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 […]
Part 3: Managing Volunteers 101
You’ve got a good group of volunteers, but now you need to keep them. You have to think of creative ways to keep your volunteers with you, because these volunteers will be the backbone of your nonprofit. Volunteers give 10x as much as non-volunteers, because they have hands-on experience of how your nonprofit makes a […]
Part 2: Managing Volunteers 101
Getting Corporate Volunteers is SUCH a good idea. They can potentially sit on your board, or help you get sponsorships for your annual event, and they can also do big corporate volunteering projects to get even more people engaged and aware of your nonprofit. Why would corporations want to volunteer with you? Because they will […]
Are You a New Volunteer Manager? Here’s Managing Volunteers 101
What do you need done? Volunteers can help you in practically any area of your job, while gaining valuable skills, and getting a positive experience with your organization. Objectives How to find and interview volunteers How to write a compelling volunteer job description What volunteers want How to praise and thank volunteers What […]
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 […]
Reader Questions: How to retain association members?
So what will convince people that it’s a good idea to belong to your association?
Here’s my answer.