Posts filed under ‘Engaging Volunteers’
Donor Love
Then on rare occasions fundraisers have the opportunity to share space with philanthropists who have lived extraordinary lives.
Continue Reading November 23, 2016 at 1:08 pm Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
An Open Letter to Our Director of Development
We were really excited when we hired you. Mostly because we knew you would do all the fundraising. We thought having a full-time fundraiser on staff would mean we would instantly raise more money. We expected, with your skills, our fundraising events and letters would be more successful than before.
Continue Reading December 3, 2015 at 9:55 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 2 comments
Virtual Reality Cultivation and Fundraising
Ok so you gamers are way ahead of me – but this is an amazing opportunity to see shoes delivered, staff and children interacting and the place in which Toms (and your purchase) is making a difference. It is a great way of showing off our nonprofit missions! You and your donors will be there. And you better believe organizations are already using it…..Charity Water leading the way (again).
Continue Reading December 1, 2015 at 10:02 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Nonprofit Board Mantra(s)
Nonprofit Board members are our allies.
Let’s treat nonprofit Board members like we treat our best, major donors.
Their sphere of influence will help us raise more money.
They don’t know what they don’t know.
No more “bobble head” Board meetings!
December 14, 2012 at 10:50 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Nonprofit Sacred Spaces and Technology
In the last few years technology has impacted our engagement with our leaders. We are emailing Board members instead of calling them. We send information, Board minutes, agendas, updates electronically. Some nonprofits have established intranets for their Board members to give them access to information any time they want. Question is: Is this helpful to deepening our engagement with these important advisors, donors, leaders and communicating effectively?
Continue Reading September 20, 2011 at 9:45 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 1 comment
Recruiting Nonprofit Board Members to Fundraise – Q&A Continued
Continuing the questions and answers from the Pursuant Ketchum webcast Creating a Fundraising Board: Recruitment, Engagement and Fundraising. This post focuses on fundraising expectations from the nonprofit Board.
Continue Reading September 8, 2011 at 9:45 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Did Toyota’s cause marketing pass the test?
Guest post from Nathan Hand – From the Pepsi Refresh Project to the American Express Members Project, big brands everywhere are jumping on the cause marketing bandwagon. The problem is many dive in without truly thinking though the road hazards and missteps that can be avoided. Sure, you’ll never please everyone but I think Toyota got close.
This summer they embarked on their “100 Cars for Good” program. They selected 500 finalists from a short essay. Each day for 100 days, 5 like-sized organizations competed for Facebook votes. Here’s more on how it worked.
Continue Reading September 6, 2011 at 9:40 am Nathan Leave a comment
Assessments for the Nonprofit Board – Q&A
Continuing from posts last week – more great questions get answers from Pursuant Ketchum webcast on Creating a Fundraising Board. These center on nonprofit Board nominations and how assessments can help enforce Board terms limits or remove disruptive Board members.
Continue Reading August 29, 2011 at 10:11 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Creating a Board that Fundraises – Part 1 – Q&A
I was honored to facilitate a webcast on this topic. As a follow up, we took the questions from the session and I have answered them here. This is the first installment of Q&A from the webcast. Look for more in future blog posts. The big question is how to engage and empower Board members to fundraise? This begins with a solid recruitment, orientation and on-boarding process.
Continue Reading August 24, 2011 at 9:24 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Giving USA 2011 Report – How will you use it?
Fundraising professionals and some savvy donors know this report is published every June and adjusted in October. This year the report has received much press coverage from front page to page 2 in newspapers nationwide. Our donors and volunteers are reading about this report RIGHT NOW!
I know the statistical analysis is filling the blogs and news. While the statistics, look backs and information are interesting – it is how you use the information that really makes it a useful cultivation and solicitation tool. Here are some ideas…
Continue Reading June 20, 2011 at 7:34 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
