Fundraising Friday, January 19, 2018

January 19, 2018


What can you learn from this eye-opening “before” and “after” fundraising appeal? This week’s What’s in my Mailbox.

And we revisit an earlier Mailbox feature to see the difference extra engagement made in this year-end appeal.

How are we framing donor retention? The Agitator’s brilliant Nick Ellinger with The Behavioral Science of Fundraising Metrics. This week’s must read.

Freaking out over the new tax scam law? Russell James is here to tell us that it might not be all that bad. How the 2018 tax law INCREASES charitable giving deductions.

Vu with a very important read for the sector. These 12 adorable baby animals are very worried about the US Census and you should be too.

What one brilliant arts organization can teach us about fundraising. New from Mary Cahalane.

Why do I focus in relentlessly on email every week? Joe Garecht with A Simple System for Turning Social Media Followers into Offline Donors.

Commentary: Too many nonprofit boards lack diversity. It’s a problem that can be fixed.

If you’ve got Netflix, carve out some time to watch this. I promise you won’t regret it.

Archives

What the world needs now is love, sweet love… An oldie but a goodie. Beat the statistics by falling in love with your donors.

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