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Does Giving Need Saving?
Probably. If you read any recent reports or statistics, yeah, we’ve got a lot of work to do. Fundraising Effectiveness Project,...
Aug 16, 20195 min read
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Are You Literally Losing Donors?
Yes. Thank you for attending my TED talk. OK, let me elaborate. If you’re not proactively managing your data, you are literally losing...
Apr 29, 20194 min read
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Tree-Top Fundraising
Trees can die from the bottom up. Especially with Evergreens, if they’re not getting enough water, the lower branches and needles will...
Oct 1, 20182 min read
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Every F***ing* Thing Works
They do. All of them. Every Fundraising Thing Works There’s a lot of great advice out there about fundraising – countless blogs,...
Jun 29, 20175 min read
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What I Learned at #AFPFC 2017
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), of which I am a member and President of the Las Vegas chapter, hosted its annual...
May 8, 20174 min read
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Rant on Retention
I like to think that professionals in all fields get together and rant and complain about their profession. I have to believe that there...
Apr 4, 20174 min read
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Why Data Like a Lab – It Just Wants to Make You Happy
We had to take a tough break from blogging for a little while. We lost one of the Buck-White Boys on February 15. The original...
Mar 7, 20172 min read
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At Home in the Annual Fund
C’mon, sing with me now, “Our house. In the middle of the street. Our house . . . ” Or we could have gone with, “Our house is a very,...
Jan 10, 20173 min read
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Donor-Centered or Data-Driven
Google “Fundraising Buzzwords” or “Nonprofit Buzzwords” and you’ll get a whole list of the phrases we like to kick around the industry....
Jan 4, 20172 min read
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How to make (Fundraising) Data Fun
I was inspired this week by a colleague, a very talented and smart fundraiser, who was talking about some of the challeng . . . er,...
Sep 12, 20165 min read
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