INTERVIEW: Growing Your Monthly Giving Program with Erica Waasdorp
MT: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I am so pleased today to be interviewing Erica Waasdorp, who wrote Monthly Giving: The Sleeping Giant, and who is also the president of A Direct Solution. She will be teaching at our Nonprofit Leadership Summit. Erica, can you give some people […]
Why should you be finding new donors now?
Why should you be finding new donors now? How can you do it? Why are tests important? This is Part two of our interview with Heather Yandow on the 2016 Individual Donor Benchmark Report. Go here to read part one. MT: You’re now encouraging nonprofits to spend a lot of time finding new donors. How […]
Your donors lose trust in you. Here’s why.
Why are CEOs insecure? Why are boards confused? And what does this lead to? Marc Pitman tells us! MT: You said, because of all these problems, we decrease donor trust. So how does that impact organizations? MP: Can you imagine? Why would you want to give money to an organization that doesn’t even know you? […]
Is your fundraiser screwing up? What to do
Maybe you’ve been in this situation. You’ve hired a fundraiser. You want to support them to do well. But they aren’t meeting their goals. Or maybe they don’t have goals to meet. You just expect them to raise money without you setting goals. First, how are you managing them? Are you giving them realistic […]
Ever feel like you’re running in place?
Have you ever wondered how to get government grants or contracts for your nonprofit? Have you ever wondered how to do a capital campaign for your nonprofit? Do you want to help your board members support your mission more effectively? Are all of your employees using their skills most effectively at work? What about getting […]
5 Common Fundraising Resume Mistakes
How do you make a more compelling fundraising resume? Recently I was helping a couple people with their resumes and cover letters. They had both been laid off unexpectedly, and while they looked, they realized that they hadn’t had to look for a job in a long time. They hadn’t kept their resumes up to […]