Sean Triner, Author at Moceanic

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Co-Founder of Moceanic

Sean Triner is a Co-Founder of Moceanic and Pareto Group. With over three decades of experience in fundraising and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in mathematics, Sean has a wealth of fundraising expertise to share with Moceanic members and blog readers. He is also a coach and available for bookings on the Coaching+ program for fundraisers to help answer your questions and work hands-on directly with you.

The Power of Witnessing

July 20, 2017

Sean Triner

Storytelling

Many charities have proven that telling individual stories is more motivating for potential donors than throwing statistics and numbers at them. Telling potential donors that there are 10,000 people diagnosed with a disease per annum is not as effective as…

Who Are Your Favourite Fundraising Mentors?

July 16, 2017

Sean Triner

Fundraising, Fundraising Training Needs

Who are your favourite fundraising mentors/gurus/smarties? How would you like to hear more from them? We are going to invite more and more guest bloggers. Awesome people who have something to share. They don’t have to be established bloggers, just…

The Most Powerful Communication Tool: The Supporter Connection Survey

June 30, 2017

Sean Triner

Fundraising, Donor Love

A proven method for increasing revenue, uncovering legacy donors and improving donor-centricity. With data-led fundraising guru Sean Triner Do you have lots of lovely donors supporting your work? Do you have a direct mail program? Or an online fundraising program?…

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Does It Really Matter If I DON’T Donate?

June 22, 2017

Sean Triner

Digital Fundraising, Direct Mail, Donor Psychology

Fundraisers are doing incredibly important work. You are connecting people who care with people (or environment/animals/causes) in need. Most of us are active in fundraising because we want to change things from bad to good. As Tom Ahern says, donors…

Your Definitive Guide To Face-To-Face Fundraising

June 13, 2017

Sean Triner

Monthly Giving, Benchmarking, Trends

Please click here to get a PDF of Your Definitive Guide to Face-to-Face Fundraising sent to your inbox. Face-to-face has been a great way to find new supporters and raise money. But is ‘face-to-face’ monthly giving acquisition a worthy strategy…

Could You Be Mailing TOO Often?

June 8, 2017

Sean Triner

Direct Mail, Maths of Fundraising

Jeff and I have both written articles about how mailing more times, raised more money. Because we see so MUCH data around giving, we are both huge advocates for mailing more often. Not because we sell mailings or print, but…

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How Many Times Can You Mail Your Donors Before They Rise Up And Kill You?

May 29, 2017

Sean Triner

Benchmarking, Direct Mail, Donor Psychology, Maths of Fundraising

So how often should you mail? Pareto Fundraising, the company I co-founded before Moceanic, looks at data and tries to work out what the optimum communications program should be to maximise lifetime value from donors. Donors are very expensive to…

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My Thank-You Message Raised Loads of Money! Why Is Sean Complaining?

May 24, 2017

Sean Triner

Donor Love, Digital Fundraising, Major and Mid Value Donors

I got this brilliant message from April Kelsey – a fundraising and communications specialist based in Hampton, VA, USA. Hey, Sean! Today I made about $100k off ONE thank you email, applying techniques I’ve been learning from you and others…

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Thanks – But We Got Someone For This FABULOUS Job Now.

May 22, 2017

Sean Triner

Uncategorized

We have just got a new project manager. Excellent news for us. But for you too. Our mission is to get the best fundraising experts in the world in front of YOU, wherever you are to help you with your…

Am I Wrong for Not Believing in Donating to Charities

May 15, 2017

Sean Triner

Fundraising

That was the question recently posted on Quora. The person asking had been asked to sponsor a friend to run the marathon in aid of Cancer Research UK. Many of the responses on Quora agreed: It is wrong to donate,…

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Posts by Sean Triner

The Power of Witnessing

Who Are Your Favourite Fundraising Mentors?

The Most Powerful Communication Tool: The Supporter Connection Survey

Does It Really Matter If I DON’T Donate?

Your Definitive Guide To Face-To-Face Fundraising

Could You Be Mailing TOO Often?

How Many Times Can You Mail Your Donors Before They Rise Up And Kill You?

My Thank-You Message Raised Loads of Money! Why Is Sean Complaining?

Thanks – But We Got Someone For This FABULOUS Job Now.

Am I Wrong for Not Believing in Donating to Charities

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