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Establish Rapport: The Often-Missed Step That Sets Up Major Gifts

The Fundraiser Coach

A Client Story: The Power of a Simple Comment One of my clients was a senior major gifts officer at a nonprofit committed to helping families of all shapes and sizes through a variety of community-based services. They will talk about their values and how they might express them through giving. ” Let the conversation breathe.

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Introducing TechSoup's Data For Good Magazine

Tech Soup

Nonprofits needs to understand how to use data in all its forms. The UN has already called for a data revolution in the development sector and the nonprofit sector has an essential role to play in this. Follow the “Data for Good” magazine to stay up to date on data news related to you!

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Expert Tips On Branding & Marketing Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

In this edition, we take on nonprofit branding and marketing, and highlight the critical elements that all nonprofits need to know now. Nonprofits now have affordable, accessible resources available, and it is more important than ever to show up well to capture your share of voice.

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What’s in My Inbox | Shorter attention spans means you need to deliver with your enews

Pamela Grow

What does that mean for you as a nonprofit fundraiser/donor communications professional? magazine, comes as close as anything I’ve seen to the perfect e-news. Related Posts: The Nonprofit Email Newsletter How To Are you doing digital right? Takeaways for the small… Nonprofit Donor Newsletters | Print or Enews?

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Why Top-Earning Major Gift Officers Master Planned Giving—And How You Can Too

Center for Major Gifts

The highest-performing fundraisers in the nonprofit world arent always the loudest, most charismatic, or best-connected. But they do have one thing in common: Theyve figured out how to use planned giving as a secret edge. Not because they work in planned giving. Not because theyre attorneys or financial advisors. And thats your opportunity.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations.

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Only 1% of Nonprofits Take Planned Giving Seriously

Planned Giving

In my 25 years in the planned giving business, I can state confidently that less than 1% of nonprofits take planned giving seriously. This and some other opinions of mine are revealed in an interview with Karen Martin and Patrick O’Donnell, editors of Giving Tomorrow Magazine at PlannedGiving.com.