7 Steps to Transform First-Time Donors Into Loyal Supporters
By Holly Kizer You get one chance to convert a first-time donor into a lifetime supporter. Think of it like a first date, you want to put...
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Impact Reporting: Using Data Visualization to Demonstrate Who Gets What
By Sarah Sims The term “impact report” is very nebulous in our profession and used in just about every context. There are many...
Gift Agreements: Is it Legal, Possible, Practical?
By Jan McGuire What do we mean when we raise the question, is it legal, possible, or practical? Cue the Law & Order theme music—we're...
8 Ways to Surprise & Delight the Donor Who Has Everything
By Holly Kizer Sailing the world, designer handbags, vacation homes—how can we show our major gift donors our appreciation when they...
The Future of the Nonprofit Annual Report is Digital
Guest post by Josh Kligman at Yearly Ten million nonprofits worldwide can't be wrong - producing an annual report to show your community...
How to Create a Digital Impact Report (with samples)
Special thanks to Gina Parente and Brandeis International Business School for sharing their team's brilliant work and the process behind...
The 7 Emails You Should Be Sending After a 1st Time Gift
Guest post by Jess Campbell Us nonprofits? We’ve got a major problem. I’m talking HUGE. Want to know what it is? While we are coming off...
5 Key Elements of Your Endowment Report
By Sarah Sims Many of us are gearing up for annual endowment reporting season, and now is the time to be making strategic decisions about...
Feeling Lucky: Tips to Finally Getting Those Narrative Reports
By Sarah Sims When it comes to endowment reporting, impact reporting, or general impact storytelling, we can often feel very “unlucky”...
The Keys to Powerful Endowment Reporting
Written by Jan McGuire Endowment Reporting. These two words alone can cause you to sit up a little straighter or cringe with angst....
Which is more important- Recognition or Impact?
By Lynne Wester Let’s face it, as this pandemic goes on, time seems endless and it's groundhog day for many of us. But in reality it is...
Reporting on Underwater Endowments
By Jan McGuire If you worked in fundraising during or immediately following the economic downturn of 2008-2009, you were probably hoping...
Leadership Tools: The Weekly Report
By Sarah Sims Performance management can dominate our time in the office and can drain our leadership if not balanced well. I myself...
How To Create The Ultimate Impact Report (with samples)
Before we dive into this week’s post, can we take a moment to applaud the DRG community? A few weeks ago, we asked you to share examples...
Demonstrating Donor Impact
Throw out those boring annual reports, get rid of your lists of donors and invite your donors further into their giving experience by...
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