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Think about this. The newest Apple iPhone costs about $1,000. In the past, it was about $600. Some 80 million people bought the iPhone X so… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0016:28 Rotting Door Wake Up Call for Fundraisers with Jim Langley (EF-S02-E04) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a… Read More
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When I get in at 7 am, I see them. And, when I leave at 7 pm, I see them. Working. There’s fire in their… Read More
Last summer I wrote a very thorough post titled: How To Structure and Staff Your Planned Giving Department for the 21st Century. Ever since I’ve… Read More
It’s all about love. Once you brush away the internal politics, the nasty board member out to get you, the job title or raise you… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0030:07 How It Feels To Be A Donor with Jen Willett (EF-S02-E03) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a… Read More
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Want some fun? My team recently created a word search for our new interns. It includes a bunch of different words and phrases used in the… Read More
Some charities send me amazing ‘thank you notes’. They are personal, relevant and heartfelt. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy. And, they make… Read More
I know, I disagree with many others on this issue. But the value proposition offered to donors by donor-advised funds is fair and good. It… Read More
A true story. I was talking to one of our customers two weeks ago. She had been working for an organization for almost two and a… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0028:26 Why Fundraisers Won’t Call Major Donors (EF-S02-E02) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0028:26 Why Fundraisers Won’t Call Major Donors (Season 2, Episode 2) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New… Read More
I’m going to repeat what might now be cliché. You’ve heard this before. But you’ve got to let it sink in. Then act on it…. Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0020:41 Engagement Fundraising in Action with Jeff Giannotto and Lizzie Weiland (EF-S02-E01) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0020:41 Engagement Fundraising in Action with Jeff Giannotto and Elizabeth Weiland (Season 2, Episode 1) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a… Read More
My friend, Dr. Russell James has just finished the newest edition to his groundbreaking textbook, Visual Planned Giving. This includes an in-depth analysis of the… Read More
Promoting planned giving doesn’t have to be expensive. If you have traffic on your website, you have a chance to promote planned giving for pennies… Read More
Tons of writers in major media have been fretting about the new tax law. “Tax bill could turn philanthropy into a pursuit only for the… Read More
1. OUT: Making donors feel bad, twisting their arms, telling them to give ’til it hurts and shaming them 1. IN: Making donors feel good, treating… Read More
STEP 1- Find out who has a donor-advised fund (among your supporters, advocates, donors, members, alumni, subscribes, etc.) 80% of your problem will be solved… Read More
Focus. Because… the world is quickly becoming one that has fewer donors giving more. According to The Institute for Policy Studies (after they crunched the data… Read More
0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0031:24 Making Fundraising Phone Calls (EF-S01-E20) Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSTuneIn… Read More
Feeling like your job is getting harder because donor expectations have changed and competition for the charitable dollar is growing?
Finding that the old orthodoxies and conventions espoused by so-called experts in online echo-chambers and at conferences don’t work anymore?
Want to help more people make impact by facilitating their acts of philanthropy but feel like too many obstacles keep getting in your way?
Then this book is for you.
Engagement Fundraising was developed from the perspective of a donor who discovered firsthand that the impersonal, spray-and-pray approaches of his beloved charity were not only offensive but also wasteful and ineffective. So he took action. And now, you can too.
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