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What’s Working In Fundraising Today?

Our always-thoughtful fundraising colleague, Lisa Sargent, recently interviewed a dozen plus nonprofit execs re the fundraising issues they’re facing today. She publishes her observations in this report, What’s Working in Donor Fundraising and Development Today? It’s definitely worth a read. These execs, at nonprofits ranging from $2 million to $2 billion in annual revenue, talk […]

Learn More August 5, 2010

The New Abnormal

In case you missed it, BusinessWeek just ran a terrific article, The New Abnormal, on the current state of consumer spending and psychology. The teaser sub-head says it all: “Americans are broke and depressed — and also swilling $3 lattes and waiting in lines for iPhones. Welcome to the schizophrenic economy.” It’s a marvelous article, […]

Learn More August 4, 2010

Know Their Worldview

Marketing maven Seth Godin recently published his “post-industrial” version of the “A is for Apple” alphabet. In his alphabet, “W” is for “Worldview.” Here’s what he says: “I first encountered this term via George Lakoff. Your worldview is the set of expectations and biases you bring to a situation before any new data appears. Some […]

Learn More August 3, 2010

Roger Tackles The “Mid-Level” Donor

The “mid-level” donor is that species in the $500-$5,000 per year giving range. You know, the ones who fall through the cracks in many fundraising programs … taking heaps of potential contributions with them. This Thursday (August 5) at 2pm ET Roger Craver will be leading a free DonorTrends webinar focused on building and sustaining […]

Learn More August 2, 2010

Treat Yourself … Visit SOFII

The “new and improved” SOFII website has been launched. Per the website, “The SOFII collection aims to be the most comprehensive, best organised, and most inspiring collection of fundraising related content from around the world.” We think they deserve those bragging rights. The collection consists of three types of content: Exhibits: well-documented examples of fundraising […]

Learn More July 30, 2010

Women On The Web

comScore, a leading collector and analyst of digital/internet data, has just released Women on the Web: How Women Are Shaping the Internet. From the introduction to their 31-page global study: “Everyone from advertisers to content producers to agencies to non-profits to politicians and policy makers can benefit from understanding Web usage through a gender-specific lens. […]

Learn More July 29, 2010