hand in Hand

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The Advantages of Being An AFP Member

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Why Adding Tons of Features to Fundraising Software Results in Disaster

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Boston Strong

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The Pure Joy of Being Part of the Nonprofit World

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How New Donor Communication Plans Can Improve Donor Retention

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What Florida Gulf Coast University Can Teach Us About Fundraising

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Donor Engagement Measurement Can Dramatically Influence Retention

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The Magic of Retaining a Donor Communication Expert

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your AFP National Conference Experience

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20 Keys To A Successful Nonprofit CRM User Group Conference

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A Surprise Mix of Fundraising, the Super Bowl and Neighborhood Development

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Why I Love the Nonprofit Sector

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Innovation and Fundraising Should Not be Strangers

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Should Fundraising Software Be Created Like A Wikipedia Article?

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A Few Thoughts on Volunteerism and the World Giving Index Results

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5 Lessons Learned While Chairing a Capital Campaign

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The 10 Biggest Myths When Purchasing Fundraising Software

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Why are Less Features and More Ease of Use Radical with Fundraising Software?

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Fundraising Software is Now Nonprofit CRM

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5 Reasons a Startup Organization May or May Not be Right for You

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Donor Retention Math Made Simple

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First Year Donor Attrition Can Be Corrected (Part 2)

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First Year Donor Attrition Can Be Corrected

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Can You Spell the Word "Partner?"