Fundraising Friday | November 14, 2014

November 14, 2014

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What can you learn from the leading fundraising guru’s AHA moments?  I asked some of the leading fundraisers to share their biggest AHA moment with you.  Tom Ahern.  Amy Eisenstein.  Joe Garecht.  Gail Perry.  Sandy Rees.   What they had to share may surprise you.  You’ll definitely have an AHA moment or two yourself.

How do you integrate your direct mail with your email?  You’re going to love, love, love this week’s What’s in My Inbox and What’s in my Mailbox.  We’ve flipped them so you can see first the marvelous direct mail fundraising letter, and then the followup email.  Both contain many takeaways for the savvy fundraiser.  Special thanks to Fundraiser Grrl Rory Green for submitting.  

Chances are you’ve got a group of rabid fans you’re ignoring right now.  Must read:  Don’t you love me anymore?  The critical care of past board members.  New from Simone Joyaux.

Why should you care about net neutrality?  Seth Godin with The time to think about the middleman is before there’s only one.

Does responsive design REALLY raise more money for nonprofits?  You better believe it.  New from npengage.

Do you get tired of everyone saying that nonprofits should operate more like the business community?  Nonprofit with balls with Dear business community: stop thinking you are better than us nonprofit folks.

If grants are a revenue stream for your organization, you won’t want to miss the latest State of Grantseeking survey.  This report analyzes responses from 1,385 grantseeking organizations about their grantseeking activities, successes, and challenges.  Grab yours here.

Are you Asking the Right Person for the Right Amount?  New from Kim Klein.

From the Archives

Did you know that  thank you calls reduced donor attrition by a third?  But what do you say?  And how do you get the phone numbers?  Dos and Don’ts of Donor Thank You Calls.  Handy for year-end fundraising…

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