TopPicks Index
Top 5 Tips for Successful Foundation Funding
Armed with the right tools and information, any director or development professional – even volunteers for your organization – can have success pursuing foundations. There are essentially five principles I take organizations through in our quest for the holy grail of foundation funding.
Top 8 Things to Think About Before You Start a Planned Giving Program
Every nonprofit wants to raise funds...fast. A [link url=/od/pq/g/plangiv.htm]planned giving[/link] program is not a fast project. It takes time to construct and even more time to realize results.
Top 10 Tips for Online Fundraising
Everyone is excited about online fundraising. It isn't easy but it can be effective and cost effective when done right.
Top 10 Tips On the Fine Art of Cultivating Donors
Cultivation is what makes solicitation possible, and ultimately donations. Done well, cultivation sets the stage for easy and successful "asks."
Top 8 Tips for Writing a Fundraising Letter
Just like copywriting, writing great fundraising letters is not for the amateur. However, unlike businesses that can often afford to pay the big bucks for great copywriting, nonprofits usually depend on in-house staff to write that crucial letter and to put together their direct mail package. Here to help are the [i]Cardinal Rules[/i] of writing a fundraising letter.
Top 8 Tips for Getting Beyond Donor Distrust
It's true. Many donors do not trust many nonprofits. How can you avoid being on the list of distrusted nonprofits? Here are some tips for a trustworthy future
Top 10 Tips for World-Class Donor Relations
Great customer service is the key to donor relations.
Top 6 Websites for Free Donor Research
You may not be able to hire a donor prospect researcher to prepare detailed information about your donor prospects, but you can start pulling together some basic information just with some time and patience.
Top 6 Tips for Protecting Your Donor Data
Protecting your online donor data from abuse is not always about technology. Of course, you should have the best security solutions in play, but there are other considerations that can undermine the security of your donor data.
Top 6 Tips for Effective Emails
There are a lot of issues around email communication, but the fact is that electronic-based communication is here to stay. So, whether you use email for fundraising or communicating with your volunteers, what can you do to make sure your emails are done right? Here are some tips.