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AFP eWire November 20, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 20, 2012) What Do Donors, Foundations Want to Know about Nonprofits?... Direct Mail -- The Exquisite Corpse... How High-Profile Causes Like `Movember' Push Less `Sexy' Ones Aside... |
AFP eWire November 27, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 27, 2012) Donor Stewardship:10 More Ways to Show Donors Your Gratitude... Young Supporters: 5 Things Charities Do That Turn Off Young Donors Like Me... Donor Cultivation: Isn't it Better to Give and Receive?... |
AFP eWire January 15, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 13, 2014): One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014 Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014... Donors: 5 rules for thanking donors... |
AFP eWire December 11, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 11, 2012) Fundraising Trends/Data: Are We Approaching the Fundraising Cliff?... Corporate Philanthropy: How to turn corporate social responsibility into a corporate social opportunity... Year-End Fundraising: 6 Principles of Persuasion... |
AFP eWire January 22, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 20, 2014): Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014 Advocacy/Public Policy: Charitable Deduction Probably Safe for 2014, Say Experts... Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Donors: 29 ways to start a healthy 2014... |
AFP eWire September 29, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of September 29, 2014): How to Handle List Removal Requests 6 Ideas for Dealing with "Take Me Off Your List" Requests... Millennial Givers and a Movement Approach to Giving... The No. 1 Fundraising Skill Your Board Members Need to Master... |
AFP eWire August 28, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: September Is Boom Time for Donors, Google Says (August 28, 2013) Year-end Fundraising: Tips to Maximize Your End-of-Year Fundraising... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Crowdfunding is the New Donation... Donors: How to keep new donors... |
AFP eWire December 4, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 4, 2012) Planning/Strategy: The Eight-Word Mission Statement... Donor Psychology: Give Smart -- Conversations with Remarkable Donors ... Young Donors: Why You Should Engage Generation Y... |
AFP eWire November 13, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 13, 2012) Donor Stewardship: 8 Ways You're Probably Not Thanking Your Donors... Fundraising/Sector Data: Nonprofits and the Economy, Infographic Style... Social Media: #Sandy & Social: A Case Study... |
AFP eWire January 8, 2014 |
Top Ten: Philanthropy Grew in 2013, But So Did Need Fundraising Research: Philanthropy grew in 2013, but so did need... Major Gifts: 2013's Biggest Gifts Signal Rebound... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: The Surprising Power of Promotional Products... |
AFP eWire August 21, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: 25 Situations Only Nonprofit People Can Understand (August 21, 2013) Fundraising Research: Raising Money in a Changing World... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: You Have 6 Nonprofit Story Types to Tell... Donor Psychology: The Static State of Philanthropy... |
AFP eWire March 17, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of March 17, 2014): When Will the Direct Mail Fundraising Era be Over? Donors: When Personalization Goes Too Far... Miscellaneous: The Science of `Paying It Forward'... Donors: How To: Legacies 101... |
AFP eWire October 30, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (October 30, 2012) Story Telling: How to Make Your Story Stand Out... Ethics: Lance Armstrong and the Contagion of Unethical Behavior... Stewardship: Re-engaging Monthly Donors... |
AFP eWire January 12, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 12, 2015): Making--and Keeping--Major Gifts and New Year's Resolutions Fundraising Research: Study: Corporate Giving Improves Employee Performance... NPQ's 11 Biggest Nonprofit Stories of 2014 and Their Implications for Our Future... Top 10 Major Donor Fundraising Trends... etc. |
AFP eWire June 19, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (June 19, 2013) Crown Point students get an education in charitable giving... 5 Causes of Sloppy Fundraising... Tips for Getting More Appointments with Potential Donors... |
AFP eWire April 30, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 30, 2014): Has the Word 'Impact' Lost Its Impact? How to Predict the Success of a Nonprofit Program Before It Starts... How to Get People Excited About Your Nonprofit's Next Fundraising Campaign... Has the Word `Impact' Lost Its Impact?... |
AFP eWire July 14, 2008 |
In Weak Economy Loyalty is Stable Currency Fundraising revenues and donor counts are both down for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to a new report. |
AFP eWire June 5, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (June 5, 2013) What to Do When Donors Say `No' or `I'm Not Sure'... 48 Heroes of Philanthropy... Are You a Troglodyte Fundraiser? 3 Ways to Leave the Cave... |
AFP eWire May 29, 2007 |
Become Complacent at Your Peril While the fundraising environment is great, fundraisers shouldn't get too impressed with their own accomplishments and press releases. |
AFP eWire March 9, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of March 9, 2015): How Your Donor and Your Goldfish Are Alike 4 tips you can us to attract attention from prospective donors... What is "stickiness" in fundraising and how can you measure it?... Thanking donors... etc. |
AFP eWire January 15, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (January 15, 2013) Donor Acquisition through Webinars? Worth a Try?... The Importance of Donor Retention... Top 10 Blog Posts on Effective Grantmaking Practices of 2012... |
AFP eWire April 23, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (April 23, 2013) What Do Nonprofits Need More Than Funding?... 36 Fundraising Tips to Provoke Your Point of View, Sharpen Your Focus and Make You Laugh... Re-Imagining How To Decrease Donor Retention... |
