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Annual Reports: Walking The Talk

It’s hard to come up with an example of a greater waste of nonprofit funds and time than the annual report. Well, most annual reports at least. I’ve seen dozens of CEOs, communications and development directors waste countless hours fuming, fussing and meeting over these egocentric tomes in hopes of impressing donors. And, I’ve learned […]

Learn More April 18, 2016

Disambiguate. It’s Friday!

It’s been a long week and we’ve ploughed our way through far too many press releases, PowerPoints, white papers and, frankly, far too many clichés and buzzwords. We suspect you too have been over-exposed to the flood of cutting-edge, paradigm-shifting, disruptive, game-changing insights from self-proclaimed thought leaders — all of whom have a least three years […]

Learn More April 15, 2016

Ask The One Who Matters Most

We were more than a little surprised — and very pleased — that 331 folks registered for the Agitator/DonorVoice/SOFII webinar on reducing F2F attrition in the first 90 days. Even if you’re not into the Face-T0-Face channel I recommend you download or view the recording of the presentation, because there are some valuable insights for […]

Learn More April 14, 2016

Who’s Counting The Years?

Congratulations to Reinier Spruit, who a few days ago celebrated his 15th Anniversary as a fundraiser. He celebrated by publishing his list of 18 Ingredients for Successful Fundraising, lessons learned so far in his illustrious career at organisations from Medecins Sans Frontiers Holland to Greenpeace International. It’s a list we would all do well to […]

Learn More April 13, 2016

Giving By Generations

Here’s a nifty infographic from MobileCause showing the relative charitable giving of the four key demographic segments in the US. If any of these figures surprise you, think about taking a refresher on the basics of the fundraising biz. Millenials (youngest would be 19 years old; oldest 36) — 25.9% of population, 11% of giving Gen X […]

Learn More April 12, 2016

Will Political Fundraising Harm Your Bottom Line?

As Bernie Sanders’ Presidential campaign nears the $150 million mark in small gift (average $27) fundraising, and as record amounts pour into the rest of the Presidential primary campaigns, there’s no doubt that nonprofit CEOs and Boards will be wondering: How will all that political giving impact support for our organization this year? The answer: […]

Learn More April 11, 2016