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Your Guide to Hiring Staff for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Create policies and procedures, so everyone is treated fairly. Draw it out into an organizational chart so you can see who will report to who. It might be hard to look at these figures and to wrap your brain around how much money you need to raise to employ the staff you need. Start with a phone screen. 20% a year?

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. It’s how my brain works.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

Here’s a simple little chart where all you do is you just look at the next 10 years and you project what your revenue is going to be, all things being equal, based on how you’re fundraising and how your sales, etc., It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. You need to have a gift acceptance policy. Should I call you on the phone periodically? Will you make a phone call? So simplicity is your friend here. .

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Training Board Members As Brand Champions on Social and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As everyone finished, they brought them up to the flip chart. I get to use my brain to think and figure things out. It gives just enough information, honors brand language and encourages follow-up on our website or via phone. The discussion started with each board member writing their personal passions on sticky notes.

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