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January 28, 2022

The Whole Major Gift Fundraising Shebang – Get Started

…– Assessing Who Wants a Relationship Qualification is an essential, too often overlooked, step to determine who you’ll ultimately cultivate. One of the biggest rookie mistakes I see is what…

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April 12, 2018

Why budgeting is important for your nonprofit and how to do it properly

…keep an eye on everything closely to avoid mistakes and errors. You will also be able to make better decisions for your organization. Now, we have a pretty good idea…

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May 2, 2019

Conducting An Effective Nonprofit Feasibility Study: 5 Top Strategies

…for an outside opinion. One of the biggest mistakes nonprofits can make is to conduct their feasibility study without the help of an outside expert. Nonprofits who fall into this…

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August 13, 2019

How to Maximize Mid-Level Giving

…if you‘re on the East Coast I should say. If you‘re on the West Coast, good morning. Thanks for being here for today’s Bloomerang webinar, Maximizing Mid-Level Giving. And my…

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September 11, 2019

How to Survive Nonprofit Founder’s Syndrome

…good afternoon, everyone, if you‘re on the east coast, I should say. Good morning if you‘re out on the west coast. Thanks for being here for today’s Bloomerang webinar, “How…

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November 12, 2019

5 Big Facts That Fundraisers Ignore at Year-End (That Got Me Fired)

…I have learned a great deal, but see many, talented fundraising professionals making the same unnecessary mistakes I did. While I do have genuine empathy for passionate people who try…

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November 19, 2019

Leveling-up Your #GivingTuesday/Year-end Campaign Game to Net More Dollars

…got me fired from my first, big fundraising job. Now that you’ve learned from my mistakes, you’re probably looking at your year-end campaign goal and asking, “What can put me…

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January 14, 2020

How to Overcome Common Donor Resistance

…always be able to do this, of course. Yet donors are generally forgiving and understand people make mistakes. Here are some typical personal objections: “I’m not feeling positive about your…

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February 21, 2020

[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Restart a Stalled Capital Campaign

…is to restore donor trust. Honesty and empathy will be your best friends here. Donors are human, as are you. Donors understand people make mistakes. If you are authentically human…

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October 22, 2025

15 inspiring nonprofit annual report examples (+ template!)

…annual Form 990 to track your financial transparency. Technically, Form 990 is the only required annual report for nonprofits. However, your annual tax form doesn’t thank your donors, make them…

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May 13, 2020

“The Virus Made Us Do It” – Avoid These 5 Myths to Succeed with Organizational Change

…sorts of myths and mistakes about change that undermine the energy we started with. It’s like Wednesday or Thursday in the first week of our new diet and exercise regime,…

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July 9, 2020

How Nonprofits Can Create A Successful Storytelling Campaign

…of time, human beings have looked to story to learn from other’s successes and mistakes. Human beings look to story to connect, to feel, and to grow. Without story, we…

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September 21, 2020

How To Create Nonprofit Gift Acceptance Policies

…waste. They’d get a tax deduction; we’d get a big fat mess. I was able to thank them for thinking of us, express my regrets, and let the prospective donor…

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September 16, 2020

31 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Fundraising Career

…to be a mentor yourself! When you fail, and you will, ask yourself what can I learn from this? As painful as our mistakes are, they can be our greatest…

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December 5, 2020

Your First Donor Database: Common Questions and Answers

…mistakes to avoid creating multiple profiles for the same donor and other errors. Analyze Fundraising Information A donor database does more than just create supporter profiles for your various supporters….

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June 26, 2025

How to write a nonprofit fundraising plan: free template

…will include at least seven meaningful, personal thank-you touchpoints in a six-month period. Define your goals by looking at your past performance and your nonprofit’s future growth plans. What can…

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January 28, 2022

Making the Most of Microlearning for Your Nonprofit

…these questions and have fun with it! At Artisan, we wanted to make a course covering common grammar mistakes. The e-learning game tests the learner while educating them and has…

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January 30, 2022

How To Raise 25% More From The Right Funders In 2022 And Beyond

…screen share here, and we’ll let you bring up those beautiful slides. Mallory: Amazing. Okay. Yes. Thank you so much for having me, and thank you for that super warm…

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January 12, 2022

5 Tips To Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

…make mistakes though. If a day or two passes without meeting personal goals, don’t let that snowball into being overly self-critical. Try to put a bad day behind you as…

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January 25, 2023

Nonprofit Digital Reports: Showcasing Year-End Fundraising Efforts

…communication with them. Publishing the results of your year-end campaigns is a great excuse to get in touch with supporters again. And even more importantly, thank them again. Gratitude is…