Friday May 9th, 2008
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Most Recent Articles:
by Sandra Sims in News
Today is Teacher Appreciation Day. Those of you who are parents, were you able to do something special for your child’s teacher? If not, don’t fear, until Friday you have time to participate in Teacher Appreciation Week.
We celebrated the week by sponsoring a blog writing contest on the theme of “My Favorite Teacher.” […]
by Sandra Sims in News
Last Sunday I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this website was mentioned in USA Weekend, the magazine that’s included in over 600 Sunday papers across the country.
The paper’s “Think Smart” column includes short tips from contributors on a variety of topics. Well known finance expert Sharon Epperson included the nod to Step by […]
by Sandra Sims in Fundraising Strategies, News, Resource Roundup
Each week in April Step by Step Fundraising published new articles on the topic of Fundraising Myths. These fundraising and non profit management experts brought their unique perspectives to this topic. There are many years of experience and wisdom to be found on these pages!
Here’s a list of each of the articles in this […]
by Sandra Sims in News
In honor of National Teacher Appreciation week, which is May 4 to May 10, the Top School Fundraisers blog is sponsoring a writing contest on the topic “My Favorite Teacher”. Just write a post on your blog inspired by this topic by this Saturday and you’ll be eligible for the contest.
Winners will receive cash prizes. […]
by Sandra Sims in News, Resource Roundup
This week I thought it would be nice to focus the resource roundup on the environment in honor of Earth Day (which was Monday) and Arbor Day which is today. Some of these are news items, others are resources and there’s a couple of actual enviro-friendly fundraising ideas. Enjoy!
The Earth Day 2008 […]
by Sandra Sims in Fundraising Ideas, News
When shoppers bring in their own bags to carry their items home in, it reduces the number of non-biodegradable plastic bags. Personally I have been wanting to get some reusable bags for some time now. I am tired of the plastic and paper bags cluttering up my garage and polluting our community (and our […]
by Aaron Atwood in Fundraising Strategies, Grants
When non-profit directors or development staff comes to me looking for help in the world of foundations, the first thing I usually have to do is dispel the most common myths surrounding foundation funding.
Myth #1: Foundation funding is easy.
Myth #2: Foundations are anxious to give money to organizations like mine.
Myth #3: Foundations just require a […]
by Sandy Rees in Myths
Have you ever heard this saying – “You can’t keep going back to the same well – it will run dry.” You might have heard it from a Board member or Executive Director and usually this comment pops up during a discussion of grant writing or direct mail.
It’s said out of fear – […]
by Tracie Davis in Communications, Resource Roundup
I do a lot of research for Step by Step Fundraising and it’s other sites. Recently I had a project requiring information from a variety of non profit websites. It didn’t take long to realize that some websites were more frustrating than helpful while others were easy to explore and informative. If the […]
by Jim Berigan in Fundraising Strategies, News, Online Fundraising
In a time when many non-profit organizations are examining their budgets closely and looking anywhere to cut expenses, it is not uncommon that allocations for advertising and marketing are slashed. This may cause some to worry that existing customers will fall out of touch and potential new ones will never hear of you in […]
