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How to Know Who You Can Trust for Good Fundraising Advice

January 23, 2023

Jeff Brooks

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,…

3 Habits of Highly Effective Fundraising Writers

April 4, 2022

Julie Cooper

Writing

Fundraising writing is unlike most any other type of writing. It’s simple, urgent, conversational, emotional, repetitive, and old-fashioned. And it can be tricky, for sure. The good news is that you can learn the skills needed to create effective fundraising…

7 Tips for Success as a Fundraising Freelancer

March 14, 2022

Jeff Brooks

Nonprofit Jobs, Workplace

Wouldn’t it be great to be your own boss? That’s how many people imagine it will be when they dream of becoming a freelancer. Including many professional fundraisers. Let me give you the bad news first: When you become your…

The 4 Stages of Your Fundraising Career: Where Are You Right Now?

November 29, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising Training Needs

Not everyone is the same. And not everyone stays the same. Those two truths are so obvious it may seem pointless to say them out loud. But both are critical to the success of any team and the individual members…

Writing Advice with Heart and Soul that Can Make You a Better Fundraiser

October 25, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Books, Writing

Book Review: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott “To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care.” – Anne Lamott Confession: When nobody’s looking,…

Deadlines Getting You Down? Here’s Help that Could Really Transform Your Work-Life

October 11, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Books, Productivity

Book Review: The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like it’s the Last Minute—Before the Last Minute by Christopher Cox Like many copywriters, I have a “complicated” relationship with deadlines. I hate them. They are the pain and terror of…

Great Reads from The Fundraisingology Lab Reading List

October 4, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Books

The fundraising profession is blessed with a lot of great books that can help you grow as a professional and as a person. A lot of books. So many that it can be hard to find the books you should…

Last Year’s Appeal: Best Ever. This Year’s Appeal: More Than DOUBLE that!

August 23, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising Training Needs

Kristen Brown, Associate Director at the Wyoming Outdoor Council, wasn’t sure if joining The Fundraisingology Lab by Moceanic was worthwhile. “I’d tried a few other trainings,” she says, “and I was hesitant to try another resource, so I put it…

How I Succeeded Wildly at My First-Ever Fundraising Campaign

August 16, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising Training Needs

Your organization has never done a fundraising appeal before. You have a core of supporters who follow and love your work, but you’ve never actually asked them for money. Now you need to ask. Scary? Just ask Patricia Mackenzie, Development…

How to Critique Fundraising so You Help Make It Better

April 26, 2021

Jeff Brooks

Writing

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…

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How to Know Who You Can Trust for Good Fundraising Advice

3 Habits of Highly Effective Fundraising Writers

7 Tips for Success as a Fundraising Freelancer

The 4 Stages of Your Fundraising Career: Where Are You Right Now?

Writing Advice with Heart and Soul that Can Make You a Better Fundraiser

Deadlines Getting You Down? Here’s Help that Could Really Transform Your Work-Life

Great Reads from The Fundraisingology Lab Reading List

Last Year’s Appeal: Best Ever. This Year’s Appeal: More Than DOUBLE that!

How I Succeeded Wildly at My First-Ever Fundraising Campaign

How to Critique Fundraising so You Help Make It Better

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