Fundraising tip – Implenting your fundraising plan
Your fundraising plan is finished and now it’s time to take on another perceived difficult task: implementing it!
You can relax,...
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Fundraising Tip – Pick up the phone
An event sponsor had sent me an email. She had a couple of questions.
Rather than email her back, I called her.
She was thrilled...
Thank you!
This is to all of you who subscribe to my Dan’s Tips here on the Altrui page, who read my articles on Medium, who engage with...
Fundraising Tip – A silent auction
You’re planning your next fundraising event and it is up to you and your team to decide on whether or not there will be a silent auction.
Last...
Fundraising tip: The all-important donor
In thinking about growing relationships with donors, I remembered a past donor expereince from my first director of development job....
Fundraising Tip – People are still donating
The news around individual giving may not be good, and that doesn’t mean giving can’t be good for your organization.
In the last...
Fundraising Tip – Listen
I stopped talking.
As much as I loved my nonprofit, as much as I knew the life-changing and life-saving work our staff did every...
Fundraising tip – Desperation fundraising
I’m sure there is an official term for this. Desperation fundraising is just my term. It means that a fundraiser is often up against...
Show your love for nonprofits with the “Your favorite nonprofit needs you!” sticker!
Whenever I speak at an event or chamber breakfast, I remind those listening that their favorite nonprofit needs them.
This is also...