Historically, fundraisers have neglected women when it comes time to ask for major gifts. They are often lulled into accepting the stereotypes of women that they lack capacity, control and knowledge of money. To quote Julia Roberts’ character in the 1990 film Pretty Woman, “Big mistake. Big, big mistake.” According to the analysis of data [...]
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Firehouse 31 – Giving
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Give 5
Throughout my childhood, I observed my single mom doing what she could to help neighborhood causes. Often, she wasn’t able to give financially – instead, she found ways to contribute by coordinating events, soliciting donations and the ever-important “schlepping.” It is in this way that I learned to get involved and participate in local efforts. [...]
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AFP – Making the Switch – How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AFP Conference
Overview of presentation by Dan Heath, co-author of Switch. 1) Finding the Bright Spots Humans tend to obsess over failures rather than successes. Scientists state that left to our natural tendencies “bad is stronger than good”. They purport that the human condition pays more attention to bad aspects and weighs negative information more heavily than [...]
AFP – Annual Giving with Millenials
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · AFP Conference
What hasn’t changed … People don’t give gifts, they support causes Bad data base/list results in bad annual fund – clean and segment files If you don’t ask, you don’t get If you don’t thank, you don’t get renewal What’s not working anymore with Gen X/Y… Standard line phone, address, email aren’t enough … Need [...]
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) 47th International Conference
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · AFP Conference
Take a gander at some sustainability trends that we heard over the recent 3-day AFP Conference in Baltimore. Would love your take on this information and how you would apply it to your work.. Topics to be discussed include social media, planned giving, postings/tweets, gen x/y’s annual giving outlooks. Enjoy! Serve better! Posted by: Linda [...]
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