Two Topics This Week: 1. Starting a Bequest Program & 2. Being Quick and Genuine With Your Thanks
1. Your Bequest Program: It’s Easy Getting Started by John Elbare, CFP The simple bequest,…
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A Two-Fer: 1. Direct Mail Donor Retention & 2. Making Your Grant Proposals Visually Appealing
1. Four Major Donor-Retention Sins by Jonathan Howard You know that the key to net…
Financing & Loans
1. A Different Kind of Scheduling … and Grants & 2. Transitioning: For-Profit Sales to Non-Profit Fundraising
1. A Different Kind of Scheduling May Help Improve Your Grant Proposals by Jayme Sokolow…
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1. Direct Mail in a Capital Campaign? & 2. Intro to Millennials in Fundraising, Part II
1. Is There A Role for Direct Mail in a Capital Campaign? by Hank Lewis…
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Introducing Millennials In Fundraising & Donor Retention: Where the Money Is
[Also introducing a new member of The Fundraising Blog family, K. Michael Johnson, who will…
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Direct Mail and Donor Retention & The U.S. Style of Fundraising
1. Understanding Donor Retention by Jonathan Howard In a prior post, we looked at a…
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Grant Proposals Tell Stories & Donor-Centered Planned Giving
1. April 27th was National Tell a Story Day by Jayme Sokolow What, you may…
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Donor-Centered Planned Giving & Emotion in Grant Proposals
1. Donor-Centered Planned Giving – Part I by John Elbare Planned gifts almost always result…
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1. Reason and Emotion in Grant Preparation & 2. Exporting The U.S. Style of Fundraising
1. Using Both Reason and Emotion in Grant Proposals – Part I: Reason by Lynn…
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1. Successful Proposals Find Common Ground With Funders & 2. The CFC and Nonprofit Sustainability (Pt III)
1. Successful Proposals Find Common Ground with Funders by Jayme Sokolow In a recent issue…
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Unveiling Planned Gift Prospects: CFC and Nonprofit
Who Are Your Planned Gift Prospects? – II by John Elbare, CFP The one thing…
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1. The CFC and Nonprofit Sustainability (pt I) & 2. Evaluating the CDO (Pt III)
1. The CFC and Non-Profit Sustainability – I by Bill Huddleston In their 2010 book,…
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1. Ensure Better Proposals With Institutional Knowledge & 2. Evaluating The CDO (Pt II)
1. Preserve Institutional Knowledge to Ensure Better Proposals by Jayme Sokolow Most of us work…
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Evaluating CDO and a Piece on Direct Mail
Evaluating CDO and a Direct Mail Article 1. Evaluating The Chief Development Officer – I…
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1. Who Are Your Planned Gift Prospects & 2. Events in Private Homes Pt III
1. Who Are Your Planned Gift Prospects? – Part I by John Elbare, CFP Before…
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1. A Piece on Direct Mail & 2. Part II of Events in Private Homes
1. Keeping Your Bucket Full … With Direct Mail by Jonathan Howard Think of your…