Donorcentric Development Blog
This fundraising blog is geared toward helping organizations improve their ability to raise money to fund their missions, and with an emphasis on the value of creating relationships with donors and potential donors by providing insight about fundraising to those executive directors, staff and board members who are charged with doing the hard tasks of fundraising, frequently with little fundraising background or experience. This blog, Donorcentric Development, is my opportunity to share that experience, knowledge and expertise with anyone who is interested in learning donorcentric best practices and enhancing their organization’s fundraising efforts.
Reduce Your Year End Stress
					
																						
			July 8, 2024		
				
		
		
			How many of you said to yourselves on July 1, “I can’t believe the year is half over!”? And more importantly, what are you doing ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						‘Tis the Season
					
																						
			December 20, 2023		
				
		
		
			Most of my blog posts are about fundraising nuts and bolts. This post is a little more philosophical. Your feedback in the comments section below ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Why The Best Fundraising Efforts Are Not Related To Sales
					
																						
			May 2, 2023		
				
		
		
			One of the biggest misconceptions about fundraising is that it is simply Sales 101. Sales consists of convincing someone to make an exchange of money ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Don’t Let This Happen To An Organization You Serve
					
																						
			April 4, 2023		
				
		
		
			Nonprofits cease operations all the time, from large hospitals to small community social service agencies, for a wide range of reasons. Sometimes the need disappears, ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						The Power of “Thank You”
					
																						
			February 16, 2023		
				
		
		
			Did your mom make you write thank you notes for all of your Christmas and birthday gifts? My mom did. It was a priority in ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Getting Personal: Part 2 – The Change is Getting Real
					
																						
			January 10, 2023		
				
		
		
			Just before Thanksgiving I published my last post, Getting Personal: Part 1 – Reflections on the Nature of Change. In that post I explained why ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Getting Personal: Part 1 – Reflections on the Nature of Change
					
																						
			November 22, 2022		
				
		
		
			At a recent webinar I participated in a speaker advocated for people who write blog posts to make them more personal. I’ve always tried to ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Magic of Third Party Events
					
																						
			March 15, 2022		
				
		
		
			We’ve all been in board or staff meetings brainstorming ways to raise more money. Inevitably someone will suggest an event of some sort – a ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						No Mission, No Money
					
																						
			January 18, 2022		
				
		
		
			My last post of 2021 was titled No Money, No Mission about my learning how fundraising is essential to being able to move an organization’s ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						5 Things You Can Do to Raise More Money Before the End of the Year (without having another event)
					
																						
			October 12, 2021		
				
		
		
			You are in the fourth quarter, the final period, the bottom of the 9th inning. Cancelled and postponed events have put a big dent in ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						And Just Like That It’s Labor Day!
					
																						
			August 21, 2020		
				
		
		
			Every year people seem stunned to realize that Labor Day is here. It is the end of Summer, and it is the beginning of the ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Event Planning: Fundraiser or Fun Raiser?
					
																						
			November 23, 2021		
				
		
		
			Events are critical to non-profit organizations. They come in many shapes and sizes from grand galas to press conferences and everything in between. There are ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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