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How to Structure Your Storytelling for Maximum Impact

September 30, 2024
Jeff Brooks
Storytelling
A good story is the backbone of a powerful fundraising message. By “good,” I mean a detailed and emotionally resonant story of one person the donor’s giving can help. That’s the best way to bridge the gap between a donor’s…
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3 Ways to Amp up the Motivating Power of Your Fundraising Stories

September 23, 2024
Jeff Brooks
Storytelling, Writing
I have some bad news for you: Stories are not magic. Telling a story doesn’t automatically make your fundraising powerful. You have to tell the right story. In the right way. That’s when the magic happens, and your fundraising goes…
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Donors Are Not You: A Guide to the Differences

July 22, 2024
Jeff Brooks
Donor Love, Writing
A long-ago mentor once told me that the entire problem with human relationships is this:  We judge others by their actions, but we expect them to judge us by our intentions. “He did that hurtful thing because he’s a bad…
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5 Ways You Can Think Differently about Fundraising to Raise More

5 Ways You Can Think Differently about Fundraising to Raise More

May 13, 2024
Jeff Brooks
Bequests and Legacies
I was in High School in 1977 when Star Wars hit the screens. Sometime in the first week, my friends and I went downtown to the one theater in Seattle that was showing it. The line went all the way…
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The “Middle Siblings” of Fundraising, and How You Can Connect with Them

July 17, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Major and Mid Value Donors
Mid-value donors are sometimes the “middle children” of donor files. Like the stereotypical middle child, they get less attention than the others. They can “fall through the cracks” and not get the focus and treatment they need. Nonprofits often have…
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The Overhead Myth, and the Pie Chart Solution

July 10, 2023
Sean Triner
Maths of Fundraising
There’s a monster stalking the halls of nonprofit organizations around the world. Every day it smashes, tears, and crushes organizations’ ability to do their mission. The monster is an attitude: The less a charity spends on overhead, the better! It’s…
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5 Things to Keep Fundraising Strong in Strange Times (like Now)

June 26, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Crises Fundraising
Many fundraisers around the world are getting worse results now than they did during the height of the pandemic. The pandemic has not gone away, but the sense of crisis and community – that widespread feeling that something big is…
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How to Respect Your Time, and Help Your Boss and Colleagues Respect It Too

May 8, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Maths of Fundraising, Time Management
You are more valuable than you’ve ever imagined. I’m not talking about your value as a unique human being living on this planet. In that sense, you’re infinitely valuable. I’m talking about your value as a professional fundraiser, as measured…
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Easy Fundraising Money: How to Spend More to Make More

January 30, 2023
Sean Triner
Major and Mid Value Donors
People easily accept the idea that for-profit organizations can – and should – invest to make more revenue. That’s how businesses work. Unfortunately, people often struggle with applying that same logic to nonprofit organizations. There’s a widespread belief that nonprofits…
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4 Steps to Make Your Boss Your Fundraising Ally

June 27, 2022
Jeff Brooks
Boards and Fundraising, Leadership
One of the common conversations in our members-only Facebook community is frustration with bosses or board members making damaging decisions about fundraising — like cutting a multi-page letter down to one page.  It’s common. You’ve probably experienced it too. You…
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