Charlotte and Dave Willner started a Facebook fundraiser on June 16, titled “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” after they saw a viral photo of a 2-year-old Honduran girl looking up and crying as her mother was searched by a Border Patrol agent in southern Texas. They aimed to raise $1,500. As of June 24, more than 400,000 donors have …
Recently I have been reading the wonderful book series The Baby-Sitters Club by Anne M. Martin, with my daughter. I haven’t read these in years, but I remember how much they spoke to me and how much I loved them. The storytelling and the rich character development were pretty revolutionary. Way before women my age defined themselves as a …
Yesterday I presented at the Liberty Bank Foundation Go Boldly nonprofit conference. The conference theme was focused on the sustainability and growth of the sector – ways that nonprofits can change and adapt in order to thrive in the future. My workshop topic was How Nonprofits Can Engage Millennial Donors and Volunteers. Millennials, NextGen, Gen Y – while they are …
Why are nonprofits so terrible at donor retention? Donor attrition continues at a startling rate. Some nonprofits are losing as many as 90% of their first-time donors on an annual basis! The average across all types of donors isn’t much better, with about 59% of annual givers dropping off the radar each year. Real talk for a second. How …
Donor retention is a huge problem for the nonprofit sector, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey Report. The Report found that overall donor and gift retention rates, over the last 10 years, have consistently been weakening – averaging below 50 percent! How can nonprofits buck this trend and keep more donors engaged? Donor thank you videos may be the …
So much has happened this week in terms of privacy rules and regulations! If your inbox is anything like mine, it has been inundated and overflowing with businesses and organizations sending updated privacy policies, in order to comply with GDPR, which goes into effect today. In this video, I briefly cover GDPR, what it is, and the implications for nonprofit …
Today at 1 PM ET I gave a free webinar with Network for Good, all about how to get people from passive to passionate, using nonprofit storytelling. Storytelling is a buzzword. It may seem like something that is “nice to do” in your marketing and fundraising work – but effective storytelling actually creates results for your nonprofit. In this webinar, we …
Creating a vibrant, effective, and workable social media storytelling strategy can be daunting for many nonprofits, especially small and grassroots organizations with little to no staff capacity or tech savvy. It doesn’t have to be! To begin, take out a piece of paper or your phone and answer this question: “What do our supporters want to hear from us?” This …
I was happy to partner with DipJar on a free webinar, all about my favorite topic – social media engagement through nonprofit storytelling! In this webinar, we covered: Specific nonprofit storytelling strategies that you can employ to connect with supporters; Real-world examples from nonprofits rocking digital storytelling for social media engagement; Battle-tested tools to use to rock your digital storytelling. …