The Five Tool Fundraiser: Exploring the Key Characteristics of Hall of Fame Fundraisers

About the Webinar The Five Tool Fundraiser ™ is a tested and proven framework for understanding the characteristics of the best and most successful development professionals in the nonprofit and fundraising industries and provides a more thoughtful and strategic approach to understanding the work of the development professional. Join this engaging webinar to explore the […]

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Maximizing the Impact of Your Board of Directors

About the Webinar The individual productivity of Board members and the collective impact of your Board are critical when philanthropy is an essential driver of mission and revenue for your nonprofit. Join this illuminating webinar designed for staff and Board members alike to explore and learn about the most important ways to engage board members […]

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Great Storytelling and Powerful Development Communications

Development communications is unique from other types of communications. The capacity to understand the audience and inspire them to give or remain committed to the organization is not an easy task. Whether you’re crafting an appeal, posting on social, stewarding a donor, scripting a CEO, drafting a proposal, or writing a video script, the development communications officer often use stories and the craft of storytelling for maximum impact.

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Cultivating Today’s Sophisticated Donor

About the Webinar While the number of prosperous and philanthropic individuals and institutions continue to grow, the challenges to properly engaging and cultivating today’s sophisticated donor are significant. For some, the challenges of cultivating today’s sophisticated donors seem insurmountable. To others, there are methods and practices that have enabled them to find greater success in […]

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Introduction to Endowments and Planned Giving

About the Webinar Building an endowment is a necessary strategy for most nonprofits that seek to exist for many future generations and for those that recognize the value of sustainability and diversification of revenue. The additional boost of a third stream of revenue (interest from the endowment corpus added to other philanthropic revenue and earned […]

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Capital Campaigns 101: A Primer for Volunteers and Staff

About the Webinar Capital campaigns are special and vital activities in the life of a nonprofit that often have the result of catapulting the organization’s fundraising capacity toward achieving specific objectives while also growing the organization’s awareness, staffing, major and planned giving capacities, building a culture of philanthropy, and so much more. A well-run campaign […]

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Best Practices in Hiring Fundraisers – The Seven Fs

About the Webinar Without great people, organizations can never hope to achieve their full philanthropic potential. Hiring and retaining capable and effective fundraisers is vital. Hiring and retaining great people not only contributes to improved fundraising performance, but also strengthens the organization’s culture and effectiveness and creates an environment that is supportive and caring. Your […]

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Moves Management: Fundraise Like a Pro

About the Webinar While there is no magic bullet in fundraising, the Moves Management System developed many decades ago still represents one of the most dependable ways to pursue fundraising. The focus on relationship-building and measuring and tracking appropriate activity outperforms all of the other systems that have come along since and most of those […]

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Plan the Work and Work the Plan: Build a Great Fundraising Plan for Your Organization

About the Webinar It’s not entirely common to find organizations that develop and follow an annual fundraising plan. It’s even less common to find an organization that has developed and is using a multi-year fundraising plan that charts a course for more than this current fiscal year. How does that fundraising plan tie into the […]

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Using Data to Drive Greater Revenue

About the Webinar Using fundraising analytics – data and information – to guide fundraising strategy has never been more important. Join this engaging discussion as we discuss how to turn your nonprofit's organizational data into actionable knowledge and strategy that results in more mission-focused revenue. We all aspire to have a vibrant, donor-centered nonprofit organization […]

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