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