A Giving Day is a 24 hour digitally driven fundraising and engagement campaign with the goal of rallying a university's or nonprofit's community behind a particular cause. The original and most famous Giving Day is #GivingTuesday and has since been embraced by universites and nonprofits across the globe looking to run their own campaigns. In … Continue reading Giving Day – The Ultimate Guide to Success
Free Stuff! 51 Stunning Presentation Slides You Can Customize [Plus Templates]
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
Long Read: Head to Head – A Conversation on Behavioral Science and Ethics
An exploration of the intersection of compliance and ethics programmes and behavioural science may not immediately strike you as a top candidate for your summer reading list - especially a fundraising reading list - but it would be a mistake to miss out on this review of a research paper by Meredith Niles. She considers … Continue reading Long Read: Head to Head – A Conversation on Behavioral Science and Ethics
Long Read: The philosophical dispute between fundraising and data protection
At the end of 2016, when the ICO fined several charities for breaching the Data Protection Act 1998, Ian MacQuillin, wrote a fascinating philosophical piece on how charities are perceived by different types of people. Even though this feels like a long time ago, it's still as relevant today as it was back then. Whenever … Continue reading Long Read: The philosophical dispute between fundraising and data protection
Long Read: Good asking
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) recently launched Good Asking – a report on why charities research and process supporter information. They worked with leading academic Dr Beth Breeze from the University of Kent, to survey over 300 fundraisers to understand why they process and research information about their supporters, and what the benefits are for … Continue reading Long Read: Good asking
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
Nonprofit Board Members Have The Potential To Become Great Ambassadors!
Nonprofit board members have the potential to be exceptional ambassadors for the charity. However, finding the time to coach board members in the art of putting the organization’s public face on view can be tricky. In some cases, the CEO simply doesn’t encourage contact between the board and staff. At other times, they fail to … Continue reading Nonprofit Board Members Have The Potential To Become Great Ambassadors!
11 Mind Tricks That Win People Over and Help You Get Ahead
The reference to mind tricks makes this blog by Dr Travis Bradberry sound a little sinister, but making yourself more astute and aware of your surroundings, and the way people engage with you, can give you an edge when dealing with prospects. As soon as you become aware of these 11 tricks, they start popping … Continue reading 11 Mind Tricks That Win People Over and Help You Get Ahead
Here’s How to Establish Rapport with a Donor or Prospect
How do you set the right tone when you meet a donor or prospect for the first time? Martin Leifeld has recorded an 8 minute video in which he discusses how you can pose meaningful questions, combined with gratitude and compliments to effectivley engage with your prospect. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/case-you-missed-heres-how-establish-rapport-donor-prospect-leifeld-1/
Propper Fundraising 