Most of my volunteer involvement is through my church. I’m a leader for our high school youth group—sophomore girls this year—and strive to walk with them and provide encouragement as they grow in their faith during this challenging part of their lives.
“The person I just met with was asking for funds for a ministry that he said is the most important mission in the Kingdom of God. But last year, he…
The best approach to connecting your organization with potential donors is one that uses multiple channels to meet people where they are and…
It happens all the time: an organization is evaluating a big expenditure and someone on the team mentions how it might affect the number of stars…
In my last blog, I urged you to not give in to pressure to use email as the channel for your thank-you letter and official donor receipt. If you remember I cited a statistic that’s pretty compelling . . . “most organizations receive as much as 30% of their direct response income from bounce-back or receipt income.” Notice I qualified my statement by using the phrase, “direct response.”
There are a lot of rumors, buzz, and desire to pressure you to move most of your organization’s fundraising to online channels, be it email, web…
There’s an old country saying, “Don’t hire a dog and bark yourself.” In fact this is exactly what many nonprofit’s do; they hire a fundraising consultant…
If you find yourself on the Development Committee of your Board of Trustees, you are in a very powerful position. Next to the Finance Committee…
It’s been a great week at the 2015 AGRM Convention! We have enjoyed getting to talk with many of you and hearing about the great work you’re doing. Please feel free to reach out to us in the coming weeks if you think of additional questions or would like to hear more about how we…
Douglas Shaw & Associates, a recognized leader in multi-channel fundraising for ministries and nonprofits, launched…
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