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Raise More Gifts From Members By Understanding Their Motivations

Bloomerang

Once upon a time, there was a beloved children’s museum in the middle of a thriving city. The brilliant team at the museum set out to find a bigger space and ran a successful capital campaign to expand to a much larger location. Like the set of the movie Night at the Museum , these guests had the whole museum to themselves.

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What Hocus Pocus Can Teach You About Major Gift Fundraising

Bloomerang

Believe it or not, I’ve found that there are parallels between one of the greatest Halloween movies ever made and major gift fundraising. Use storytelling to encourage donors to give. . “I When preparing a major gift proposal, focus on the short-term and long-term impact their gifts would make on the trajectory of the organization.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Realizing the power of his entertainment gifts, he harnessed them to raise awareness and support a wide range of causes, aiming to prevent others from enduring similar experiences. Jude, Make A Wish, American Cancer Society, and The Museum of African American History.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. Meet Carolyn Appleton! She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories.

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Where Do You Learn Best? My Personal Learning Journey from Conferences to Trainings

Museum 2.0

The Museum 2.0 I went alone, sent with a blessing from my boss at the International Spy Museum. I was offering them a clumsy gift--ideas they had inspired in me. As Museum 2.0 Public Narrative is an activist storytelling technique for rallying others to your cause. blog started because of a conference. I had none.

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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. They are natural storytellers and advocates for your organization. Again, how many of you have attended an event or go to a museum? They provide access to potential avenues of new support.

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Your Cause Camp 2018 Lineup is Here

NonProfit Hub

Lori’s gift is to help nonprofit organizations communicate powerfully so they raise exponentially more money. She is a nationally-recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert helping nonprofit organizations raise nearly $300 million dollars from individual donors.

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