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I’ve been working on Zoom even before the pandemic hit, and I’m happy to report that I still use it frequently for meetings with donors and clients. I decided to write this post about Zoom, and how we as fundraisers use it with donors, after getting …

December 11, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Small business housekeeping

I found myself in the same spot. Again. I had stopped doing Altrui housekeeping every Friday and was all of a sudden overwhelmed. Background. Altrui Consulting is just over one year old. For the first several months all I did was hustle to build the business. …

December 2, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

People are donating

As I read of more nonprofits laying off fundraising staff, I thought now was a good time for a reminder. People are donating. People who have a lot are donating and people who are struggling are donating. People are trying to figure out how they can …

November 30, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Stay in today

A lot of recovery programs promote “one day at a time”, meaning stay in today, stay in the moment. As nonprofit year-end fundraising campaigns go into full throttle mode, this thought can be super helpful. Stay in the moment. Do everything you can to rock your …

November 13, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Thanks for Giving Day!

Time flies, and here we are already in mid-November! That means that Thanks for Giving Day is here! Thursday, November 19th, nonprofit board members and staff members will call donors to say one simple thing: Thank you! That’s it. It’s all about thanking the donor. If …

November 9, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Action 3: Share stories

Part III of a four-part blog series on building relationships with donors and customers. A few months into COVID, one of the small, local businesses we support posted on their Facebook page that thanks to all of their customers, they had been able to keep 80% …

October 28, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Action 2: Express gratitude

Make sure everyone who supports you, in whatever way, knows how grateful you are for that support. This is our second action to take in building stronger relationships with donors or customers. Gratitude can be expressed in many ways. An instant email after a donation or …

October 12, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Action 1: Strengthen your social media

Last week I wrote about celebrating one year of Altrui and shared four actions I am working with clients on that are turning out to be successful. Now I’m going to break each one down. First is to strengthen your social media. The first thing to …

October 5, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Building relationships

As I celebrate one year of Altrui Consulting, I have had many reminders about the work we do and why I believe it’s so important. Our biggest successes in the last year have been working with nonprofits to support them in building stronger, lifelong relationships with …

September 30, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Altrui Consulting turns 1!!!

I’m not sure what I thought my life or my business would look like after one year of working Altrui full time. September 30th is that one year mark for me. One year since I left a great nonprofit devvelopment position to create a consulting company …