Guest post: Should you send that card? Personalizing Can KILL Your Major Gifts!
We have another fabulous guest post by Lisa Kelly Zuba. Thank you so much for contributing today! Lisa Kelly Zuba is a Major Gifts fundraiser with a Masters in Philanthropy, and owner of BiZZantik, a nonprofit consulting firm. Have you ever thought that it’s better to do something to acknowledge your major gift donors, rather […]
11 Elements of Fierce Loyalty to Keep Your Donors
Is your nonprofit or charity part of a national or international movement? Maybe you want to bring dental care to people everywhere. Maybe you want to help children going through the courts systems. Maybe you are part of a national faith movement. Or maybe your #1 goal is to get single parents to finish […]
Reader Questions: How to Personalize Thank you Letters?
Hello! We are answering MORE fabulous reader questions today! During busy fundraising months we send out a lot of thank you letters but they are form letters that everyone gets the same one. How do you personalize all the thank you letters when you have 30 or more a day? We are very small and […]
Reader Questions: Snow White and the 7 Faces of Philanthropy
And we’re answering MORE fantastic reader questions today! This person we will call Queen B. On 08/24/2012 09:01 PM, Queen B wrote: I would love more information on raising money through events (NOT auctions), planned giving, and I have not even the foggiest notion what the seven faces of philanthropy are. My best guess is […]
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Guest post: Mary Cahalane on Thank You Letters!
I have the pleasure of introducing a new guest post by Mary Cahalane. I met her recently on Twitter and learned more about her insight on Pamela Grow’s newsletter. I just loved what she had to say, so I asked her to guest post for me, here. Mary, you rock. Mary Cahalane is currently development […]