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What gets donors going? The heart, not the head. “People do not give to the most...
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Do you want to risk not receiving generous gifts you could have otherwise received, just...
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I’ve written about this before. But since I continue to get questions, I’m writing about...
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match! While you might be tempted to guess "If I were...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium shares the love with their donors. Last year, you posted about sending donors...
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Trust defines the credibility and legitimacy not only of your organization, but of the entire...
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What if you had a new strategy for building the types of committed, transformative relationships...
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Not as much as you might think. Yet people tell me all the time how much...
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Twice at the end of last calendar year I was asked for a major gift. Pretty...
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Wondering where fundraising is heading in our highly networked, overly saturated, noisy-as-all-get-out post-digital revolution world?...
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What if I told you there’s a teensy little digital upsell that could skyrocket your...
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People keep telling you to add more text messaging to your communications strategy, right? It’s a...
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When organizations aren’t raising as much money as they need, they’ll often tell me: “We...
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Please don’t leave your new (or old for that matter) board members dangling! Being a board...
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Sustain the positive energy of love and connection Are you throwing your former board members out...
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Have you ever found yourself, whether by accident or design, face-to-face with a VIP –...
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Want content that raises money? Tell more stories. Storytelling today is ‘hot.’ And why not? It’s the...
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Annual reports don’t have to be dry as dust. In fact, the most effective ones...
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If you are a U.S. Citizen, it is VOTE! BE THE CHANGE you want to see. "Democracy...
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Steven Shattuck of Bloomerang wrote something for Nonprofit Hub called the Ultimate Nonprofit Social Media...
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Figure out a killer way to capture folks attention. We live in an information overload society....
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If it smells like a fish...Today I've been thinking about how government and nonprofits work...
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Can there be any innovation where we fail to accept the fact that the status...
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I just came across this blog post. Technology Can't Help YouWhile I agree that technology...
Culture & Values
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I have a dream... Today would have been Dr. Martin Luther King’s 95th birthday. During his lifetime...
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I had a pure strategic fundraising post all ready to launch today, but I just...
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I firmly believe part of the role of a philanthropy facilitator is to foster both...