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AFP eWire
July 16, 2013
Amy Eisenstein |
Your New Year's Resolution for July: Two Hours Per Week and Five Simple Steps for Small Development Shops to Achieve Major Gift Success Have you ever wished you could raise major gifts but felt you don't have the courage, confidence, know-how, or, most important, the time?   |
AFP eWire
February 18, 2014 |
Major Gifts for Small Shops: The Major Gifts Challenge Amy Eisenstein has helped small and large nonprofits alike raise millions of dollars through major gift and capital campaigns, board development, annual fund campaigns, direct mail, and planned gift solicitation. |
AFP eWire
July 28, 2009 |
Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? Let's explore the characteristics of a nonprofit that is most likely to find success in a campaign. |
AFP eWire
March 20, 2011 |
Building Board Buy-In for Fundraising The first rule of board leadership in fundraising is to make sure that all board members understand and accept the concept that resource development is the responsibility of each and every member of the board. |
AFP eWire
March 30, 2010 |
Your Capital Campaign: Are You Ready to Succeed? A capital campaign is a marathon, not a sprint. Here are some tips to make sure you are ready to go the distance. |
AFP eWire
January 12, 2009 |
Written Appeals: Imaginative Ways to Ask Donors to Give More Caught in a rut with how you make the "ask" in your appeal letters? Want to encourage annual fund donors to give more? Here are some effective strategies. |
AFP eWire
February 9, 2004
Linda Lysakowski |
Tips From Members: The Planning Study Process, Part Two When considering a capital or endowment campaign, organizations need to consider conducting an external assessment of the willingness and ability of the organization's constituency to support the campaign. |
AFP eWire
April 12, 2011 |
Creating a Healthy Prospect Pipeline The prospect pipeline places cohorts of prospects at different stages of the development cycle and then measures their progress as they move from an unqualified lead to a donor. |
AFP eWire
August 26, 2014 |
Want An Endowment? Plan For it -- Ask For It Helen Monroe is the head of Endowment Development Institute and has converted her 35 years of experience building endowments into on-line lessons for all organizations. |
AFP eWire
July 17, 2012
Kelly C. Albanese |
Does Your Organization Have "Relationship Capital?" Relationship capital represents the quality of your interactions and the bonds that you have developed with your donors, and it can indicate your position in their philanthropic priorities. |
AFP eWire
March 16, 2010 |
The Untapped Potential of Matching Gifts Are you actively spreading awareness of matching gift opportunities among your donors? |
AFP eWire
May 13, 2013
Julie Mikuska |
The Role Policies Play in a Culture of Philanthropy There's been much written lately about the culture of philanthropy and what it looks like in an organization. Sample documents are offered as templates for policies on recognition, gift agreements, prospect research and more. |
AFP eWire
June 11, 2013 |
Getting to Know Your Donors Using the simple tools in his book, "Opening the Door to Major Gifts: Mastering the Discovery Call, "John Greenhoe shows how any nonprofit can begin to diversify its fundraising revenue. |
AFP eWire
December 18, 2013 |
Top Ten: 7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014 Donors: What `No' Means for Fundraisers... Donors: 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Oxfam Canada's `Threads of Change' Campaign... |
AFP eWire
May 13, 2014 |
Four Current Annual Giving Trends and How to Incorporate Them into a Fundraising Plan Just as every spring brings with it the promise of renewal and the start of a new fiscal year, it can also inspire renewed annual giving programs. |
AFP eWire
October 5, 2010 |
Fundraising 101: Growing Donor Passion Harnessing a donor's passion is key to ensuring a lasting and fruitful relationship. Here are some good tips on cultivating major donors for your annual campaign from fundraising veteran Erik J. Daubert |
AFP eWire
July 28, 2009 |
Capital Campaigns: Getting the Word Out A capital campaign is the perfect time to tell your organization's story and tell it well. |
AFP eWire
December 1, 2009 |
Top 10 Ways to Boost Online Giving at Year-End Use these tactics to zoom past your year-end goals. |
AFP eWire
May 10, 2011 |
More People Donating Online, Say Fundraising Costs a Key Concern A new study shows that more donors from every age group are going online to make a donation, and they are increasingly sensitive to over-solicitation and fundraising costs. |
AFP eWire
May 7, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of May 7, 2014): The Quickest Way to Lose a Donor Content and Curation for Nonprofits.. What If You Have No Major Gift Officer?... The Quickest Way To Lose A Donor... |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2013
Goldman & Fishman |
Mitzvah Monday: A One-Day Fundraising Initiative UJA-Federation held its second annual Mitzvah Monday campaign, a one-day fundraising initiative. The campaign is part of UJA-Federation's continuing efforts to find innovative and meaningful ways to support our mission and engage new donors. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2014 |
Your Crowd Funding Campaign as an Action Movie As one of the hottest and most innovative methods of fundraising on the scene today, Robert Osborne shows how creating your crowd-funding campaign like an action movie will steal the audience's attention, and inspire them to give. |
AFP eWire
April 21, 2009
Dave Sternberg |
Engaging Your Board in Sustainable Fundraising "We've told them what they need to do!" you say. "We've even brought in outside speakers. So, why aren't they doing it?" |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2011 |
Study Shows Online Giving Has Become Popular Among Donors 60 or Older Online giving has become a viable option for donors who are 60 years of age or older, according to a recent online study. |
AFP eWire
September 5, 2006
Robert E. Carter |
Quick Tips: Nine Guidelines for Gift Recognition Here are nine tips to help fundraisers ensure their gift recognition policies are effective and maximize the donor cultivation process. |
