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October 25, 2021

Key to year-end fundraising

Final drafts of year-end appeals are being sent to printers. Heads of development are being asked for year-end projections. Statistics are continually being shared on how many donors give in December, and during the final week of the year. And you’re ready to bring it these …

October 22, 2021

by Dan Hanley

Thanks for Giving Day is November 18th

Time flies, and here we are already in the end of October! That means that Thanks for Giving Day is coming up! Thursday, November 18th, nonprofit board members and staff members will call donors to say one simple thing: Thank you! That’s it. It’s all about …

October 6, 2021

by Dan Hanley

Giving Tuesday

If you saw the title of this post and wanted to immediately move on, this post is for you! I totally get if you want to pass on Giving Tuesday. You’re busy, it’s too big for you, and with as many times as you get asked …

June 24, 2021

by Dan Hanley

Your donors still need you

I’ve written posts that engage people who donate to nonprofits, reminding them that their favorite nonprofits still need them. While writing these and seeing the conversations that rise from them, I realized that our donors need us just as much. When my husband and I donate …

April 28, 2020

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Don’t stop communicating

Communication isn’t always so easy these days. Many nonprofits are rocking it. They have made adjustments, figured out how to fundraise without their big events that they’ve had to cancel, and most importantly, their communications keep going and going. When I bring up communications I am …

April 6, 2020

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Altrui Consulting is here for you!

We’re open and ready to serve. Altrui is here for you! The nonprofit world, as the rest of the world, is changing every day. As the need for nonprofit services rises, many struggle with making ends meet, fundraising, and keeping in touch with their stakeholders and …

March 17, 2020

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Facebook live video – fundraising and books

I did my first Facebook live session. I talked about fundraising ideas for today and some favorite fundraising books. Books I reviewed are: “Writing without bullshit” by Josh Bernoff “Retention fundraising” by Roger Craver “The fundraiser’s guide to irresistible communications” by Jeff Brooks “The happy, healthy …

February 4, 2020

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

A simple thank you

I spend a lot of time on social media and with clients talking about thanking donors. Not a nonprofit? This blog post still might bring you value as I’m sure you have customers, guests or someone to thank. Last week while working on blog posts I …

January 21, 2020

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

3 actions for fundraisers if having a rough day

I recently had a phone call with a friend who is in the nonprofit fundraising world and that conversation inspired me to write this post. They were having a rough day. We talked it through and we both felt better afterwards. My point in writing that …

August 31, 2019

by Dan Hanley

Nonprofit News

give Donors a human touch

Today I want to share something that is important in donor-centered fundraising; treating your donors and supporters as human beings. Thank them. Call them. Ask them how they are doing. Ask them for their opinion on something. Ask them to pre-read a direct mail piece that …