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Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit meant Friday nights at our local skating rink. Not ice skating or anything connected with hockey (please don’t judge me for not being your typical, mid-western hockey fan) but your regular roller skating rink. One Friday night in particular …

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 …

July 29, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Relationships

For many in nonprofits and in business, the focus is on the money. Raising money and making money. I hear it all of the time. In my world of nonprofit fundraising, too much focus is put on how much someone can raise or how much a …

June 23, 2020

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Keep fundraising

I read that individual/family giving to nonprofits was down 6% in the first quarter. Many of you (most?) won’t be surprised to read this. What I’d like you to consider is that this does not have to be the narrative for your nonprofit. Keep fundraising and …

December 4, 2019

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

My first Colorado Gives Day

Colorado Gives Day is an annual day of giving that was created to increase philanthropic giving in the state. I am super-biased towards this day, and those at the Community First Foundation who created it and continue to rock it. Since 2010 Colorado Gives Day has …

October 30, 2019

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Mr & MRS? – how is your donor data?

In nonprofit fundraising, we hear it all of the time: talk with your donors about their personal information. How do they want to be thanked? Is this the correct spelling of their name? Are they married? Who is the main donor? Are we thanking the right …

August 31, 2019

byDan 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 …

May 30, 2019

byDan Hanley

Nonprofit News

Is LinkedIn helpful?

Like many parts of social media, LinkedIn seems to have it’s positive and negative moments for people. I recently have seen some peers in non-profit fundraising post about their challenges with LinkedIn and after reading all of the comments on their posts (by far negative) I …

March 2, 2019

byDan Hanley

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Donor relationships

I have said many times that I love the “R” word, meaning that I love the word “relationship”. It is a word that too often is overlooked by fundraisers and professionals in philanthropy. And that really needs to stop. If you are passionate about your organization’s …

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My first donation

Relationships

Keep fundraising

My first Colorado Gives Day

Mr & MRS? – how is your donor data?

give Donors a human touch

Is LinkedIn helpful?

Donor relationships