Entries Tagged as 'Donor Evangelists'

Using Twitter and Facebook in your year-end fundraising letter strategy

November 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Last time, we looked at creating a year-end strategy for fundraising letters. But in today’s world, it’s wise to consider complementing these appeals with tools like Facebook and Twitter.
According to FundRaising Success Magazine:
Between 35 percent to 42 percent of online giving happens in November and December each year, and the average gift during the [...]

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Tags: 3. Ask · Donor Evangelists · Fundraising Secrets

Development and Social Media in a nutshell

October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In the last three weeks, I’ve given five talks about social media and fundraising to various groups of development officers.
Today I was asked to sum up one of the sessions. Summing up social media without slides is challenging but here was my attempt:

Social media is real

Social media is “social”—be prepared to dialogue

Social media is [...]

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Tags: 2. Engage · 3. Ask · Donor Evangelists · Fundraising Secrets

Ostrich Mentality: Social Media and Storytelling

April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

The latest edition of FundRaising Success Magazine has a terrific article by Bryan Schoell called Get Your Head Out of the Sand.
Here’s the begining:

People are talking about you online. Ignoring that fact won’t make it go away, so you’d best join in the conversation.
Yesterday, the mother of a sick child Googled the name [...]

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Tags: 2. Engage · Donor Evangelists

Nonprofit hospitals still raise Sen. Grassley’s ire

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is reporting that Sen. Grassley is continuing his push to increase regulations on nonprofit hospitals.
I work in one and didn’t think the regulation could get any tighter–especially for small community hospitals with a large reliance on Medicaid and Medicare!
His focus and intensity on this issue seems to me to be [...]

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Tags: 2. Engage · 4. Love (Stewardship) · Donor Evangelists

Story telling tips

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Anyone that’s attended any of my fundraising seminars knows I’m a big fan of storytelling.
The NY Times offers a great article called 5 Tips for Telling Better Stories.
In short, they are:

Keep it simple

Openings and closings are very important

Be mindful of your story’s spine

Make sure not to alienate your audience

Tell the truth

It’s amazing how [...]

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Tags: 2. Engage · Donor Evangelists · Stories