Clairification

JANUARY 2, 2023

Here are the 10 most popular Clairification articles from the past year, according to Google Analytics. I’m so glad people are getting the message, because the simple tips in this article can give a meaningful boost to your fundraising results. In this article I describe the steps you need to take for each story.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As we approach this year’s GivingTuesday on December 3, here’s a collection of articles that explore fundraising strategies to help you prepare and maximize efforts to engage donors, boost contributions, and make the most of this global day of giving.

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Clairification

JUNE 29, 2023

For a modest $100/year you get all my new blog articles, monthly tips (July’s are now live!), With this double issue of the Clairity Click-it, I hope to set off some fireworks in your brain. Find something that makes a lightbulb go off, and use it to guide your way in the coming month. I am deeply appreciative for your support! [If

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Clairification

MARCH 23, 2023

Thank you for doing your vital work, and making our world a better place, Claire claire@clairification.com P.S. Please consider getting access to all my blog articles, monthly tips, webinars, podcasts, bonuses and other content via enrollment in ‘Clairification School.’ Seth Godin wants to help you too!

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to share some of the most read articles we published this year. Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. What can fundraisers do? by Chris Maddocks, Blue State.

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Clairification

APRIL 20, 2023

They give us the chance to act as if, to describe a possible future and then to lean against them as we work to create the place we seek to be.” — Seth Godin My wish is this issue of the Clairity Click-it helps you find one or more resources to help you define some boundaries you can use as levers in your work to create a better world.

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Clairification

JANUARY 26, 2023

I published an article on this topic earlier this week, and I love what Seth Godin has to say here. This is why my articles are generally undergirded by research, data, opinions for other experts and the like; it’s not just me pontificating.] The solar-powered LED calculator we used in school did no such thing.

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Clairification

JUNE 1, 2023

For a modest $100/year you get all my new blog articles, monthly tips, bonus tips, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. If the surf or the powder isn’t great, leave it for the tourists. After all, there will be another one tomorrow. Write it down, roll tape, speak up.

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Clairification

MARCH 7, 2024

There are lots of eye-opening articles plus plenty of webinars and podcasts for you to enjoy. Okay, I do have a bit of Seth Godin wisdom to share, but this time it’s to be found below under “Articles/Events.” This week I feel like letting you just dive right in to all the great content I’ve collected over the past two weeks.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! . Someone said that to me the other day and it was heartbreaking. Just about everything else we need people to do is the result of effort, practice and care. That’s okay.

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Clairification

MAY 30, 2024

For a modest $100/year you get all my new blog articles, monthly tips, bonus tips, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. If the surf or the powder isn’t great, leave it for the tourists. After all, there will be another one tomorrow. Don’t waste it! What did you learn?

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Clairification

MAY 2, 2024

This is what enables me to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! It’s not always easy to find all the good stuff across the web. That’s why I do the work for you! You’ll find this is another robust issue. Think about it.

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Clairification

MARCH 9, 2023

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! The Clairity Click-it exists to bring you a range of voices from across the nonprofit world. I want to try this!” Generally, one size doesn’t fit all.

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Clairification

DECEMBER 29, 2022

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! . My hope is some of the free resources I’ve collected and curated for you will help you share your passions and guide others on the pathway to passionate philanthropy.

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Clairification

MAY 18, 2023

For a modest $100/year you get all my new blog articles, monthly tips, bonus tips, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. This blew my mind: Seth Godin wrote people are really making good use of the free AI on his blog – and so far, it’s pretty trustworthy.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Let’s face it—keeping up with donation matches can feel like a race against the clock. Matching gifts often come with tight deadlines, and if you’re not promoting them effectively, you risk leaving money on the table. That’s where automated matching comes in. It’s a game-changer for busy teams who want to raise more while doing less.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! . The fictional LA detective, Joe Friday , was famous for saying “Just the facts, Ma’am.”. As in, nothing really matters if there isn’t data to support it. Or a preacher.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

You-Shaped Hole Sometimes the world feels inhospitable. You feel all the ways that you and it don’t fit. You see what’s missing, how it all could be different. You feel as if you weren’t meant for the world, or the world wasn’t meant for you, as if the world is “the way it is” and your discomfort with it a problem. So you get timid.

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Clairification

APRIL 6, 2023

Eisenhower’s sentiment that “ what counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ” And part of that fight comes from the ability to pivot creatively and consistently show up in the face of uncertainty. As Bruce Lee guided, “ Be water, my friend. Empty your mind.

