It’s the week we celebrated and remembered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and we also inaugurated our new (returning) President of the United States.
Both of these important celebrations took place on the same day this year and caused me to ponder …
I watch with an eagle eye how gently or how in your face the “ask” is made in emails and on websites.
During the Minnesota Public Radio annual membership drive I chuckle at the FULL SCREEN bright red donate button that pops up on their web…
For many of us in the fundraising world, there are no longer any clear boundaries or “edges” to our work. We are doing more than a single job and the rate at which information comes at us is in hyperdrive.
According to David Allen, author of Get…
The new year always reminds me of when I was a young girl of three or four years old. At that age I was enchanted by big white spaces. I thought they were JUST for me to put my mark on.
And so, you can imagine my Mom’s annoyance when she found m…
I’ll see you in 2013 with more Withism’s fundraising tips, coaching, and inspiring stories. Happy Holidays!
Continue readingI came across a post about taking a break on the Fundraisin is fun blog site as I was working to inspire myself into writing this week’s blog post.
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m finding I’m ready for a break after a ver…
I’ve had a lot of fun these past few weeks presenting webinar topics concentrating on different aspects of grant writing. We’ve covered how to tell your nonprofit’s story in a grant application, how to write goals and objectives and how to effectively state your need that hooks grant makers from the beginning. It’s this […]
Continue readingEven though the year is almost over and the holidays are coming up, that’s no reason to ease up on your fundraising communication. In fact, according to Network for Goods “Date Your Donors: Year-End Fundraising Essentials” about one-third of online giv…
Continue readingDoes this December have you feeling ho-ho-hum in your job? You started out 2012 with all the best intentions yet here you are at the end of the year feeling burned out, discouraged and just plain blah. You’re not alone. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the average turnover rate for a person employed in nonprofit […]
Continue readingRecently Kivi Leroux Miller wrote a great post about the report from NTEN and CharityDynamics called “Nonprofit Donor Engagement Benchmark Study: Insights into Donor Engagement Behavior and Preferences.”
Kivi shared some fun facts from the report:
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