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How to Critique Fundraising so You Help Make It Better

April 26, 2021

Writing fundraising materials is hard. Want to know what’s even harder? Writing useful critiques of fundraising materials. Maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of an unhelpful critique and wondered why it was that way: The person doing it is…

Her Donors Are Saying YES with Their Donations — and Also with Words of Praise

February 8, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising Training Needs

Have you ever been complimented by a donor on the quality of your fundraising? Okay, it’s not what fundraisers are seeking. But sometimes it happens. Lisa Blackwell is a board member for Temple Concord in Binghamton, NY, which also owns…

New Year’s Resolutions to Make 2021 Your Best Year Ever

January 4, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising

A great way to start the New Year is to think about the positive changes you want to make and put them in writing as Resolutions. Of course, you can do this any time you want, but there’s something about…

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The Tool That Can Take Back Control of Your Fundraising Life

February 3, 2020

Jeff Brooks

Time Management

There’s something about our nonprofit profession that leaves a lot of us harried and overwhelmed, never able to catch up. I knew it was tough, but I learned it all over again when I asked our members and others about…

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The Biggest Challenge in Fundraising Revealed – It’s Not What I Thought

January 13, 2020

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising

I recently asked our members and other friends a question: What is your biggest fundraising challenge? I asked this not just because the team and I are curious (and we are!) but because it will help us create material (blogs,…

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Don’t Let “Excellence” Intimidate You! You Can Be Excellent!

October 21, 2019

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising

At one of our Moceanic Office Hours sessions (held for members of The Fundraisingology Lab), I was talking about the disturbing trends in fundraising: Dropping response rates, rising costs, shrinking retention. Then I noted that these are industry-wide numbers; many…

Use Postage to Maximize Impact in Direct Mail Fundraising

January 31, 2018

Jeff Brooks

Direct Mail

It’s easy to get so caught up in the creativity of a direct mail pack that you forget one of the most fundamental facts about it: It’s a piece of mail that goes through the postal system. And that means…

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What to Do When the Fundraising Experts Are Wrong

January 31, 2018

Jeff Brooks

Direct Mail

Every once in a while, I hear from a fundraiser who says something like this: Our direct mail is not at all the way you say it should be. It’s wordy, complicated, and written at a very high reading level.…

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Four Ways Nonprofit Bosses Kill Fundraising – and How You Can Fight Back (but Keep Your Job)

January 15, 2018

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising

One of the more startling things we’ve learned here at Moceanic is how big a problem nonprofit CEOs are for fundraising. Far too many people in the fundraising profession have a significant uphill battle to fight on every project they…

This Survey Type Is Better Than Almost Anything Else You Can Do in Fundraising

August 1, 2017

Jeff Brooks

Bequests and Legacies, Direct Mail, Donor Love, Major and Mid Value Donors, Monthly Giving

One of the first things I learned about when I joined Moceanic a few months ago was an amazing fundraising technique we called the Supporter Connection Survey. I was blown away… But now I’m even more blown away because I’ve…

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How to Critique Fundraising so You Help Make It Better

Her Donors Are Saying YES with Their Donations — and Also with Words of Praise

New Year’s Resolutions to Make 2021 Your Best Year Ever

The Tool That Can Take Back Control of Your Fundraising Life

The Biggest Challenge in Fundraising Revealed – It’s Not What I Thought

Don’t Let “Excellence” Intimidate You! You Can Be Excellent!

Use Postage to Maximize Impact in Direct Mail Fundraising

What to Do When the Fundraising Experts Are Wrong

Four Ways Nonprofit Bosses Kill Fundraising – and How You Can Fight Back (but Keep Your Job)

This Survey Type Is Better Than Almost Anything Else You Can Do in Fundraising

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