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How You Can Generate Long-term Revenue from Recurring Giving

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 1:00 PM ET

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Erica Waasdorp, Author, Monthly Giving: The Sleeping Giant

Ready to radically boost your fundraising? It’s time to build a recurring gift program. In our exclusive webinar, monthly giving expert and “philanthropyholic” Erica Waasdorp shares real-life examples, practical tips, and key strategies for attracting gifts that keep on giving.

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New ways colleges target rich alumni – money.cnn.com

Targeting alumni for donations is big business for colleges and universities — and schools are getting more savvy with their tactics.

Called “prospect research,” the practice of targeting wealthy alumni is not new. But the tools are getting better: complex data models using massive databases that store everything from wealth and income to class reunion attendance.

via New ways colleges target rich alumni – Feb. 24, 2014.

Do Storytelling and Data Have Chemistry in Your Fundraising World? – NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofit storytelling is a very hot topic lately, although it is hardly a new practice for our sector. But how does storytelling, which appeals to the heart and the imagination, blend with the stringent measurement requirements that so many institutional funders now insist upon? Is there a mixture that works to engage both donors and supporters for the long haul?

Do Storytelling and Data Have Chemistry in Your Fundraising World? – NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly.

Young Donors Want Web Sites To Show Results – The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Organizations that want to persuade people in their 20s and early 30s to give and volunteer don’t have much of a chance if they’re not updating their Web sites frequently and including compelling details about their causes and the people they serve, a new survey finds.

Three out of four donors born from 1979 to 1994—a generation often referred to as “millennials”—said they were turned off when a nonprofit’s Web site had not been updated recently. Six in 10 said they wanted nonprofits to share stories about successful projects and programs and appreciated information about an organization’s cause and the people it serves.

Young Donors Want Web Sites To Show Results – News – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas.

When Giving Online is Not Ideal | Idealware

When Giving Online is Not Ideal | Idealware.

As fundraisers we dream about the new frontier of online giving as a potential golden ticket for reaching younger or more tech savvy donors. Driving everyone to give online, in monthly installments, is all the rage. But what happens when a donor wants to give $1000 or more? Is there potential negative organizational impact in accepting large gifts online?

Non-Profit Organization Websites: Increasing Donations and Volunteering | Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Summary:
Giving money on charity websites is 7% harder than spending money on e-commerce sites. Donating physical items is even harder. For non-profit websites, social media is secondary; the top priority is to write clearer content.

Non-Profit Organization Websites: Increasing Donations and Volunteering Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox.

Using your Database to Develop Major Donors

Major gifts come from individuals who have great concern for your mission, with whom you have carefully built a value-based connection, and who have the capacity to be generous at the appropriate level. With proper use of your database tools, combined with the other strategies necessary for a major gift campaign, you can reach new heights in your fund raising program.

Susan P. Orr
Founder and CEO
Telosa Software, Inc.

Using your Database to Develop Major Donors Full Article – Powered by Google Docs

AlumniFinder Launches WealthScore, a Powerful Tool To Help Development Professionals Identify Donors… — FORT MYERS, Fla., July 21 /PRNewswire/ –

AlumniFinder, a division of AccuData Integrated Marketing, announced the launch of WealthScore, a powerful research tool for development professionals that easily identifies potential donors with the discretionary means and propensity to donate.

Read more:  AlumniFinder Launches WealthScore, a Powerful Tool To Help Development Professionals Identify Donors – PRNewswire.