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Clairification

AUGUST 8, 2024

For a modest $100/year donation you get all my new blog articles, exclusive monthly tips, bonus e-guides, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. Not to mention your message content. Are you reaching the right audiences, and making it easy for them?

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In this regard, I commend this article from Steven Screen of The Better Fundraising Co.: Let’s begin with this week’s bit of wisdom… “Let us conceive of gratitude in its largest, most beautiful sense, that if we receive any kindness we are debtor, not merely to one man, but to the whole world. And stick with you. Because… it feels good.

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Clairification

MAY 4, 2023

Thank you for doing your vital work, and making our world a better place, Claire claire@clairification.com P.S. Please consider getting access to all my blog articles, monthly tips, webinars, podcasts, bonuses and other content via enrollment in ‘Clairification School.’ It’s not for you, it’s for them.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2025

The typical fundraising letter and newsletter article rambles on about accomplishments without explaining why something matters. When you write a newsletter article or something for an impact report, why are you including that information? Because a lot of nonprofit communication doesnt focus on why something is important.

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Clairification

JANUARY 12, 2023

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! . And when the problem at hand is a flood of ideas, products, strategies and what-not, it helps to have a way to focus and make decisions. Staring at decisions. It depends.

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thank you for doing your vital work, and making our world a better place, Claire claire@clairification.com P.S. For a modest $100/year donation you get all my new blog articles, exclusive monthly tips, bonus e-guides, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! It’s been pretty cold in my neck of the woods, so let’s warm up with a cup of cocoa, coffee or tea and some good reads.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2025

Its spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and its about time after a frigid winter here in the Boston area, although I cant say its been that warm right now. A lot of people use this time of the year to do some spring cleaning. I envy the people who do that because Im usually not one of them. I know I should do more. Do it at least once a year.

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Clairification

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It is my honor to deliver original articles direct to your in-box every week, give you access to all my webinars, and offer up exclusive monthly tips, bonuses and more! As we enter the season of light, and you move into full-steam-ahead year-end fundraising mode, theres something I want to remind you about your messaging.

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The Fundraiser Coach

APRIL 2, 2025

I always suggest that MGOs search the person's name and "bio" or "article" and in this case, we found a story about her as a business woman in a regional magazine.) There was a terrific quote in the article about the importance of giving back. (We This is post # 2 of my B.R.I.D.G.E. Rapport is the glue that makes connection stick.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Trust is Built By What You Do In my last article, I wrote about why establishing and building trust should be part of your nonprofit and personal mission. Because trust is the foundation of all lasting relationships. If you dont build trust, or if you somehow manage to destroy it, youre going to lose your donor.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 11, 2024

They’re too long and filled with boring articles that brag about how wonderful the organization is. In theory, a newsletter can be a great way to engage with your donors. In reality, that doesn’t often happen because most donor newsletters can be used as a cure for insomnia. Here’s what you need to do. Be sure you have a clean mailing list.

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

These articles explain the role volunteers play in building community relationships and resilience. In this article, Kristin Hanlin, an instructional designer at Candid, explores how nonprofits can utilize Instructional Design principles to develop training that engages, empowers, and educates the learnerincluding volunteers.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 21, 2025

This Article is Certified Gold Avocado Gold never goes out of style and neither does good advice. It was no surprise that Blue Avocado readers let us know in a recent survey that they found articles on board management to be the most helpful content on the site. Case in point: Board management.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This particular article really strikes me today, because it talks about times when we feel isolated from others: How to Find Your Purpose in Life. Berkeley, and often apply their research to nonprofit fundraising and marketing. Please allow that to sink in. You have a mission and purpose. Donors can help you get there.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

JANUARY 25, 2025

In this article, I want to give you three keys to successful major donor outreach. . #2: A development director once told me it was a well-known rule that you should never text a major donorthat texting should be reserved for mass communication with low-dollar donors (this isnt true). They reach out to new donors every week.

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Clairification

JULY 27, 2023

For a modest $100/year you get all my new blog articles, monthly tips (July’s are now live!), First, this week’s bit of wisdom… Discernment in creativity The hard part isn’t good ideas. It never has been. The hard part is choosing. Ask Dreamstudio or Kittl for some logo designs, same thing. There is creativity in discernment.

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Strategic Grants

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

We also share relevant articles with the rest of Team SG as our commitment to keeping up-to-date with what’s happening across the sector here at home in Australia and New Zealand, and across the globe. Here’s a round-up of what we’ve been reading lately.

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