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Post-Event Follow-Up to Foster Long-Term Donor Relationships

Pamela Grow

Send Regular Communications: Consider creating a donor stewardship calendar to map out regular touchpoints, such as newsletters, mission updates, and impact stories. By tracking key metrics, you can measure the duration and quality of your donor relationships and identify areas for improvement.

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The Biggest Challenge for Fundraisers: Getting That First Prospect Meeting

Blackbaud

This finding is particularly puzzling because the majority of those surveyed expressed confidence in their abilities, in the effectiveness of their fundraising materials, and in the fairness of their performance metrics. Use your CRM to track prospect interactions and identify optimal times for outreach. Make a clear, specific ask.

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100 Delusions

Planned Giving

39 We just need a better CRM. CRMs dont fix bad habits. 43 We dont need to track metrics. Donors dont remember your calendar. Delusion No. 37 Well get to that next quarter. Next quarter becomes next year becomes never. Delusion No. 38 We already thanked them. Thats cute. Delusion No. Or bad fundraisers. Delusion No.

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Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

Instrumentl

Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. DonorPerfect, project manager, custom CRM with air table. For years, I have used a Google spreadsheet and a calendar, and that works fine as long as I don't have too many complicated projects coming and going. That saves a ton of time. A lot of spreadsheets, monday.com.

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How The Salvation Army Uses Power BI to Boost Major Giving

Blackbaud

By extending the power of its Blackbaud CRM platform with Power BI, the team now sees more focused information about their major giving prospects. Tim McCleary, CRM Director for The Salvation Army Southern Territory, said the organization’s 71 major and planned giving officers have portfolios assigned by geographic region across 15 states.

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How to Craft Your Annual Nonprofit Development Plan

CauseVox

When outlining each fundraiser, use a fundraising calendar to maintain a balance—ensuring enough activities to meet budgetary needs without overstretching your resources. The resulting figure will be the amount you need to raise through other fundraising activities during the upcoming calendar year.

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Nonprofit Donor Management: 4 Awesome Best Practices

The Fundraising Coach

Keep a log of all phone calls in your donor management software solution or nonprofit CRM, including when the calls took place, whether they were answered, and what was discussed. . Whether you meet with donors in person or virtually, take notes during each meeting and record them in your CRM for reference.