Raise More Money by Giving Donors Choices
What is a donation gift matrix? A donation gift matrix is a tool that allows donors to choose how they want their donation to be used. Learn how to implement a gift matrix on your landing page.
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5 Tips to Prepare for a Development Director Interview
You’ve polished your resume, perfected your cover letter, and the phone call you’ve been waiting for finally comes – they want to interview you for the development director position! This is amazing news, and while it may feel like the hard part is over, the real challenge is just beginning. Now it’s time to prepare for the interview so that you can make the best impression possible.
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8 Best Nonprofit Digital Annual Reports
Creating a specific digital annual report gives nonprofits a number of options to showcase the great work their donors have enabled them to do. Digital annual reports give you an expanded set of capabilities that a PDF or Issuu (flip book style) annual report can’t ...
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25 Interview Questions to Hire Your Development Director
Looking to hire a development director or fundraising manager for your nonprofit? These 25 interview questions will help you through the HR hiring process and find the right fundraising executive for your organization.
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8 Tools to Create a Digital Annual Report
Do you want to go beyond simply uploading a PDF to your site for people to read your annual report? Create a flip book style digital presentation to take your annual report to the next level. Instead of downloading the PDF, the reader can click ...
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7 Secrets to an Irresistible Annual Report
An annual report is like a slick Apple ad: it tells a story that resonates with people emotionally to confirm their support of your organization or move them to support your organization. While your IRS form 990 and annual financial disclosures tell financial facts, your ...
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11 Creative Ways to Thank a Donor
The way you say “thank you” to donors could be the most important communication pieces you have as a nonprofit organization. Unfortunately, many nonprofits send “thank you” communications that read more like a formal tax receipt then a heartfelt felt note of appreciation that motivates ...
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5 Mistakes You’re Making with Donors … That Have an Easy Fix!
During a recent one-on-one meeting with my our Content Marketer at Food for the Hungry, we were talking about value proposition and reviewing a proposed project. I made a comment that would have led the piece away from being donor focused and our Content Marketer ...
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3 Keys to Moving from Corporate America to a Nonprofit
In 2011, I was working as a social media consultant, primarily with nonprofits with Tim Smith approached me about joining him at Food for the Hungry. He had just accepted the role of Chief Development Officer and wanted to bring me along as his Digital ...
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Secrets to Being a Successful Storyteller
Liko loved school. He had dreams of graduating, getting a good job, helping to lift his family out of generations of poverty. But one day, tragedy struck. The village borehole water pump broke. Clean water was no longer available. The school’s feeding program shut down. The ...
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