Chasing Down Donors, or Is It Herding Cats
Truly personal connections with partner organizations and donors is paramount to keeping them engaged. It becomes easier to get hold them in times of need if they enjoy their conversations with you. Make this process fun for yourself by creating specific goals. One of the best ways to know how to engage is to use personas. Creating personas will help you understand the behaviors and preferences of your donors. […]
7 Innovative Free (or Near to It) Technology Solutions for Nonprofits
We have finally had some time to take a look at various technology services that users have been hyping up. This list is a compilation of a handful of services which deserve to be highlight. Many of these tools have free trials available so that you can try them out for yourself. Some are even […]
What type of auction is right for your event?
While I was working on this article, I had an opportunity to work with a few small local non-profit organizations. The first thing we did was figure out how to successfully implement an auction: you need to put in the effort to understand how the auction works and to define the potential audience(s) that can […]
Requesting Donations – Tips and Tricks
Research/Practice/Plan/Identify/Compose When figuring out appropriate donors to target for your organization/event, start with an outline of who/what/where/why/when/how to better understand how your organization’s mission fits with the donors values. Figure out what you can offer the donor and why they would donate; for example, supporting the local community will act as advertisement. After potential donors […]
Keep Donors on Board…Changed Their Mind!
The core issues of fundraising for any non-profit organization have been around for a long time. To strengthen your organization’s success in raising funds, it is key to always ask yourself questions from an outside perspective. For example, if your organization does not have enough staff to run an efficient operation then the core question […]