Skills: Fundraising

  • 3 Online Fundraising Mistakes
    Network for Good
    In this session, you'll get honest, real-world help for overcoming obstacles to growing your online fundraising program. You'll get hands-on help you can put to work five minutes after the session is over!
  • 8 Online Fundraising Changes You Must Make
    Network for Good
    Did you know that individual donors contribute a whopping three-quarters of all charitable giving? And in focusing on individual givers, you need to realize that more and more of those people are donating and taking action online.  But where do you start? What resources do you need to have in place to get your program going or boost an existing online presence to the next level?  There's no such thing as a "magic donate button," but there are practical ways to be successful online.
  • 25 Steps Fundraising Guide
    Network for Good
    We're heading into the busiest (and possibly highest-stress!) season of the year: fall and holiday fundraising time. You have daunting goals to reach and time seems to be ticking by at breakneck speed. Learn how to meet and exceed your fundraising goals as we round out 2009 with these chapters on crafting your fundraising campaign, working your website, enhancing your email marketing, making your messaging sing andtroubleshooting your marketing. 
  • Choosing a Donor Database: Steps to Success
    Network for Good
    A list of helpful steps to select the best donor database to meet your needs.
  • Fundraising Campaign in a Box
    Network for Good and Firefly Partners
    In addition to your ongoing fundraising, advocacy and communication activities, there are times throughout the year when you need to lead your members through a series of actions. Whether it’s communication-list building, hitting a fundraising target to support a new program or structure, or gathering support for a community initiative (to name a few possibilities), you’ll get the most bang for your buck by conducting a campaign. Rocky economic times require all of us to stretch our resources as far as they can go—efficiency and effectiveness are the rock stars here—and online tools will allow you to do outreach, tracking, follow-up and other activities necessary to
  • How to Develop a Dynamic Grantseeking Calendar
    Network for Good and GrantStation
    Network for Good and GrantStation give an overview of how to establish a grant calendar.  Beginning by establishing a protocal and creating a grant decision matrix, your organization can create an effective and consistent strategy for grants.  Keep the calendar visible throughout the year and combine it with your other project calendars. 
  • How to Raise a Lot More Money Now
    Network for Good
    Some of the best minds in the business came up with 50 creative ideas that you can start using today to raise more money for your cause. You'll find great ideas from Jeff Brooks, Jocelyn Harmon, Mark Rovner, Kivi Leroux Miller, Beth Kanter, Allison Fine, Nancy Schwartz, Sarah Durham, Chris Forbes, Alia McKee Scott, and Katya Andresen.
  • How to Thank Donors
    Network for Good and Care2
    Amidst the hub-bub of annual reports, strategic planning and grantseeking calendar development, your focus as a fundraiser is out in front of you to the year ahead.  Network for Good's Katya Andresen and Care2's Jocelyn Harmon delve into effective donor cultivation and ideas for effective messaging.
  • Nathan Dungan Webinar - Talking About Money
    Share Save Spend
    Nathan Dungan of Share Save Spend outlines how young people can develop healthy money habits that reflect the intersection of money, values, and culture. 
  • Online Fundraising Handbook
    Network for Good
    Most organizations are, or should be, using email and the Web as part of their fundraising programs. In addition to building relationships with your current donors, your online campaigns will help bring many more people to your site, grow your email list, and generally increase your visibility and activity on the Internet. Building an online presence is about so much more than creating an online brochure for your organization. It’s about using the Internet to build relationships with constituents so your organization can better fulfill and support its mission. Often, this means using the Internet to complement existing programs; in other cases this means creating new programs that you couldn’t have dreamed of before. The Online Fundraising Handbook is a free, 92-page downloadable guide on raising funds online, making your web site more effective, mining for new donors and much more.
  • Online Fundraising Survival Guide
    Network for Good
    This survival guide will help you launch a great online fundraising or marketing campaign in quick order. Despite the limping economy, you can successfully stride through fundraising season if you follow these steps. These quick tweaks to your online marketing and communications efforts will make a big difference.
  • Online Fundraiser's Checklist
    Network for Good
    Network for Good offers a checklist for organizations to help boost online fundraising results. 
  • Talking About Money - My Money Plan (Adult)
    Share Save Spend
    Smart financial decisions begin with knowing what matters to you. Having a personal money plan will guide your choices and help you to get the most out of your money.
  • Talking About Money - My Money Plan (Youth)
    Share Save Spend
    Smart financial decisions begin with knowing what matters to you. Having a personal money plan will guide your choices and help you to get the most out of your money.
  • Talking About Money - Premium Brands
    Share Save Spend
    Nowadays, everything from bubblegum to bottled water comes with a brand name. But what do the brand names cost you? Record your estimate—do some research if you need to—and see what the big brands are actually costing.
  • The Wired Fundraiser
    Network for Good
    Online fundraising has not only helped traditional, word-of-mouth fundraising, but also attracted a new group of fundraisers keen on using the internet and its "wired" tools to further their cause. Network for Good, partnered with 6 Degrees, examines the success Wired Fundraisers have had thus far, and outlines the tremendous potential that exists for these sort of fundraisers to ultimately generate more donations for charities.