Annual Giving

How the Donor Journey Opens Pathways to Success for Annual Giving

Every annual giving fundraiser can benefit from understanding the most common donor journeys. Because circumstances out of our control, such [...]

September 15, 2025| 6 min Read

Donor Cultivation

Donation Form Best Practices: Tips to Convert More Donors and Increase Gift Size

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Direct Marketing

5 Reasons Text Messaging Should Be in Every Fundraiser’s Toolbox

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Community Engagement

How Can I Raise More Money with My 5K?

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Donor Cultivation

The Biggest Challenge for Fundraisers: Getting That First Prospect Meeting

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    Disaster Response

    Blackbaud Index for July 2011

    The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising [...]

    September 15, 2011 | 2 min Read

    Event Planning

    It’s official… I’m an incentives convert

    We’ve all probably heard that saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” well this semi-old dog received a [...]

    September 8, 2011 | 3 min Read
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    Donor Cultivation

    Accidental Giver or Loyal Supporter

    Word on the street is that acquiring new donors and then retaining them is getting more and more difficult and [...]

    September 8, 2011 | 3 min Read

     

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    Data Insights

    I heard it on the news

    The vast majority of donor acquisition spend today is on direct mail. But just about every report you read shows [...]

    September 2, 2011 | 4 min Read
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    Planned Giving

    Leave it for tomorrow

    Having lost a spouse to cancer, I wanted to make sure her legacy and her accomplishments are never forgotten. Since [...]

    August 18, 2011 | 2 min Read
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    Data Insights

    Stewarding your donors in delicate times

    My grandfather passed away a few months ago, and I am still moved and impressed by the letter my grandmother [...]

    August 17, 2011 | < 1 min Read
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    Change Management

    Lessons from Humpty Dumpty

    I’ve always been a quick study. I generally can diagnose most business problems and get to a 90% solution in [...]

    August 16, 2011 | 3 min Read
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    Data Insights

    Maximizing Lifetime Value Part 1

    Recurring giving is where the money is. Let's talk about that - what's a recurring gift? What's a pledge? Why should you care? Don't leave money on the table. [...]

    August 11, 2011 | 3 min Read
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    Digital Marketing

    The Center of Your Universe

    A post on recycling your content so that it can be used across multiple marketing channels [...]

    July 22, 2011 | 2 min Read
    Contests work well in the Event Fundraising Space

    Event Planning

    Kickstart Your Supporters with 5 NEW Fundraising Contest Ideas

    We’ve all seen and likely used the typical “raise $100 this week and be entered into a drawing”. But I’d like to get you thinking about nonprofit fundraising contests a little differently.

    July 19, 2011 | 2 min Read
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    Annual Giving

    Studies Abound. What Do They All Mean?

    Over the past couple of month so many studies, research reports and survey results pertaining to the fundraising landscape have [...]

    July 14, 2011 | 3 min Read
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    Alumni Engagement

    Phone-a-thons: Extinct or Re-Purposed?

    Updates from October 31, 2011: We are sharing with you an email excerpt between the author Laura Worcester and ProspectResearch.com [...]

    July 12, 2011 | 5 min Read
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    Community Engagement

    Are you BEGS-ing?

    The following post is by Sheetal Persaud at hjc New Media, a Convio partner in Canada. Hjc specializes in integrated [...]

    July 7, 2011 | 3 min Read

    Data Insights

    5 Questions for Jay Frost

    This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Jay FrostJay [...]

    July 6, 2011 | 4 min Read
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