Recently I have been reading the wonderful book series The Baby-Sitters Club by Anne M. Martin, with my daughter. . I haven’t read these in years, but I remember how much they spoke to me and how much I loved them. The storytelling and the rich character development were pretty revolutionary. MORE

You’ve just made a wise decision: you are investing more in both donor-focused retention efforts and new ways to bring in the right donors for your program. Surely, your file will grow and your retention rate will increase. But when you look at the stats a year later, your file has grown. MORE

Donors are changing far faster today than most of the organizations they give to. Their expectations are rising at the very moment their trust and loyalty are declining. Unfortunately, far too many nonprofits fail to understand this reality. As a result they’re woefully unprepared to cope. MORE

By John Killoran. Your email newsletter is a great way to stay in touch with supporters, but using extra tools and strategies can have a huge payoff! Check out the reasons why. MORE

On Tuesday , I talked about how Simpson’s paradox means you shouldn’t use just overall retention as a metric. Rather, you want to pair it with subgroup metrics so someone doesn’t achieve their retention goals by cutting off acquisition. I’ll generalize from that. MORE

Millennials are the largest generation in the country and are poised to have major impact in the nonprofit world. Not only are they altering today’s model of giving, but they’re also creating change on a local, national, and global level MORE

Indecisive. They want and need to give and they might have organizations in mind, but they haven’t decided where to give yet. Fearful. They are afraid to give impulsively. They’ve done that before and encountered donor remorse. So they put the money in the holding pen as a ‘circuit breaker’ 3. Unprepared. They have a good idea of which organization they want to give to but feel they still need to do their due diligence before they pull the trigger. Uncertain. MORE

Santa Fe, NM Photo Credit: Deena Davis. It’s Friday! Let’s dive right into the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of marketing and fundraising. Today we have Instagram TV news, email marketing tips, and more. MORE

When you are in the business of asking donors about themselves and customizing their donor journeys based on that, you almost always get the question: “But what about those folks who don’t answer the survey?” ” There are couple of answers to this. The first is: keep asking. MORE

Jeff Brooks recently posted his 5 th Law of Fundraising, which is “The more effective the fundraising campaign, the more complaints it will generate.”. If this dictum were the law of gravity, I would have floated away. MORE

$410 billion. Hooray! Right? Not so fast! Lots of folks are not so happy. So today I’m going to tell you what they are missing that makes them all wrong for being so salty. First, here are some of the downers I recently read and heard after the $410 billion figure was announced. . Holding pens. The biggest surge was in giving to holding pens such as foundations. Many philanthropists gave their money to their own foundations and donor-advised funds, not directly to charities. MORE

We are getting ready for the Nonprofit Leadership Summit , this September 24, 26 and 28th. Each year, we talk about leadership and fundraising. We want to help you build a stronger board, get more effective teams, become a better leader, and INCIDENTALLY, raise more money on the way! So join us ! It’s online, and each session will be recorded if you can’t make every one. A lot of our time in nonprofits is spent interacting with each other. MORE

We are wrapping up the 13th session of the Communications Director Mentoring Program this month and preparing to work with the 14th class ( yes, we still have space available! ). MORE

If you have never been to a Waffle House, the title of this blog post made absolutely zero sense to you. If you have been to a Waffle House, then you know they have yummy hashbrowns. And you also know they can be ordered in a variety of delicious ways: Scattered on the grill (in other words, plain). MORE

Shopping for a donor database is a complicated process, which is made even more difficult when it is hard to find information about a software's compatibility with your organization's unique mission and needs. That's why we've put together a collection of guides to the process of evaluating and selecting database tools, customized for several types of organizations that we commonly work with. MORE

I need more submissions for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator blog series! Won’t you please share all the things you do on a daily basis to make the world a better place ? MORE

“Fundraising strategy” is a loaded term, but a strategy is so imperative to have as a nonprofit wanting to grow, stay relevant, and make a huge impact in your cause space. And in a world where there are so many fundraising options available, sticking with one plan of action can leave you pigeonholed and missing out on huge opportunities. Fundraising MORE

Thomas Negron. Today, Thomas Negron joins us to stress the importance of locking your organization’s digital door and taking charge of your online accounts. Kristina. Guest Post by Thomas Negron. “I I don’t get the whole lock and key thing. Do I turn the key left? Do I turn it right? MORE

I don't leave Boston often, but when I do it's for two reasons. The first is to visit YOU to help with your your cause marketing campaigns. The second is to to go London! Did you know that I'm a yuuuge Anglophile? MORE

Let’s start at the beginning. Almost 10 years ago, when MarketSmart was a marketing agency for private sector businesses and I first offered to help a charity generate leads, I recommended an outreach effort that included a mini-survey. It worked! So we expanded it to a more comprehensive survey and it worked even better. The only problem was that the organization didn’t have enough staff to call the highly qualified leads. I thought that was terrible. MORE

World Refugee Day is held every year on June 20th to honor and commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of past and current refugees across the globe. In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. This World Refugee day, here are 5 organizations you can support to help refugees travel safely and keep families together. MORE

Let’s discuss apps, tools and other resources you could (and should) be using at your development shop to save time and reduce inefficiencies. The post 3 Tools Our For Profit Company Uses That Your Nonprofit Should Too Pt. 2 appeared first on Fundraising Report Card. Culture MORE

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