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Is Your Fundraising Career Like a Hamster Wheel? Jump off Now and Start Making Progress

Bequests and Legacies, Major and Mid Value Donors, Monthly Giving
You don’t need me to tell you: Fundraising is hard work. It’s also repetitive. An annual cycle that repeats and repeats and repeats. Sometimes it can make you wonder if you’re really making any progress. Don’t get me wrong –…
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An Integrated Multichannel Fundraising Campaign Is Easier Than You Think

The Unrestricted Funds Conundrum: There’s an EASY Solution

Fundraising
A few weeks ago, one of our members in The Fundraisingology Lab asked a question: The organization had done a highly successful appeal to raise funds for a specific person facing extraordinary need. Funds poured in from energized donors who…
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Show Your Boss Why They Can’t Skimp on Your Growth and Training

Workplace
When it comes to professional growth, if you aren’t moving forward, you are in effect floating backward.  That’s an intimidating thought, but sometimes it lights a fire under people to keep learning. The fact you are reading this blog post…
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Why Are Fundraisers Leaving the Job?

Fundraising
Fundraising is facing a retention crisis. Far too many donors are not staying with the organizations. As many as 4 in 5 donors give once to an organization and then never again.  This sucks the life out of any fundraising…
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Fundraiser: Disobey Your English Teachers to Improve Your Writing

Writing
Before I found fundraising, I taught English. Mostly to first-year college students, usually some version of that English 101 course that you remember with either fondness or revulsion. We called it “writing,” but what we were teaching was “academic writing.”…
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4 Types of Surveys for Fundraisers – 3 Are Good, One is GREAT

Fundraising Resources
Surveys are an important tool in any kind of marketing, including fundraising.  Here are four distinct types of survey that you might consider using in your fundraising program: 1.  Quantitative research survey This one is meant to give you a…
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How to Know Who You Can Trust for Good Fundraising Advice

Fundraising, Trends
You really want to get your fundraising right. You know what’s at stake: Your cause can be well-funded, or under-funded. You carry the consequences of that around like a heavy sack. There’s a lot of advice out there. That’s great,…
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5 Things to Do That Can Help You Make a Great Nonprofit Hire

Workplace
Is it time to hire someone new to work at your nonprofit? That’s one of the most important – and intimidating – decisions you make if you’re at a growing organization. Staff is at or near the top of expenses,…
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What to Do if Your Year-End Fundraising Didn’t Meet Your Goals

Financial Emergency
It’s among the most stressful things that can happen in fundraising: You’ve been through the critical year-end when so much revenue comes in … but the dust has cleared and the numbers are staring you in the face: Your Year…
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3 Elements of Every Effective Fundraising Story

Storytelling, Writing
There’s a lot of theory about storytelling out there. Some of it is very helpful for hardworking fundraisers like you. Here’s what Writer’s Digest says every story needs: Orientation: The beginning of a story must grab the reader’s attention. Crisis: Something…
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