When working on any volunteer project, you certainly couldn’t do it without the dedicated help from your team of volunteers. Whether it is a school, church or organization project, your volunteers are critical to the project’s success. Volunteers handle every aspect of a project or an event. Volunteers have many different skills and talents to […]

Many of the questions that were submitted to the fundraising survey that we recently conducted had to do with volunteers. Getting, keeping, inspiring, organizing and other help with volunteers for your group — were all mentioned quite a few times. Some of the specific questions I’ll plan on answering either individually or with articles in […]

In the first article in this series we discussed 5 general reasons why people donate to charitable causes. Beyond the general reasons that we’ve already discussed it’s critical that your fundraising team consider why an individual would be motivated to give to your group in particular. Here are five of the top reasons that someone […]

This grantwriting seminar shares proven techniques to turn grant proposal “ugly ducklings” into “beautiful swans”.  The Get Your Grant With A Proposal Makeover seminar is presented by Cheryl A. Clarke, JD and Susan Fox, CFRE, they are also the authors of the book, Grant Proposal Makeover: Transform Your Request from No to Yes This seminar […]

You have to admire a fundraising seminar that is subtitled “Robin Hood Marketing Online”. This seminar Fundraising With Corporate Savvy, is instructed by Ms. Katya Andresen. Andresen is the Vice President of Marketing for Network for Good. This seminar will help nonprofit organizations find supporters and donors on the world wide web. This free recording […]

Former President Bill Clinton has written a book about people helping other people. Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World was published by Random House on Tuesday, September 4th. Clinton has appeared on Oprah and the Late Show with David Letterman this week to talk about his new book. According to Random House, […]

Do you thank your volunteers, donors and members in the same way — year after year? Would you like to come up with some fresh ideas that have worked successfully for other organizations? 121 Recognition Ideas for Donors, Volunteers and Members published by Stevenson, Inc. offers you 121 valuable ideas that you can put into […]