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Steven Shattuck

Steven Shattuck
Steven Shattuck served as the chief Engagement Officer at Bloomerang for 10 years. A prolific writer and speaker, Steven contributed to “Fundraising Principles and Practice: Second Edition.” He also supports the Association of Fundraising Professional's Fundraising Effectiveness Project, serves as an AFP Center for Fundraising Innovation (CFI) committee member, and sits on the faculty of the Institute for Charitable Giving. He is the author of Robots Make Bad Fundraisers - How Nonprofits Can Maintain the Heart in the Digital Age, published by Bold and Bright Media (2020). You can find Steven Shattuck on LinkedIn

Posts from Steven Shattuck

01
16 Top Donor Management Software Solutions (+ Buyer’s Guide)
02
Kiss Scarcity Goodbye
03
Demystifying LinkedIn for Social Impact Leaders
04
How to Increase Nonprofit Revenue with a Marketing Plan
05
Emergent Asking – Get What You Need Now
06
Attachments Are Where It’s At! Best Practices in Grant Attachments
07
Empowering Innovation and Creative Thinking in Remote and Hybrid Teams Through Bite-Sized Professional Development
08
Building Donor Rapport
09
What Corporate Sponsors Really Want From Your Nonprofit
10
Bloomerang Unveils Updated Brand Identity
11
Win Back Your Lapsed Donors
12
Bloomerang Helps Nonprofits Raise $8.1B In 2021
13
How To Raise 25% More From The Right Funders In 2022 And Beyond
14
[GUIDE] How To Make The Most Out Of Your Nonprofit's Next TV Appearance
15
How and Why You Should Segment Your Donors
16
15 Things Fundraisers Can A/B Test to Increase Donations
17
Are You "Seglumping" Your Donor Communications?
18
The Ultimate Guide To NCOA Processing For Nonprofits
19
Stickers: Your Nonprofit's Secret Weapon
20
The Nonprofit Fundraiser's Guide to Social Network Valuation
21
[NEW FEATURE] Scheduled Reports
22
Major Gift Fundraising Success With Bloomerang
23
Thanks for being a Part of the Bloomerang Community in 2021
24
Bloomerang + Kindful Users Raise 40% More On Giving Tuesday 2021 Compared To 2020
25
The (2020) Data Is Clear: Donors Respond During Times of Crisis
26
Bloomerang Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors
27
Donor Appreciation: Creating a Strategy (And 22+ Ideas!)
28
Bloomerang Acquires Kindful to Accelerate Vision of Helping Nonprofits Fund Their Missions
29
Bloomerang Receives Strategic Growth Investment from JMI Equity
30
Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) in the Nonprofit Sector
31
10 Important Donor Types To Communicate To During the Coronavirus Outbreak
32
Bloomerang Named To 2020 "Best Places to Work in Indiana" List
33
Remembering John Haydon
34
3 Reasons Why Nonprofits Shouldn't Have 1920s/Gatsby-Themed Fundraising Galas
35
Are We Sure An Automated Email Welcome Series For New Donors Is A Good Idea?
36
Bloomerang Expands at Fort Ben Tech Campus
37
10 Key Takeaways from the Final Millennial Impact Report
38
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Nonprofits: A Beginner's Guide
39
Bloomerang Provides Funding for New Online Certificate Program for Fundraisers
40
Donor Management Software Data Policies and Procedures Template
41
You Know Your iPod Donors. Do You Know Your Teapot Donors?
42
Bloomerang Named To 2019 "Best Places to Work in Indiana" List
43
Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE Joins the Bloomerang Team as Fundraising Coach
44
3 Nonprofit New Year's Eve Emails That Thanked Instead of Asked
45
Experiment: How Should Nonprofits Treat Monthly Donors on #GivingTuesday?
46
What If Pizza Shops Were Funded Like Nonprofits?
47
7 Ways That Surveying Donors Empowers Fundraisers
48
Anatomy Of A Stellar First-Time Donor Welcome Packet
49
Lapsed Donor Survey Template
50
[PODCAST] What's Old Is New Again In Fundraising
51
Which First-Time Donors Should You Make Thank You Phone Calls To?
52
8 Over-Looked Donor Prospects Hidden In Your Database, Just Waiting to Give More
53
Meet Blossom, the New Face of Bloomerang!
