Creating a presentation powerful enough to stay in your audience's mind is key whether you're presenting to potential prospects, showing off your incredible KPIs at your board meeting or sharing best practise with other fundraisers at the next CASE conference! Visme has put together an incredible selection of free presentation templates that will ensure you … Continue reading Free Stuff! 51 Stunning Presentation Slides You Can Customize [Plus Templates]
Free Stuff! Really Good Emails
More free stuff and this time we focus on email templates. Emails are a key method for non-profits to communicate with your supporters and getting the design right is key in getting your message read. Really Good Emails is an amazing resource with over 4000 real email campaigns to inspire you PLUS if you sign … Continue reading Free Stuff! Really Good Emails
Free Stuff! Free tools for you – Hands-On Fundraising
Every week, Mary Cahalane provides expert fundraising advice in her blog - I could easily reshare her blog here every week (hint - sign up to the Hands on Fundraising blog). Anyway, Mary's post at the beginning of the month really stood out for offering links to loads of free content to help fundraisers get … Continue reading Free Stuff! Free tools for you – Hands-On Fundraising
Retention is the New Acquisition
While organizations focus on their development goal and raising money through major gifts, events, direct mail, grants and online, it is often stewardship and retention that fall by the wayside. According to Adrian Sargeant and Elaine Jay, a 10% increase in donor retention can enhance the lifetime value of your donor base by up to … Continue reading Retention is the New Acquisition
Donor Retention: What Do We Know & What Can Nonprofits Do about It?
Retention is one of the Big 5 KPIs to measure, but why is it so important? A 10 percent improvement in attrition can yield up to a 200 percent increase in projected value, as with lower attrition significantly more donors upgrade their giving, give in multiple ways, recommend others, and, ultimately, perhaps, pledge a planned … Continue reading Donor Retention: What Do We Know & What Can Nonprofits Do about It?
Why crowdfund?
Philippa Christoforou has been part of the OxReach team at Oxford University Innovation since 2016. Since then over £200,000 for social good projects originating at the University of Oxford has been raised. But why crowdfunding? Why not just apply for grant applications? What is the benefit to the project in watching the pledge count slowly … Continue reading Why crowdfund?
Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions
Getting alumni, especially younger graduates, to donate is a challenge for many colleges and universities, especially those that rely on approaches that could end up in voicemail or the rubbish bin. Crowdfunding models are increasingly popular for students to undertake peer-to-peer and social fundraising on behalf of a fundraising program to bring in new donors. … Continue reading Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions
How to plan a major nonprofit crowdfunding campaign
Crowdfunding campaigns aren't just successful by chance. They require a lot of planning to ensure you're reaching the right people to propagate your message. In this essential guide, Jonathan May from hubbub provides excellent tips on how to plan your crowdfunding campaign. https://www.hubbub.net/blog/how-to-plan-a-major-nonprofit-crowdfunding-campaign
Should you be Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding isn’t a new concept; it’s been around for nearly two decades. However, it has recently become more prominent as an alternative tool for the Higher Education sector. In this blog, Eliott Falvert-Martin explains how Crowdfunding gives donors a unique opportunity to get interested in a cause on an emotional level and becomes an acquisition … Continue reading Should you be Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding Appeal: Smart Handpumps reduce pump downtime
Smart Handpumps get fixed within 3 days - not 30, letting people get on with their lives, instead of spending hours collecting water. Many rural communities across the developing world rely on hand pumps for their daily water needs. However, at any one time, one in four pumps is broken. Smart Handpumps have a transmitter … Continue reading Crowdfunding Appeal: Smart Handpumps reduce pump downtime
Propper Fundraising 