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How to Build Lasting Relationships with Your Donors with Webinars

April 17, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Digital Fundraising, Major and Mid Value Donors
People often ask me, What’s new in fundraising? Every time I hear that, I have the urge to scold: Don’t ask what’s new. Ask what’s working! Because most “new” things in fundraising don’t work very well.  Sometimes they don’t work…
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How to Transform Your Perfectionism from a Problem to a Superpower

April 3, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Self-Care
You’ve heard the saying, “The good is the enemy of the great.” The person saying it is often some kind of creative director with interesting hair and cutting-edge glasses. And they’re saying it to remind us that just about anything…
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The Right and Wrong Images for Ethical Fundraising

March 27, 2023
Jeff Brooks
Values and Fundraising
Should a fundraiser raise funds by showing photos of people in need, in pain, or otherwise showing weakness? We’ve all seen photos of people (children, usually), often in the developing world, who show clear signs of malnutrition and/or disease: They…
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Is Your Fundraising Career Like a Hamster Wheel? Jump off Now and Start Making Progress

March 20, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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

March 13, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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

March 6, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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?

February 27, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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

February 20, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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

February 13, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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

January 23, 2023
Jeff Brooks
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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