Asking and Teaching Don’t Mix My fellow Good Workers and I have been creating our Tips of the Month for years now. This month, I’m going to Read More
A Curated Collection of Charity Websites Earlier on this month, I presented the results of the State of the Web Nation: Website Benchmarks for Canadian Charities at a Read More
2014 State of the Canadian Web Nation Benchmark Report About 90% of your major donors are visiting your website before making their first gift. But almost 1undefined2 of you don’t have Read More
Get Out of Your Storytelling Box By far the most common question I’m asked when I’m speaking about storytelling is along the lines of, “We’re a women’s shelter. Read More
Legacy Giving: It’s about the Donor, Not the Money! Let’s start out this month’s tip on legacy giving by you allowing me to conduct a little experiment – with you as Read More
Donor Quotes Are Your Chance to Touch the Heart! I’ll never forget my first ‘voluntary’ fundraising effort. It happened when I was 12 years old. Now, I’d done a bit of Read More
Legacy Giving Through a Donor’s Eyes I’m very fortunate to have the opportunity to speak at fundraising conferences and seminars all over North America. I’ve spoken about social Read More
How do you thank your ‘everyday’ HERO? Charities and non-profits are finally taking notice that their existing donors hold HUGE potential for larger, more meaningful giving than they may Read More
Flip the Switch: Get Your Board Excited About Fundraising Noooo, we can’t ask for money! Besides, why would anyone want to give to us? This just won’t work. There has to Read More