I’m having quite a week! Tuesday, I was invited to train the super-elite fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta. I’ve been a fan of Habitat for years. And what a terrific group of development people they have! Now I’m at the Consortium for Endowed Episcopal Parishes annual conference speaking on fundraising to people [...]

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Chris Busch has a great blog post on the differences of political campaign websites. You may remember that in the “Create a Cause” tenent Creating Donor Evangelists, I recommend looking at political sites to see what they do well. Well check out the sites of the front runners: John McCain Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Two [...]

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Liz Strauss has a great post on innovation at Brainless Business Bible: Customers want innovation. She says a speaker at a conference emphatically said “Customers want innovation.” He even had a powerpoint slide with that on it. But, as she points out, customers are people. Does the statement People want innovation stand up to scrutiny? [...]

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Let’s revisit the idea of clubs. In his article, Michael Masterson gives an example of a dining club. Summing up the example, he states: The basic elements of a club that are at work in this example: Association with like-minded people This is the fraternal aspect of the club. If you sell gourmet food, for [...]

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Would you recommend us to your friends? On a recent teleclass, Jackie Huba says this is one of the best questions to help you identify your organization’s fans. You should be able to listen to the podcast here.

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One of the most effective ways to not create donor evangelists is to talk a language nobody but your inner circle understands. Jeff Brooks at

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Today, I’m giving my Creating Donor Evangelists seminar at the annual conference of the New England Association of Healthcare Philanthropy. Part of that seminar involves posting the pictures of real people that are impacted by your mission. Your organization’s website and publications could always have a place with a powerful testimonial and a picture of [...]

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Special reminder for Extreme Fundraising Blog readers There are just 13 days left to enjoy the special $14.97 price and free Priority Shipping on the digitally remastered “Creating Donor Evangelists Audio Program.” On March 20, the price goes back to the normal $19.95 + $4.50 for shipping and handling. It’ll still be a bargain but [...]

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Check out this Creating Passionate Users blog post for some tips directly related to creating donor evangelists. I’m intrigued by the sticker concept.

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Check out Jeff Brook’s post on poor service: Donor Power Blog: Poor service? You’re busted. Great links to a scary (but believable) call to AOL and a Comcast tech guy asleep on a couch on hold with his own tech support! But then check yourself, is your nonprofit giving any better service? How hard is [...]

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