Will you be joining me at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference in October? Conference founder, Chris Davenport, and I, recently spent time creating a video to explain the importance of sharing your money story. Why share it? Because you WILL increase giving by telling your money story.
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Continue readingYour catalog and/or program should include some rules about your auction, but if the word “rules” sounds too heavy, here are some alternative names.
Continue readingMost founders start their nonprofit because they want to make a difference or solve a problem in the community. They quickly realize that knowing how to raise money is the key to fulfilling their mission. The problem is that they don’t know much about fundraising except what they’ve seen others do. That’s why most
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Continue readingYes, it’s the first week of June, and we’re talking about your year-end fundraising appeals. It’s never to early to start planning.
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Continue readingAre fundraising online auctions going away anytime soon? I don’t think so. I expect commercial online auctions to disappear before nonprofit online auctions. Here’s why.
Continue readingA strong volunteer program can help your nonprofit grow faster and change more lives. Imagine if you had a team of passionate, results driven, and energetic repeat volunteers. What would be possible? What more could you accomplish? Talk about being on cloud nine! Think about it: when you surround your nonprofit with a lot of people
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Continue readingLeading and funding a nonprofit is surprisingly hard. You got into the work to do good. But others don’t see it as quickly as you do. On top of that, nonprofit work can be isolating. As they rise, leaders find fewer and fewer people to confide. And fundraisers? Fundraisers tend to be the only people
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Continue readingIt’s perplexing to me.
In a sector providing so much care and support there is still such stigma around talking about mental illness.
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Continue readingPeople start businesses and nonprofits to make a difference, not to raise money, be a leader, or manage an organization. Maybe this is you. Your dream is to change lives and solve problems. Or maybe you didn’t start your nonprofit, but you may as well have because the passion and commitment to the cause
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Continue readingUsing storytelling in your fundraising means putting a face on your donors’ impact and sharing it everywhere. When you use stories to cause empathy & engagement you’ll raise more money.
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