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What You Need to Know about Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) in 2020

What You Need to Know about Donor-Advised Funds in 2020 What is a DAF and how do they work? Why are DAFs growing so fast?… Read More


How to market qualified charitable distributions (QCDs)

How to market QCDs How do QCDs work? When do donors have to make a decision? How are other organizations doing it? Learn that and… Read More


Top 10 Tips for Landing More Meetings

LEARN how to land more meaningful meetings with major and legacy donors Find out: How to get over the valley of distrust How to make… Read More


51% of Fundraisers Plan to Leave Their Jobs by 2021. Here’s What You Need to Know.

51% of Fundraisers Plan to Leave Their Jobs by 2021 What key findings did the study uncover? What is the true cost of fundraiser turnover?… Read More


Will-Writing Tools as a Component of an Integrated Legacy Marketing Program

Everything You Need to Know about Online Will-writing Platforms Where do will-writing tools fit in your strategic plan? How do you measure planned giving success?… Read More


What You Need to Know About Online Will-Writing Tools

What You Need to Know About Online Will-Writing Tools Should you invest in online tools that help your supporters write their own wills? The short… Read More


Fundraising Climate Change And What You Can Do About It

Fundraising Climate Change and What You Can Do About It How to survive and thrive during the most turbulent yet transformative era ever to face… Read More


2017 Fundraising In’s and Out’s

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Why People Stop Giving

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3 Steps to More Major Gifts

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Major Giving and Planned Giving Fantastic 4 Shareable

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How to Use Donor Surveys to Raise More Money

Learn how to use surveys to raise more money! Dr. Russell James is back and ready to share the knowledge you need to advance your… Read More


Rocket Boots for Fundraising

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A Decade of Million Dollar Bequests in Review

$39 Billion in bequests. Are you missing out? Thanks to a little help from our friends at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy,… Read More


77 Bare Knuckle Marketing Tactics Everyone Should Know

LEARN 77 Bare-Knuckle Marketing Strategies. Actionable ideas that you can start implementing right now As marketers we’re often tasked with doing more with less. And… Read More


26 Essential Planned Giving Statistcs

LEARN 26 Really Interesting Planned Giving Marketing Stats. We’ve scoured the internet to find this awesome information. And, although we can’t take credit for the… Read More


How to Think About Major Gifts, So You’ll Get More of Them

ARE YOU SEEKING NEW IDEAS TO TAKE YOUR MAJOR GIFTS PROGRAM TO NEW HEIGHTS? In this presentation, fundraising guru, Jeff Schreifels, covers how to think… Read More


Wills That Won’t

Download our eBook to learn what a smart marketer can do to keep planned gifts flowing, even when wills and trusts are on the decline…. Read More


Turn Myths Into Gifts: 10 Paradigms You Need to Shatter to Power Up Your Legacy Giving

The greatest transfer of wealth is right around the corner. Between 2000 and 2050, trillions in bequests are expected to go to charity. Are you… Read More


The Ultimate How-to-Guide For Conducting Nonprofit Donor Surveys

IMPROVE YOUR EFFICIENCY. INCREASE RETENTION. RAISE MORE MONEY! Finally, the Ultimate How-To-Guide for Conducting Nonprofit Donor Surveys is here. Now you can discover all the… Read More


The 80/20 Rule Applies to Planned Giving Too

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Benefits of Effective Engagement

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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Major Donor Letters

LEARN how to write engaging letters to major donors that raise money Our new and improved guide will help you every step of the way… Read More


Are you ready for a capital campaign?

Here’s your chance to evaluate your organization’s internal and external readiness to conduct a capital campaign. Take a look at the infrastructure needed to run… Read More


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