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The Agitator
Gets you thinking about the big picture in fundraising
Fundraising Coach
Find usable info on all aspects of fundraising
Fundraising & Philanthropy Australia
Gets you up to speed on fundraising in Australia. Lots of real campaign case studies
Fundraising Success Magazine
Tips and techniques you can use right now in your fundraising
Future Fundraising Now
Rants that actually give you practical tips and actions
Kivi’s Non-Profit Blog
Commonsense resource on fundraising communications
Passionate Giving
Simplifies the art and science of major gifts
Sean Triner’s Blog
Big on donor data and what donors actually do
Showcase Of Fundraising Innovation & Inspiration
See the creative from the world’s best fundraising campaigns

Tag: donor communications

PUBLISHED ON March 17, 2020

Fundraisers: coronavirus response

PUBLISHED IN Direct mail, Donor communications
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I've been in discussions with charities all morning about adapting upcoming appeals in light of the coronavirus. I’m hearing about events cancelled, charity staff moving to work from home, questions about how to process donations if everyone is working remotely. What nobody is talking about is cancelling direct mail appeals. Which is a good thing even if you don’t raise as much as you normally would.

PUBLISHED ON July 5, 2019

Part 2: You’re forcing me to do WHAT to donate?

PUBLISHED IN Donor communications, Online fundraising
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This is the follow up to the original post on how you’re losing web donations. Given we were only halfway through all our donating for the (now) last financial year when I wrote the first article, I thought I’d follow up with other awful things your charities are doing or making us do when it comes to giving you our money

PUBLISHED ON March 16, 2016

June’s Jargon Watch

PUBLISHED IN Copywriting, Donor communications, Donor-centred language
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As a copywriter, I hate jargon! Yet jargon crops up in fundraising appeals, direct mail, donor newsletters, websites… and just about anything else written for donors! So I’ve decided to start a regular spot on my blog called June’s Jargon Watch. The aim will be to highlight these atrocities of the English language. And also suggest how they could be rewritten so the donor – and the average person – can actually understand them.

PUBLISHED ON February 23, 2016

How your simplest offer pulls record donations

PUBLISHED IN Direct mail, Donor communications, Donor-centred language
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Fave Fundraising Sites

The Agitator
Gets you thinking about the big picture in fundraising
Fundraising Coach
Find usable info on all aspects of fundraising
Fundraising & Philanthropy Australia
Gets you up to speed on fundraising in Australia. Lots of real campaign case studies
Fundraising Success Magazine
Tips and techniques you can use right now in your fundraising
Future Fundraising Now
Rants that actually give you practical tips and actions
Kivi’s Non-Profit Blog
Commonsense resource on fundraising communications
Passionate Giving
Simplifies the art and science of major gifts
Sean Triner’s Blog
Big on donor data and what donors actually do
Showcase Of Fundraising Innovation & Inspiration
See the creative from the world’s best fundraising campaigns

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How your simplest offer pulls record donations

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