Fundraising Fundamentals Podcast
Why Nonprofits Should Rethink Their E-Mail Campaigns
With the growth of smartphone use, messages need to be more concise and attention-grabbing and should include multimedia, says an expert.
Advice From a Veteran Fundraiser
Learn from experience, but try not to fail more than once at the same thing, says Claudia Looney, winner of the Outstanding Fundraising Professional award. See more advice from Ms. Looney about work-life balance and major campaigns.
Event Uses Technology to Solve Problems
Two weekends a year, software developers lend charities their expertise. An organizer of the events explains how nonprofits can get involved.
In Multimedia
Podcast: Social Good
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Unleashing the Power of Mothers and Blogs to Push Good Causes
Jennifer James has built a network of 1,000 mothers who write about health, education, hunger, and other causes as a way to raise money and get attention for charities.
Podcast: Fundraising Fundamentals
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How to Avoid Stereotyping Donors by Age
Fundraisers need to avoid falling into the trap of thinking all older or younger donors are alike.
Podcast: Making Change
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Why Small Nonprofits Often Make a Big Difference
The chief executive of Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts on why big change is often a slow, organic process.
Podcast: Tiny Spark
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The Tragic Consequences of Crisis Volunteering
When doctors and nurses race to disaster zones, lack of training and standards sometimes cause unintended pain for the injured and haunting emotional trauma for medical...
