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Accelerate your personal fundraising goals – 5 easy tips
You found a cause you're passionate about - now how do you spread the word? Develop a list of potential donors Put together a list of anyone and everyone in your network - it could be family, friends, co-workers, friends of friends and local businesses...
Spread the Word
On one hand I am saddened to read the many stories published with BlackbaudNow . The are very personal and occasionally tragic events that have transpired. On the other hand, I am thrilled that Blackbaud is able to provide individuals a voice to their...
The Elevator Pitch
All of us in the fundraising business are essentially trying to communicate a message that we are deeply passionate about. Be that about endangered animals, hungry children, a family member with a six or seven figure hospital bill without insurance, etc...
Follow Your Passions
I'll say it again, life is about following your passions. We are told over and over in life (parents, friends, peers, colleagues, etc) that if you do follow your passion, the money will follow. To that end, I wanted to share some thoughts on risks...
Did you know
I just re-watched one of those " Did You Know " videos on YouTube it continues to utterly amaze me with some of the stats inside it. That said, if you have not seen it it take six minutes and you will be amazed. Not convinced, here are few amazing...
Getting Out of Our Comfort Zones
I just read an great article from the Nonprofit Times called, Youth Movement Critical for Boards . It is almost incomprehensible to read that we need an average of 26 million new board members each year just to keep the nonprofit world we love running...
The one page fundraising plan
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the culmination of a superbly executed fundraising campaign. What made it superb was that our client (the Communities Foundation of Texas - CFT) was able to raise over $4m for 353 Dallas based nonprofits...
Double your pleasure
I always liked that commercial from Wrigley's on Doublemint gum, "double your pleasure, double your fun". Well June 2009 is just that type of month for users of BlackbaudNow. For the entire month all your donations will be tallied and 21...