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Ken Burnett On Serenading Donors from the Fundraising Balcony

Each day I check in with a few fundraising pals around the globe to see how they’re doing, and what they’re doing. Had a wonderful chat the other afternoon with Ken Burnett, author of the classic Relationship Fundraising: A Donor Based Approach to the Business of Raising Money. Ken’s seen a lot, done a lot […]

Learn More March 27, 2020

Can Your Organization Raise Money Now?

We aren’t raising the question of “should” your organization be raising money. The question we’re asking is “how viable “will your fundraising be in this time of crisis? The answer? It depends. But first, a major caveat. The situation we are in is very different from those analyzed or theorized about in the past and […]

Learn More March 25, 2020

Emergency Aid for Nonprofits– Call to Action for US Orgs

The governments of Canada, the UK and Australia have announced they will assist nonprofits and small business suppliers with a variety of subsidies and other help. More on that later in this post. U.S. Organizations Take Action Today Meanwhile, in the U.S., as we write this on Monday evening the U.S. Senate is coming down […]

Learn More March 24, 2020

ACTION ALERT: Lifesaving Legislation for U.S. Nonprofits and Their Supply Chain

Drop everything and get your CEO, board members and top leaders on the phone first thing MONDAY morning. Here’s why. Congress is right now at work on the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act”. Short-titled the CARES ACT, this emergency financial legislation was drafted by the Republicans in the U.S. Senate and is now being circulated […]

Learn More March 22, 2020

Cancer Wrote This Book

When we mourned the passing of John Haydon, our friend and inspiration, we noted that his last act was to finish a book that distilled his life’s work and insights. Kivi Leroux Miller of Bold and Bright Media led a team of four editors as they rushed to get John’s book, DonorCARE: How to Keep Donors Coming […]

Learn More March 20, 2020

A Closer Look at the Big Five and Personalized Persuasion

My last post introduced the “Big Five” or “Five-Factor” model of personality traits and offered a glimpse of the way personality insights can be useful for donor segmentation and campaign messaging. We’re sticking with these topics in this post but going a little deeper. A Brief History of the Big Five I want to first […]

Learn More March 18, 2020