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Maximize Fundraising Success: Monthly Metrics Worksheet Sample for Nonprofits
Unleash fundraising success with our Free Monthly Metrics Worksheet! Elevate goals, identify prospects, and achieve exceptional results. Get the download link here.
AI and ChatGPT: What is it and how do I use it?
This blog explores the transformative journey of AI from the internet's inception to the ChatGPT era. Read about the critical interplay between technology, creativity, and human oversight in generating impactful content tailored to nonprofit goals
The Secret to Major Gift Success: Asking for Gifts at a Dancing Fundraiser?!
Is being loved by your donors a good thing? Are you dancing around the true work of a development office? Feel free to get to know your donors well, get close to them, even dance if appropriate, but don’t forget that your main job is to ask for substantial support.
The Secret to Top-Level Fundraising Success: Listen to Your Donors
if you are a fundraiser, don’t waste precious time gabbing on about your accomplishments with your donors and prospects. Your job is to double down on listening. I learned this lesson the hard way. Here’s what happened….
How Fundraising Consultants Help Break Through Nonprofit Challenges
Why should you hire a fundraising consultant? - To help you break through barriers to raise a lot more money! The Heller Fundraising Group consistently guides its clients to raise more money than ever before. The secret to our success; combining our philosophy and our expert practical strategy and tactics.
Fundraising Training Video Series: Nonprofit Donor Communications via Letter, Handwritten Note and Email
Take advantage of Betsy Steward’s expertise and enjoy three short instructional videos: How to Write Thank You Notes to Major Donors, How to Email Major Donors, and How to Write Proposal Letters.
Fundraising & Pop Culture: Spock at a Gala
Spock and Kirk brilliantly sum up how to best think about your fundraising gala guests. Are nonprofit donor VIPs more important than the rest of us? Yes and no. Here’s why...
Handwritten Notes, the Secret Weapon in Fundraising
Research shows that a handwritten thank-you note sent immediately after you receive a gift helps ensure a repeated—and often increased—gift. We live in a time when everything is automated: you buy something online and immediately you get an email saying how important your business is… yeah, yeah, yeah.