by Nancy Rieves | Jan 21, 2022 | Fundraising, Fundraising Success, Leadership, Message, Philanthropy
How to Get the Attention of Major Donors Do you know how to clarify your message in order to get the attention of major donors? Let’s talk about creating clear and compelling messages for your organization so your words will get the attention of major donors. The...
by Nancy Rieves | Dec 9, 2021 | Donors, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Relationships
How to Secure Year-End Gifts! It’s time to secure those outstanding year-end gifts! You are scanning your major donor lists to see who you have not heard from this year. No doubt, you are fretting as the year comes to a close and you have not reached your fundraising...
by Nancy Rieves | Oct 31, 2021 | Donors, Leadership, Message, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday Watch the video here! There are a number of lessons learned from Giving Tuesday each year. While giving to several nonprofits as a test one year, I received varying responses and degrees of gratitude. I was drawn in by some...
by Nancy Rieves | Oct 20, 2021 | Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Productivity, Time Management
Nonprofits, is #GivingTuesday Where to Spend your Time? Watch the video here! Do you feel guilty not participating in #GivingTuesday? When I met Jenny at a local coffee shop, she was frazzled. As a very successful development director in her mid-career, Jenny is...
by Nancy Rieves | Sep 15, 2021 | Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Nonprofit Funding, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
Donor Retention: How to Keep the Donors you Have Do you have a donor retention plan? Let’s face it – the way we interact with donors going forward will be different from in the past. No doubt, you have to show your supporters how much you care about them. Certainly,...
by Nancy Rieves | Sep 13, 2021 | Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
Nonprofit Executive Director and Director of Development: The Relationship? For nonprofit organizations, there is no internal relationship more important than that between the executive director and director of development. I remember how frustrated I was when I...
