Dani Lockard is Sales Manager at Funraise, one of the leading technology platforms designed (by people working inside a nonprofit) to help nonprofits raise more money online. Just before the end...
How one charity achieves 98% retention
Erika Carley is Senior Director of Operations at Chive Charities. She caught my attention several months ago when she shared on LinkedIn that her nonprofit organization achieves 98% month-over-month donor...
Growing Your Monthly Donor Revenue, with Erica Waasdorp
If you want to raise more money for your nonprofit, better engage your donors, and create massive fundraising leverage, you need to listen to what my friend, Erica Waasdorp has...
Guest Post: The two biggest monthly giving mistakes nonprofits make
I'm launching a new series focused on the biggest fundraising mistakes nonprofits make. To kick off this series, I asked my friend Erica Waasdorp, author of Monthly Giving. The Sleeping...
Using the mail to sell monthly giving (Tip #36)
Offer a monthly giving option on your reply device. Don't expect to convert a significant portion of your file to monthly giving this way, but you'll pick up a few...
41 Trillion Reasons You Should Have a Monthly Giving Program
Boston College's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy estimates as much as $41 trillion in intergenerational wealth transfer will take place by 2052. Not all of those assets will transfer from...
18 Strategies to Maximize Year-End Giving
Focus on the top 15 – 30 donors who haven’t made a gift yet this year. Get your Executive Director, Board Chair and senior development staff out to meet with...
Insights from Russ Reid’s 2011 Development Conference
It's just after 8:00 a.m., and I'm 30,000 feet over Los Angeles right now, headed home from the 21st Annual Leadership and Development conference put on by Russ Reid. What...