Fundraising Friday | February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

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In this week’s What’s in my Inbox, the Audubon Society wins with a fun little Facebook campaign. Check out their page on Facebook to see the kind of engagement this inexpensive strategy yielded. Remember: as our friends at Veritus say, it’s not just about the money.

Subscriber and Basics & More™ alum Desert Sounds Performing Arts for the win with this week’s What’s in my Mailbox – where the donor is the hero.

Are you engaged in Mop & Glo Fundraising?

The lie of the silver bullet. This stuff really is simple. New from the Veritus Group.

Are you hungry for coaching? Also from the Veritus Group. Are you signed up for Major Gift Academy updates? Be the first to know.

Roger Craver’s thoughtful post, Are You a Dinosaur?, got me thinking. What makes a lifelong learner? The foundation I worked for had a mandatory education requirement. My colleagues groaned…and I loved it! Can you compel someone to want to learn? Do you consider yourself a lifelong learner?

For years I’ve been urging fundraisers to create those deeply personal relationships with their donors. But how? Once you transition to a wholly donor-focused organization, you’ll develop a mindset that never misses an opportunity for engagement. From the brilliant Richard Turner…

How Vu manages to write such hilarious posts week after week is anyone’s guess. The myth of double-dipping and the destructiveness of restricted funding. Get them in your inbox and start your Mondays with a smile.

Sign up this week for Rory Green’s enewsletter, and you’ll receive her all new collection of laugh-out-loud stories from the fundraising trenches.

And if you’re looking for more humor, subscriber Lillian just pointed me in the direction of My mom interned at a nonprofit and now all her emails are different.

Looking for nonprofit thank you letter examples? Here’s a compilation of print and email thank you’s that caught our attention.

 

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