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Nonprofit Fundraising Resources - Part 3

Carnival Submissions: Handling Objections

I’m hosting the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for the month of June featuring links and summaries of the top posts from around the blogosphere around handling objections. I also wanted to reach out see if anyone from the A Small Change community had anything to add on an earlier conversation. Every nonprofit professional has a list [...]

Related posts:

  1. Nonprofit Carnival: Day in the Life
  2. Giving Carnival: Motivation
  3. Question: Objections?
  4. Nonprofit Blog Carnival
  5. Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Read More at: Carnival Submissions: Handling Objections


Take Time to Make a Connection

I had a boss who once said that it is important to always take time to make a connection; there is a lot of truth to that. People have a strong desire to talk and building a relationship with other people. In a regular day I am surprised how many people it is possible to [...]

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  1. Connection Meetings
  2. Talking to Different People
  3. In-Person Meetings
  4. The Art of Phone Follow Up
  5. What Are Your Intentions?

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Power of Community Involvement

We are all looking for the secret sauce in reaching out to our communities whether it is the perfect language in your next solicitation letter or the call to action at your next gala. It is easy to feel like if you can just share your message the right way the people will follow. Sort [...]

Related posts:

  1. Building Community Online
  2. Connection Meetings
  3. Ask Specific Questions
  4. What’s a Lead
  5. The Power of Searching

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All About Relationships

People want different things. I am often surprised how different a conversation can be between someone I know and/or like and a stranger or someone I dislike. We all have those friends who get away with everything or those friends we will do anything for just because of who they are; development is all about [...]

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  1. Relationships
  2. We Reflect Our Leaders
  3. Tips on Building Good Proposals
  4. Small Talk, Big Value
  5. It’s Good When it Works

Read More at: All About Relationships


GEO Map to Find Partners

Do you use Google Maps for directions or to plan a trip of places to visit? Well I’ve recently started using it as a tool to find new partners. It is a new idea that I’m trying out using GEO Mapping. We received a mailing list of 7,000 people that were worth a million dollars [...]

Related posts:

  1. Prospecting New and Existing Donors
  2. Clarity of Message
  3. Searching for People
  4. Integration & The Future: Solicitation Letters Interview
  5. Step by Step with Donor Software

Read More at: GEO Map to Find Partners