AFP eWire
June 12, 2013 |
Alumni and Friends Do It Again on May 10 at Saint Peter's University Angeline Boyer, Media Relations Officer, Saint Peter's University, walks us through the successful campaign. |
AFP eWire
April 19, 2011
Michael J. Rosen |
Five Common Myths About Planned Giving These myths can lead organizations to take no action or to take the wrong action where planned giving is concerned. Here are five common myths rebutted. |
AFP eWire
January 17, 2006 |
Covering the Basics: A Direct Mail Primer Here are tips that can help you maximize your return when fundraising and marketing. |
AFP eWire
September 16, 2015 |
AFP Top Ten (Week of September 16, 2015): Fundraising Ideas, Stories & Perspectives You May Have Missed! Fundraising Tools to Help You Prepare for End-of-the-Year Campaigns... How to raise less money than you did last year... Two Ways You Can Put Your Donors at the Center of Your Fundraising Program... |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2004 |
Tips From Members: The Planning Study Process When considering a capital or endowment campaign, a major undertaking for most organizations, an internal assessment of the organization's readiness is imperative. |
AFP eWire
November 18, 2015
Elizabeth Chung |
Five Trends to Jazz Up Your Holiday Fundraising As donors get bombarded with year-end asks, you need to stand out from the crowd. |
AFP eWire
October 15, 2007 |
Major Gifts Resources: Nonprofit Essentials: Major Gifts A list of resources for the fundraising community to learn more about establishing major gifts programs. |
AFP eWire
January 4, 2011 |
Why Matching Gifts Work New research shows that matching gifts increase not only the revenue per solicitation, but also the response rate. |
AFP eWire
May 24, 2011 |
Six Things I Wish I Had Known at the Beginning of My Fundraising Career Here are six basic fundraising principles that I believe are fundamental to philanthropic giving and fund development. |
AFP eWire
December 9, 2015 |
AFP Top Ten (Week of December 9, 2015): Fundraising Ideas, Stories & Perspectives You May Have Missed! Fundraising Inspiration Advent Calendar 2015... Preparing for a Successful Major Gift Request: Effective Cultivation... Using Community Feedback to Build Greater Engagement... |
AFP eWire
August 15, 2005 |
What's Working: Tips From AFP Members Practical tips, advice and guidance from fellow practitioners often can spell the difference between success and failure. |
AFP eWire
August 10, 2010 |
The New Proactive Donor The days when donors would give unconditionally to every charity that knocked on their door are gone for good, says fundraising veteran Penelope Burk. |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2010 |
A Peek at the Philanthropist's Playbook More and more, high net worth donors are not looking for a cause to support (they have that already), they are looking for an organization that does great work. |
AFP eWire
November 20, 2013 |
Top Ten: A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit's #GivingTuesday Campaign (November 20, 2013) Fundraising Research: Why Women Thrive in Political Fundraising... Volunteer Management: Narrow the Focus... Donors: Why Asking and Thanking Donors is All Wrong... |
AFP eWire
August 12, 2015 |
Chatting About Campaigns With Matthew Cottle We talked recently with Matthew Cottle, who is presenting a webinar on "The Campaign Prequel: Success Begins Before the Campaign Plan." |
AFP eWire
July 10, 2006 |
Successful Capital Campaign Teams: Balancing Technical and Interpersonal Skills New research finds that many capital campaign teams, while meeting their goals, often contend with a lack of cohesion, overemphasizing interpersonal skills at the expense of optimal fundraising success. |
AFP eWire
June 23, 2008 |
Best of Both Worlds: Tips for Online-Offline Marketing Integration -- breaking down the silos between fundraising channels and leveraging the strengths of each -- is the key to future success, according to the new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. |
AFP eWire
March 23, 2009
David Hughes |
eWire Reader Response: One Way Obama's Tech Strategist Missed the Mark President Barack Obama's chief technology strategist, Thomas Gensemer, dropped a bomb on nonprofit marketers and fundraisers in February with this: "Charity email newsletters are a waste of time" |
AFP eWire
January 23, 2006 |
Knowledge of Others' Giving Can Increase Contributions A new study has found that telling prospective donors what other individuals gave can increase giving levels. |
AFP eWire
October 22, 2014
Erik J. Daubert |
Get FIT and Improve Your Fundraising: The FEP's Fundraising Fitness Test Both the Fundraising Effectiveness Project and the Growth in Giving Initiative contain great secrets and insights into the issue of donor retention. |
Energize
July 2010
Susan J. Ellis |
The Correlation between Time Donors and Money Donors All research shows that people who volunteer tend to give more money to charity than people who do not. This often-quoted finding only tells part of the philanthropy story. |
AFP eWire
August 5, 2015 |
Chatting About Planned Giving With Timothy Logan, FAHP, ACFRE It seems like fundraisers are expected to develop and utilize integrated and multi-channel campaigns rather than having a singular focus like say annual fund or planned giving. Timothy Logan discusses this trend. |
AFP eWire
August 11, 2009 |
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste As a result of the tough economic climate, many organizations are drastically cutting back their fundraising programs. |
Searcher
September 2006
Cecilia Hogan |
Around the Fundraising Campfire - Stories of Dismal Failure, Near Misses, and Great Success In most cases, that big gift from an alumnus, former hospital patient, or museum patron begins months or even years before the public hears about the gift. And it often begins when the potential donor's name draws the attention of a nonprofit researcher. |
AFP eWire
December 18, 2012
Laura Kalick |
Wrapping Up 2012: Important Tax Reminders for U.S. Nonprofit Professionals With the country inching ever-closer to the edge of the metaphoric fiscal cliff, policymakers are discussing a number of proposals that are bound to impact nonprofit organizations' ability to raise funds now and in the coming year. |
