Hey there, I know you’re busy. Me, too. So why are you asking me to attend your regular, business as usual fundraising event? Better yet, why are you even having an event? Ok . . . so that’s harsh — and Hoots and I actually do love being a part of several fundraising events each year. But […]
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Your big fundraising event is over. Whew. You’ve done a great job with everything…including a dash of social media to keep things interesting. Now what? Of course, lots and lots of gift acknowledgments…anything else? How about a nifty follow up email with photos, a video and more good stuff to connect your donors with your
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It’s the time of year for your annual breakfast or banquet or gala or fashion show or dogwash. It’s not even October and we’ve already been to several and there are several more on our calendar. It is the season for events if you’re a nonprofit or ministry. And I suspect that if you’re like
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One of the things we love is sharing what we’ve learned and learning what you know! We’re completely pumped about the number of speaking and seminar opportunities that are coming our way. Next week we are teaching at the Christian Leadership Association (CLA) in San Diego. CLA is one of the biggest conferences in our
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A few weeks ago we leaped off a cliff and held our first ever book group via webinar. Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin, was our jumping off point. As promised, it was raw, exciting and fun. OK, candidly, everyone had a great time, but we were sweating bullets because the conversation was far more rapid
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Maybe your life is like ours — filled to overflowing with life? Your “Books to Read” list is huge and the time to read is tiny. Plus everyone and their dog has written a book and due to the wonders of social media are out there telling you why you have to read their book
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Many charities host annual event fundraisers — dinners, auctions, desserts, breakfasts, even a few murder mystery events (don’t even get me started about the murder mystery dinner I attended to benefit a domestic violence shelter). Before you go very far ask yourself a few questions: 1. What’s the goal? No fair having some vague goal
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A week has passed since the big Twestival! I’m still thinking about social media and donor acquisition, charity:water and the chorizo stuffed mushrooms at the Spitfire Grill. Interestingly, since my participation in the charity event, with the exception of the online discussions I had with Doug and Mike the organizers of the Seattle event, as
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