A group of friends find Christmas joy in quietly giving to needy families in the Albuquerque area.  They call it “a ding-dong dash” since they leave the gifts at the family’s door, knock, and then leave to remain anonymous. I’m reminded of a personal story that I’ve heard Oprah Winfrey tell on several occasions.  Here […]

Teleseminar with LIVE Q&A This Wednesday, exactly three weeks until the last day of 2008 there will be a Live call-in teleseminar that will help you make the most of your year end fundraising campaign.  This is a bonus for as part of the 7 Essential Steps to Raising Money by Mail. Even if you’ve […]

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Step by Step Fundraising was recently named in a top 10 list of fundraising blogs.  Roger Carr posted this list on his own blog Everyday Giving and at Blogs.com. Peter at Prospecting also reposted the list. Thanks Roger! Here’s the list of other blogs mentioned. Several of these […]

Amidst the usual challenges of managing a non profit and the added pressures of the economic climate, there are reasons to be thankful. Thinking locally I’m most thankful for our non profit community.  Living in a town of around 100K, which is not a suburb, the nonprofits here do a good job of networking and […]

Now that the election is over I’m having a bit of the politico-news withdrawl.  I followed the political campaign closely, and also took note of several bloggers who wrote about this election from the perspective of a non-profit. I started out this post with just a handful of links like usual, but this list just […]

In the first part of this series, we took a look at ways that the Barack Obama campaign for President was able to launch the most ambitious political fundraising campaign in history. We then illustrated how small non-profits can emulate these strategies in their own particular environments. In this segment, I’d like to write about […]

Will You Be Running a Raffle in 2011-12?  If so, check out the e-book from Sandra Sims and Jim Berigan.  Raffle Secrets is 50 pages long and comes with three free bonus e-books. Excellent content from authors you’ve known and trusted for years!   I field questions about raffle fundraisers quite often.  Especially since the […]