54
Bloomerang Named To 2018 "Best Places to Work in Indiana" List
55
3 Questions That Will Identify Your Most Committed Donors
56
The Fundraiser's Guide to Loving Lapsed Donors
57
3 Ways Nonprofits Can Survive the Latest Facebook News Feed Update
58
3 Reasons To Attend Cause Camp 2018
59
The 1 Word That Shouldn’t Appear In Your Nonprofit's Email Newsletter Subject Line
60
What 3 Nonprofits Did On #GivingTuesday Instead of Asking For Money
61
An Analysis of 83 #GivingTuesday 2017 Email Appeals
62
3 Examples of Nonprofit Donor Surveys
63
2 Words That Shouldn't Appear In Your #GivingTuesday Email Appeal Subject Line
64
Don't Have 100% Board Giving? #GivingTuesday Might Be The Answer
65
Why Twitter's 280 Character Expansion is Bad for Nonprofits
66
There Is No Excuse For Not Having 100% Board Giving
67
Is It Okay to Delete Inactive Donors From Your Database to Keep Costs Down?
68
The Pique Technique: How It Can Enhance Your Fundraising Ask Strings
69
Think Twice Before Adding Merge Tags to Fundraising Email Subject Lines
70
Bloomerang Named to 2017 Nonprofit FrontRunners Quadrant
71
Jay Love Stepping Down as Bloomerang CEO; Ross Hendrickson Named as Successor
72
Beginner's Guide to Nonprofit Data Segmentation
73
This Nonprofit Volunteer Acknowledgement Puts All Others to Shame
74
I Called To Cancel A Monthly Donation: Here's What Happened
75
[INFOGRAPHIC] 2017 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey Report
76
Bloomerang Named To 2017 "Best Places to Work in Indiana" List
77
[INFOGRAPHIC] 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Donor Retention Supplement
78
An Analysis of 40 #GivingTuesday 2016 Email Appeals
79
Year-End Appeals: Avoid the Family Holiday Letter Approach
80
The #1 Question You Should Ask New Donors
81
4 Insights from the 2016 Millennial Impact Report
82
Volunteer Coordinator Sample Job Description
83
Communications Coordinator Sample Job Description
84
Communications Director Sample Job Description
85
Development Director Sample Job Description
86
Major Gift Officer Sample Job Description
87
Why Listening, Not Broadcasting, Is the Key to Nonprofit Social Media Engagement
88
Fundraisers: This Email Setting Could Annoy Donors
89
Sample Employee Social Media Policy Template
90
Self-Hosted vs Third-Party Online Donation Page - Which Is Better?
91
3 Reasons Fundraisers Should Invest in Deceased Suppression Processing
92
Yes, Your Nonprofit Can Capitalize on Pokémon GO
93
Online Giving's #1 Problem Is Also The Easiest To Fix
94
3 Types of Videos Nonprofits Should Stop Producing
95
Bloomerang API Reference
96
#DonorLove Rendezvous: The Nonprofit (un)Conference We Deserve
97
Not-for-profits join co-working movement
98
2 Hard-to-Retain Donors and What to Do About Them
99
2 Groups of Potential Donors Hiding in Plain Sight
100
Please Stop Saying Lapsed Donors Are Your “Best Prospects”
101
The Instagram Algorithm: What Nonprofits Need To Know
102
Nonprofits: It's Time To Stop Blaming Facebook's Algorithm
103
How Nonprofits Can Leverage Facebook Reactions
104
Bloomerang Launches Bloomerang Lite™, A Free Version Of Their Acclaimed Donor Management Software
105
Everything Nonprofits Need To Know About YouTube Donation Cards
106
Nonprofit Thank You Letter Template
107
Art & Science of Digital Donor Retention
108
Sample Donation Thank You Email Template
109
4 Inspiring Nonprofit Year-End Thank You Videos
110
6 Quick, Cheap and Easy Ways to Delight Your Donors
111
Sample Nonprofit Development Plan Template + 3 Helpful Tips
112
How To Tag Photos From Your Nonprofit's Facebook Page
113
Read This If Your Nonprofit Didn't Do #GivingTuesday
114
The #1 Thing Nonprofits Should Do Before #GivingTuesday
115
The 1 Question We Get Asked Most About #GivingTuesday
116
"Treat Every Donor Like A Major Donor" Is Terrible Advice
117
The Most Important Venn Diagram In The Nonprofit Sector
118
Co-working Space With Charity Bent to Launch in Lawrence
119
7 Kinds of Tweets Nonprofits Should Stop Posting
120
5 Reasons Why Social Media Buttons Hurt Nonprofit Websites
121
[GUIDE] How To Create Post-Donation Social Media Buttons
122
The Facebook Page Donate Now Button Is Dumb and I Hate It
123
6 Ways Nonprofits Fail At Promoting Events With Social Media
