Are your major donors and other major investors worth the costs to cultivate them? The major gift team needs documented ideal-donor profiles. Without them, fundraising effectiveness suffers. You could be losing thousands of dollars an hour, and not even know it.
Another secret to fundraising productivity: do nothing! Overtired and overworked? Even if you can't take two weeks off, try these ideas for mini-vacations.
Are you still 'buying' the overhead-ratio myth? Even worse, are your donors or grantmakers buying it? Keeping your overhead artifically low is a route to disaster. Here are a few secrets for overcoming the Overhead Myth in your nonprofit. Adopt them and see how much more impact you can achieve.
Donor retention rates getting you down? You're not alone; rates have average 40% since 2005. But that also means we're losing about half of our collective potential income if we don't fix this problem. Here's the secret to improving your donor retention rates.
Stop trying to do more and better activities. Focus instead of getting RESULTS. Manage fundraising for productivity!!
Events don't raise money. They raise LEADS. See how.
Could we solve high staff turnover and low donor retention rates in one fell swoop? The data suggest we could - by improving management practices.
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