With more and more countries, states, and cities enforcing at-home isolation and the financial markets falling, fundraising is definitely harder. But of the worst things I kept hearing from clients was “We don’t think this is the right time to ask for money.” My general response? How dare you make a giving decision for a
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Continue readingSpeaking at a conference recently, fundraisers kept peppering me with questions related to fundraising. Some of those in the audience balanced their entire annual budget on a crowdfunding campaign. That is plain crazy. Yes, crowdfunding has opened up philanthropy and investment to all of us. According to recent data, from 2014 to 2015 the estimates
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Continue readingSpeaking at a conference recently, fundraisers kept peppering me with questions related to fundraising. Some of those in the audience balanced their entire annual budget on a crowdfunding campaign. That is plain crazy. Yes, crowdfunding has opened up philanthropy and investment to all of us. According to recent data, from 2014 to 2015 the estimates
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Continue readingThis morning, I read a great post by Terry St. Marie called “The Critical First Step For Great Leadership: The Journey From ‘I’ to ‘We’.” His movement from ego-centricity to inclusiveness is something as critical in fundraising as it is in leadership. Normally “we” is a bad word in fundraising letters. I regularly help my […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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Continue readingI firmly believe “donor fatigue” is a cop out, not a reality. In this quick video, I tell you why. And I give you a free tool to fix your next fundraising letter. For more on this, check out: The free fundraising letter email course at” http://fundraisingcoach.com/fundraising-letters/ The new Fundraising 101 video class for board […]
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