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MOMENTUM

Posted by Bruce Berglund

This month, the Donor By Design Group is challenging you to take action, moving from resolutions to results. Today’s topic? Creating and keeping momentum in your campaign.  

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Topics: Capital Campaign, Endowment, Annual Campaign, Campaign Leadership, Fundraising Management

GIFT-WRAPPED

Posted by Jon Simons

This month, the Donor By Design Group is challenging you to take action, moving from resolutions to results. Today’s topic? Unwrapping the gifts your volunteers bring. 

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Topics: Volunteer Development, Stewardship, Volunteer Management

BEST OF DBD 2016: STEWARDSHIP

Posted by DBD Team

It’s time for the last post of 2016. It’s very appropriate that this post is all about saying thank you…  

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Topics: Stewardship, Best of DBD

BEST OF DBD 2016: CASE

Posted by DBD Team

Here in the final week of 2016, we’re taking a look back at the posts that inspired the most conversations on the blog and with our clients. Today’s topic? The case for support

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Topics: Case For Support, Best of DBD

BEST OF DBD 2016: ASKING

Posted by DBD Team

As we come to the end of 2016, we’re taking a look back at the posts that inspired the most conversations on the blog and with our clients. Today’s topic? Asking for a Gift.

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Topics: Art Of The Ask, Volunteer Management, Endowment, Annual, Capital, Board Management, Best Of

BEST OF DBD 2016: LEADERSHIP

Posted by DBD Team

As we come to the end of 2016, we’re taking a look back at the posts that inspired the most conversations on the blog and with our clients. Today’s topic? Leadership.

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Topics: Leadership, Volunteer Leadership, Board Development, Volunteer Management, Board Management, Best Of

THE TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN’

Posted by Michele Goodrich

Bob Dylan’s song, “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” came out in the mid-1960s when the largest population cohort in history, known as the Baby Boomers, emerged and began to shake up the status-quo. Their attitudes and beliefs were very different from previous generations and their collective influence changed almost every aspect of our culture.

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Topics: Volunteer Leadership, Volunteer Management, Millennials

DO GOOD ANYWAY

Posted by Danny Maier

During this holiday season, I wanted to share an inspiring story that speaks to the heart of leadership.

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Topics: Leadership

IN A SNAP

Posted by Lora Dow

Over the past few months, I’ve been in several conversations with nonprofit development and marketing staff about some of the newer social media tools, including the one that confounds and intrigues everyone the most: Snapchat.

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Topics: Communications, Case For Support, Snapchat, Social Media

PASSING THE BATON, PART 2

Posted by Jan Brogdon

In his recent post, Bruce highlighted the questions and opportunities that arise when there is change in leadership at the top of an organization. But what about a change in the Development Officer role?

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Topics: Volunteer Leadership, Donor Management, Development Officer

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