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How To Develop And Maintain Your Fundraising Calendar (Downloadable Template)

CauseVox

Download Your Fundraising Planning Guide and Calendar Template: Fundraising calendars are designed to outline donor correspondence, campaign timelines, special events , benchmark dates, and other noteworthy occurrences that your fundraising team will be engaged in over the course of the year. If so, when will they be trained?

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Power of Nonprofit Storytelling | Stop the Last-Minute Story Scramble

Pamela Grow

You can find the complete guide and downloadable Excel template and view the MotivateMonday recording here. Here’s what I recommend: Step 1: Choose Your Platform Download Allison’s Excel storybanking tool above. But here’s the crucial piece: Your team needs consistent storytelling training.

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How to Make High-Tech Fundraising Feel More High Touch for Your Donors

Blackbaud

Provide training and support : Even Gen Z needs help learning the best practices in data collection. Your investment in training new and current users will pay for itself many times over. If youre already in a robust system, meet with your software vendor and ask how you could be using the system more effectively.

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How to Write a Killer Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to Get a Grant

Get Fully Funded

Even if you have the experience and training necessary to play the part… Even if you’ve researched the role and know you’re right for it… Even if you’ve played the exact same role in this play for a theater company in another state and gotten rave reviews You still have to audition for the part.

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4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them)

Blackbaud

Require reviewers to participate in training so you create a consistent understanding of the requirements and rubric. Your training should also show them how to apply the requirements based on the goals of the program. How to Avoid It To address and avoid technology issues, first understand what youre asking your reviewers to do.

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Understanding the Grant Lifecycle: Info for Nonprofits

Blackbaud

Free White Paper Future-Proofing Your Organization’s Finances: Proactive Steps to Ensure Stability and Growth Download now Phase 2: Post-Award Phase Once your organization secures funding, the post-award phase focuses on managing the grant responsibly to achieve intended outcomes and maintain funder trust.

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The Biggest Challenge for Fundraisers: Getting That First Prospect Meeting

Blackbaud

Free Resource Major Giving with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: A Lookbook for Fundraisers Download Now Reframing the First-Meeting Hurdle as an Opportunity What if we viewed the difficulty of securing first meetings not as an obstacle but as an opportunity to elevate our approach? This demonstrates respect for their preferences and schedule.