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Rachel Muir

Rachel Muir
Rachel has worked every side of the Rubik’s cube that is the nonprofit sector. When she was 26 she launched Girlstart, a non-profit empowering girls in math, science, engineering and technology in the living room of her apartment with $500 and a credit card. Several years later she had raised over 10 million and was featured on Oprah, CNN, and the Today show. Today Rachel delivers workshops and offers a monthly membership, League of Extraordinary Fundraisers, transforming people into confident, successful fundraisers.

Posts from Rachel Muir

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Consultant Round Up: New Year’s Tips For Fundraisers
02
The Best Giving Tuesday Email Subject Lines Of 2022
03
Your End Of Year Fundraising Questions Answered
04
Roundup: The Best Year-End Fundraising Advice From Nonprofit Consultants
05
Example Fundraising Scripts to Use When Asking for Donations
06
Key Takeaways from AFP ICON 2022: The Ultimate Guide
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The Essential Guide to Writing a Fundraising Plan
08
How To Handle A Disgruntled Donor
09
4 Tips for Small Shops to Find Donor Prospects
10
How To Make Your Donors Feel Like Heroes
11
The Procrastinator’s Guide to End of Year Fundraising
12
Try My #1 Time-Saving Tip for End-of-Year Fundraising
13
Where Do You Get Your Best Donors?
14
The Lucrative Art of Great Discovery
15
The Do's and Don'ts of Getting Boards to Fundraise
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21 Ways to Shower Your Donors with Love
17
The Do's and Don'ts of Getting Boards to Fundraise
18
Use These 11 Metrics To Evaluate Your End-Of-Year Fundraising Campaign
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[EXAMPLE] See A Before And After Of An Effective End-Of-Year Appeal
20
Example Phone Scripts To Use When Asking For End-Of-Year Gifts For Your Nonprofit
21
Take Advantage Of This Sample Giving Tuesday Timeline For Your Nonprofit
22
How To Do A Donor Cultivation Event
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3 Tips To Create Unforgettable Moments For Donors
24
How to Overcome Meddling Nonprofit Management and Boards
25
7 Email Marketing Myths That Are Hurting Your Fundraising Efforts
26
The Busy Fundraisers Guide to Picking a Nonprofit Email Provider
27
How To Handle Objections To Doing A Wealth Screen
28
The Do's And Don’ts When Thanking Donors
29
How To Write The Perfect Donor Thank You Letter
30
When, Who, How (And How Often) To Ask For Monthly Gifts
31
Fundraising Lessons from 2020
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Simple Tips To Ask For Major Gifts
33
5 Ways To Convert More Online Donations
34
Your Year-End Fundraising Pep Talk
35
Before & After End Of Year Appeal Makeovers
36
The 5 Worst Fundraising Mistakes At Year-End
37
The Season to Give is Not a Reason to Give (and other Year-End Fundraising Truth Bombs)
38
Can One Bad Apple Spoil Your End of Year Fundraising?
39
How Nonprofits Can Survive A Bad Board Of Directors
40
The Fundraiser’s Bill Of Rights
41
31 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Fundraising Career
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20 Ideas to Virtually Steward Donors
43
Handwritten Donor Thank You Notes In A Virtual World
44
Why You Should Text Your Donors
45
Cultivate Donors in a Virtual World with Video Emails
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Crisis is the Time to Show Donors You Care
47
Pep Talk for Fundraisers
48
6 Ways to Stay Motivated as a Fundraiser
49
Last Minute Tips for End of Year Gifts
50
How to Change the Nonprofit Board You Have
51
The #1 Way to Warm Up Your Donors For Year-End Giving
52
Can Donor Surveys Really Help You Raise Money?
53
The Do’s And Don’ts Of Getting Board Members To Fundraise
54
Christmas in July – Get Ready to Boost Online Giving
55
You Can’t Fundraise Scared - 10 Tips to Boost Your Confidence
56
How To Survive Nonprofit Founder's Syndrome
57
5 Things That Break My Fundraising Heart
58
7 New Year’s Resolutions for Fundraisers
59
How to Let Unproductive Board Members Go
60
The Lucrative Art of Great Donor Discovery
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4 Strategies to Retain Your #GivingTuesday Donors
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Therapy Session for Nonprofit Staff: Creating a Culture of Philanthropy
63
Why Your Board Isn’t Fundraising (And How to Fix It)
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Using Donor Satisfaction & Commitment Surveys to Find Your Best Donor Prospects
65
5 Questions for a Winning Donor Cultivation Event
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3 Easy Ways to Win at Donor Retention in the New Year
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5 Truths of Fundraising: How to Win the Face-to-Face Ask