AFP eWire December 18, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 18, 2012) Cultivating the Donors, Volunteers of Tomorrow with a Card Game... How Host Committees Can Boost Your Fundraising Event Revenue... Corporate Philanthropy: The Latest Snapshot of Giving Trends... |
AFP eWire March 31, 2009 |
Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board. |
AFP eWire May 3, 2011 |
Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals |
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 October 23, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: Want to Acquire New Donors? (Oct. 23, 2013) Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: Editorial: Nonprofits cultivate young givers... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling... Volunteer Management: 4 Decision-Making Errors That Cripple Nonprofit Boards... |
AFP eWire May 13, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of May 13, 2015): The State of Relationship Fundraising--The Conversation Continues The State of Relationship Fundraising - A Conversation... The Most Effective and Difficult Types of Content Marketing, in One Chart... How Philanthropy Props Up Public Services and Why We Should Care... |
AFP eWire January 19, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 19, 2015): Remember What It Is All About--Perspective and Inspiration Tips to help you put your work into perspective... Steps you can take at the beginning of the year to fire up your leaders and build a well-oiled fundraising machine... Concepts to keep in mind as you seek to build a grant fundraising program... etc. |
AFP eWire January 5, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 5, 2015): Beth Kanter's New Year's Ritual Top ideas for fundraising: Email tips... How different generations give... A donor's advice to nonprofits... etc. |
AFP eWire September 24, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: 7-Step Non-Profit Plan to Attract and Keep Corporate Partners (Sept. 24, 2013) Case Studies: Rocking the Case Study... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: 10 Letters to Live By... Fundraising Research: Take the rest of the day off... |
AFP eWire May 14, 2007 |
Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions. |
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 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 July 15, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of July 15, 2015): Seven Things You Can Ask a First-Time Donor to Do Before Asking for More Money Harvesters Food Bank's Fundraising Strategy... How to Promote and Close Monthly Giving in Your Fundraising Appeal Letters... Beating the Summertime Fundraising Blues... |
AFP eWire April 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 16, 2014): 5 Unusual Direct Mail Techniques to Try A Little Networking Can Go a Long Way... If You Can't Support the Cause, Don't Take the Job... Three Ways to Deepen Donor Engagement... |
AFP eWire January 28, 2008 |
New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising A new study examines the extraordinary growth in the Japanese charitable sector, what fundraising methods are most popular in Japan, differing views on giving and how North American fundraisers can approach Japanese donors. |
AFP eWire June 17, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of June 17, 2015): Culture Of Philanthropy-Why You Need It; 6 Ways to Get It Brainstorming is an important element to improving... Raising the bar for fundraising in Austin... Culture Of Philanthropy: Why You Need It; 6 Ways To Get It... |
AFP eWire June 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 16, 2014): How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors? Marijuana Event Brings Money and Attention to Colo. Symphony ... 4 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Ask... How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors?... |
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. |
AFP eWire October 16, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: Shutdown Brings Combined Federal Campaign to a Standstill (Oct. 16, 2013) Donors: Wealthy Donors Don't Get Giving Advice They Want... Government Relations: Shutdown brings Combined Federal Campaign to a standstill... Year-end Appeals: 6 Ways to Raise More Money with your Annual Fundraising Appeal... |
AFP eWire July 12, 2004 |
AFP State of Fundraising 2003 Final Report Released The report, which shows that charitable fundraising in the United States and Canada rebounded in 2003, provides findings on what challenges fundraisers faced in both Canada and the United States and fundraisers' predictions for 2004. |
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 July 23, 2007 |
New Ideas about Donor Motivation New research has both confirmed and shaken up some long-standing tenets of fundraising and why people give. |
AFP eWire January 8, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (January 8, 2013) 6 Ways Brands Can Leverage Google Plus Communities... Show, Tell and Involve: Fundraising Fundamentals for a New Era of Philanthropy... 7 ways to increase your nonprofit's donations... |
AFP eWire July 24, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 31, 2013) We Raised Money From a Millennial! Now Let's Raise the Bar... Write a better fundraising appeal: keep it simple... The First Gift Was An Accident... |
AFP eWire May 7, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (May 7, 2013) Three Tips to Create a Successful Monthly Giving Program... Think outside the box for successful grant seeking... Good lessons from a giant in philanthropy... |
AFP eWire October 13, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of October 13, 2014): Moving a First-Time Donor to a Major Donor 7 Fundamental Principles of Major Capital Campaigns... Who Would You Rather Ask for a Gift: a Woman or a Man?... Move a First-Time Donor to a Major Donor... |
AFP eWire January 14, 2008 |
Direct-Mail Donors Still Dwindling The number of donors responding to direct mail has continued to dwindle, even as overall revenue growth has increased slightly. |
AFP eWire October 20, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of October 20, 2014): Influencing Donors' Gut Reactions to Solicitations Is Your Annual Report Brilliant, or Boring?... New Fundraising Study Provides Data on Impact of Technology... Helping Board Members Become More Effective at Fundraising... |