In my last blog, I urged you to not give in to pressure to use email as the channel for your thank-you letter and official donor receipt. If you remember I cited a statistic that’s pretty compelling . . . “most organizations receive as much as 30% of their direct response income from bounce-back or receipt income.” Notice I qualified my statement by using the phrase, “direct response.”
Online vs. Offline Channels as Income Sources
There are a lot of rumors, buzz, and desire to pressure you to move most of your organization’s fundraising to online channels, be it email, web…
Self-Awareness: The Best Friend of the Fundraiser
There’s an old country saying, “Don’t hire a dog and bark yourself.” In fact this is exactly what many nonprofit’s do; they hire a fundraising consultant…
A Word of Encouragement to the Development Committee of Your Board
If you find yourself on the Development Committee of your Board of Trustees, you are in a very powerful position. Next to the Finance Committee…
The AGRM 2015 Convention
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Douglas Shaw & Associates Launches New Website
Douglas Shaw & Associates, a recognized leader in multi-channel fundraising for ministries and nonprofits, launched…
The Rules of Fundraising
There are rules in fundraising, just like there are in quantum physics or any other field of study. Granted, these rules are not as complicated and…
How Often Should Our Organization Ask for Money in the Mail?
It seems like of lot of people are asking this question. It’s a reasonable thing to ask, especially if your nonprofit is thinking about trying to grow…
Just Because We Want a Strategy to Work Doesn’t Mean it Will
I’ve been around the fundraising barn a few times. In fact I’ve worn a path around it that, if filled with water, would resemble a moat! I’ve played…
My Donors are Getting Too Old, What Do I Do?
I first heard this comment in 1980, when I began my fundraising journey. I was sitting in the office of the president of a nonprofit. Seated around…
