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What Kind of Experience Are You Giving Your Donors?

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Depending on your CRM/database, you may be able to customize gift amount strings. A communications calendar will help you with this. Be sure your direct mail appeal includes a reply envelope/card so someone can send you a check. You can help your donors by filling out their name, address, and past giving amounts on the reply form.

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How to Find and Work with a Nonprofit Virtual Assistant

Get Fully Funded

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. And that’s okay because by offloading the highlighted tasks, you just cleared space on your calendar to focus on these items and get them done. COMMUNICATION .

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Stop Dreading Mondays: How Fundraisers Can Start the Week Right

The Fundraiser Coach

I clearly remember walking into the development office, dreading opening up the CRM to start my fundraising week. Time for Deep Work on projects or tasks that require uninterrupted time deserve to have a 1-2 hour block of time from your calendar when needed. Use Time Blocking : Don't let your schedule get nibbled away!

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

Get Fully Funded

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. With a scheduler, you can plan and execute your social media calendar and use the product’s analytics tools to track engagement. But it also makes sense to start with a CRM tool right out of the gate.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Plan: 11 Must-Do Steps for Success

CauseVox

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? If you maintain a donor database or other CRM , youll be able to access this data quickly. Download your free nonprofit fundraising and calendar plan here. Keep your fundraising calendar on hand at every development meeting.

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How The Salvation Army Uses Power BI to Boost Major Giving

Blackbaud

By extending the power of its Blackbaud CRM platform with Power BI, the team now sees more focused information about their major giving prospects. Tim McCleary, CRM Director for The Salvation Army Southern Territory, said the organization’s 71 major and planned giving officers have portfolios assigned by geographic region across 15 states.

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How to Craft Your Annual Nonprofit Development Plan

CauseVox

When outlining each fundraiser, use a fundraising calendar to maintain a balance—ensuring enough activities to meet budgetary needs without overstretching your resources. The resulting figure will be the amount you need to raise through other fundraising activities during the upcoming calendar year.