Here’s a summary of recent articles and blogs related to fundraising and nonprofit organizations. As always, please forward this to others who might benefit from the information. Thanks again for reading!
FUNDRAISING
- 5 Insanely Successful Ideas for Getting The Appointment with Your Major Gift Prospect Ok, you’re about to pick up the phone to try to schedule a meeting with a donor prospect. Making that phone call can be the moment of truth! by Gail Perry.
- Stewardship Approaches: What Works We all know stewardship is important and most of us can compile a list of good stewardship techniques quickly — we should say thank you, segment donors and show them the impact of what we do. The AFP Blog, by Andrew Watt
- Fundraising, Part 2: Investment in capacity pays off This articlelooks at fundraising strategies that nonprofits have found to be effective. AFP Blog: Recent News of Note: The NonProfit Times by Reed Stockman
- 1 easy way to raise more money in direct mail Want to improve your direct mail fundraising? The best way to improve your direct mail is to get your envelope opened. by Steve Thomas
- Connecting with Boomers in your fundraising If you’re hoping to raise money from Boomers (and you’d better be doing that!) — here are some thoughts. by Jeff Brooks
MARKETING / COMMUNICATIONS
- Should Organizations Be Sassy On Social Media? Unfortunately, the old rule – good content is still king, seems to have been forgotten by many organizations on social media…by Allyson Kapin
- What an effective email fundraising subject line! Last week, I was pleasantly surprised to see this email subject line: “You made this happen.” by Marc A. Pitman
- Content marketing: We’re all media publishers now Why nonprofits need to tell their stories by creating new content by JD Lasica
- Do Traditional Newsletters Still Work For Nonprofits? With the advent of email, blogs, and social media, does the “traditional” printed newsletter still have a place in your communications plan? by Brendan Kinney
- Green Eggs and Messaging How many times do we need to put our message out there to be effective? by Tom Peterson
- How To Tell Your Strength Story: Nonprofit Storytelling Strength stories showcase how your organization’s particular focus or approach adds value to the community you serve and/or and moves your issue or cause forward in a way unmatched by other orgs. by Nancy Schwartz
LEADERSHIP
- How to Get Better Stories from Your Staff and Board Kathy Swayze, who recently led a storytelling webinar for us, shares some more ideas on getting your board (and staff members) to capture better stories for your organization. by Kivi Leroux Miller
- 5 Strategic Board Questions to Improve Mission Quality Think how much better any nonprofit board or leadership team would be if they could honestly and completely answer the following five questions. by Jay Love
- Successful Mergers: Two CEOs Talk Shop – Meyer Foundation Mergers continue to be discussed far more than frequently than they are implemented. by Reed Stockman
- Should that staff development line item be in your budget? What makes your organization work? Who delivers services and runs programs? Your people. Good staff are invaluable. by Sandy Rees
- Charities … Don’t Evaluate Your Work Almost no charities actually have the skills for ‘evaluation’ — establishing the actual impact or efficacy of their idea or intervention. by Tom Belford
NONPROFIT NEWS
- Donors Lose Thousands to IRS for Inadequate Receipt – NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly When a receipt for a charitable gift isn’t provided properly, the donor can end up in serious trouble. by Reed Stockman
- Giving 2.0 ProjectU Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. She has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. by Beth Kanter
- Money vs. Mission: Nonprofits Overcome Reluctance to Think Beyond Traditional Fundraising Nonprofits are becoming bolder when it comes to how they raise money to support their missions. New hybrid forms of nonprofits have emerged, and new ways of funding them seem to crop up daily by Joanne Fritz
