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Bloomerang
AUGUST 22, 2024
Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to approach sponsorship giving levels without seeming pushy: Dear Charity Clairity, We are a small nonprofit. My CEO will want information, that I do not have. Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Any suggestions?
sgEngage
AUGUST 2, 2024
We relied on each other for advice early in our careers and now, decades later, I continue to learn from her. If they have the work ethic, the drive, the tenacity, and mostly the adaptability—to me, the top skill for a fundraiser—we can teach them everything fundraising, the giving mechanisms, and how to make the ask,” White said.
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Bloomerang
JUNE 18, 2021
Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on ways to stay in touch with potential donors who have major donor potential. . Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have advice on ways to stay in touch with a possible donor who has indicated an interest in making a major gift? Who were your heroes and mentors growing up? .
Bloomerang
AUGUST 7, 2021
Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. Provide training and/or coaching.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 2, 2012
As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media. So how do we teach kids and teens, who often can’t plan past lunch, how to think about their digital footprints and abstract concepts like ethics?
Bloomerang
APRIL 26, 2021
Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. My first piece of advice is this: . Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., People Yearn to Express their Love . Your job is to help them do so.
Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 22, 2011
Millennials come to the work place more prepared to teach than previous generations. The ability to teach, with patience, is essential. And I think where Millennials make the greatest impact is when they realize their capabilities to teach and that there’s an audience that wants to teach.
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