124
4 Insights From The 2015 Millennial Impact Report
125
4 Tips for Repurposing Nonprofit Newsletter Content
126
Why Small Donations Should Matter A Lot To Nonprofits
127
5 Reasons Why Fundraisers Should Attend MCON15
128
Software Firm Bloomerang Snags Free Land for HQ move
129
11 Facebook Updates Nonprofits Should Stop Posting
130
Nonprofits: Get Ready For Google's Mobile Algorithm Update
131
10 Steps To A Successful Fundraising Appeal Email
132
Why We're Making Bloomerang Open To The Public During #AFPFC
133
4 Free Photo and Graphics Tools for Nonprofits
134
This Biz Has A Better Email Thank You Than Most Nonprofits
135
[GUIDE] When Your Nonprofit Can And Cannot Send An Email
136
Technology Profile Outline
137
How Nonprofits Can Avoid the Spam Folder
138
Relationship Fundraising to be ‘Refashioned’ With Ideas From Marketing and Psychology
139
Guest Blogging Guidelines
140
33+ Giving Tuesday Ideas: Expert Tips and Campaigns to Try
141
Celebrating Black History Month
142
Start Every New Year By Doing This To Your Nonprofit Website
143
Top 10 Nonprofit Donor Management and Fundraising Software
144
6 Segments for #GivingTuesday Follow-Up Success
145
The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Donor Data Migration
146
#GivingTuesday Is Nice, #ThankingThursday Would Be Better
147
Fundraisers: Stop Using Internet Explorer
148
The #1 Video Mistake Nonprofits Make
149
3 Ways the New Social Network Ello Can Boost Your Nonprofit
150
A Gardener Explains Why Donor Acquisition Is So Expensive
151
5 Twitter Hacks for Nonprofits
152
Shellshock Bash Bug - Security Advisory
153
In Defense of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and 'Raising Awareness'
154
3 Tips for Improving P2P Donor Retention
155
A Guide to Nonprofit Blogging
156
Free Download - Donate Now Button Kit
157
What Baby Strollers Can Teach Us About Donor Management
158
How Jay Love’s Tech Firm Could Transform Lawrence
159
3 Takeaways from #MCON14 for Fundraisers
160
Why I’m Working With Bloomerang
161
How Would Your Nonprofit Use Google Glass?
162
3 Reasons Why Fundraisers Should Attend MCON14
163
Nonprofits and Communication Segmenting
164
Social Influences On Giving Guide
165
Fundraising Ethics Guide
166
Free Download - Social Media Strategy Template
167
Social Media Performance Scorecard
168
Fundraising Audit Checklist
169
The Top 3 Worst KPIs for Nonprofit Marketers
170
Nonprofit Social Media Strategy Template
171
The Nonprofit's Guide To Working With Technical Volunteers
172
[STUDY] How 16 Major Nonprofits Do Integrated Fundraising
173
6 Local Tech Companies to Watch in 2014
174
4 Things Nonprofit Social Media Efforts Need But Might Not Have
175
4 Declining Technologies That Nonprofits Should Stop Worrying About
176
The Facebook Fraud and What It Means for Nonprofits
177
4 Tools for Nonprofit Social Listening and Reputation Management
178
3 Twitter Fundraising Campaigns That Show the Power of Influencers
179
Why the Facebook Ads Grant Petition for Nonprofits Is a Terrible Idea
180
How Nonprofits Can Produce And Measure Effective Digital Campaigns
181
Top Nonprofit Software: The 5 Flavors of Not-for-profit Donor Management
182
The New Facebook 'Donate' Button - What You Need To Know
183
3 Myths About Nonprofit Blogging Debunked
184
3 Ways to Avoid a #GivingTuesday Hangover
185
3 Common Nonprofit Website Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
186
Improve Donor Retention Through Social Media
187
The #1 Content Marketing Mistake Nonprofits Make
188
3 Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Excel at Content Marketing
189
7 Reasons Why NPOs Should Shift Focus From Earned Media to Owned Media
190
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid of New Fundraising Software
191
The NonProfit Times Names Bloomerang to “Top Donor Management Products” Report
192
12 Ways Your Fundraising Data Can Go Bad
193
11 Mistakes Nonprofits Make On Twitter And How To Avoid Them
194
21 Ideas For Your Nonprofit Blog
195
3 Ways to Attract Cause Marketing Partners
196
What Fundraisers Can Learn From the Nintendo Crowdfunding Parody
197
Find Out When Your Nonprofit Should Tweet
198
It's Time For Nonprofits To Become Expert Publishers