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March | 2013 | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. Archive for March, 2013. But this project is about more than just money! 8220;Measuring only the effectiveness of a project ignores the intangible benefits that people and the organization get from it.”. Only if your measuring process is ineffective. Once you know that, it’s not very hard to figure out what you will need to measure. If it’s really that crucial, isn’t it important to know if it worked? 8220;We should do an appeal to fu...

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February | 2013 | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. Archive for February, 2013. We need to mail to everyone! 8220;We should mail this to those donors who haven’t given in the last five years this appeal is so important, they’ll just have to respond.”. The importance of your work is not measured by the number of letters you mail and no, they don’t. Have to respond. In fact, if they haven’t given in five years, they probably won’t. We need to cut 10% of our expenses – everywhere.

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November | 2012 | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. Archive for November, 2012. Longer appeal letters are better. 8220;Appeal letters should be four pages long or more I read that somewhere.”. Not necessarily. Shorter letters have much higher readership levels, but they don’t usually get as much response because it’s just plain difficult to write an emotionally compelling short letter. However, if you can tell the story, the need, and the solution (and not omit the ask! Someone once as...

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June | 2013 | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. Archive for June, 2013. We need to cut 10% of our expenses – everywhere. 8220;Times are tough, and we need to cut back. To be fair we’ll cut the same across the board.”. Well, if nothing else, it’s democratic. But if you want to effectively carry out your mission, try cutting strategically instead. We need to cut 10% of our expenses – everywhere. But this project is about more than just money! But it works so nicely on paper….

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People will give because we need the money… | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. People will give because we need the money…. 8220;We should do an appeal to fund the shortfall caused by the increase in medical insurance rates. Our donors understand how important this is.”. Step away from the desk. You’ve been breathing the fumes from the copier for too long. We need to mail to everyone! But it works so nicely on paper…. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Build a websit...

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We need to mail to everyone! | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. We need to mail to everyone! 8220;We should mail this to those donors who haven’t given in the last five years this appeal is so important, they’ll just have to respond.”. The importance of your work is not measured by the number of letters you mail and no, they don’t. Have to respond. In fact, if they haven’t given in five years, they probably won’t. Let’s put all these mailings together! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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Let’s put all these mailings together! | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. Let’s put all these mailings together! 8220;If we put the fund appeal and the newsletter and receipts all in one envelope and mail them together, we could save a lot of money on postage.”. You’ve gotten one of these overstuffed packages. Did you read any of it? Measurement is a waste of time. We need to mail to everyone! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. But th...

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We need to cut 10% of our expenses – everywhere | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. We need to cut 10% of our expenses – everywhere. 8220;Times are tough, and we need to cut back. To be fair we’ll cut the same across the board.”. Well, if nothing else, it’s democratic. But if you want to effectively carry out your mission, try cutting strategically instead. But this project is about more than just money! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. We ne...

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But it works so nicely on paper… | badfundraisingexcuses

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The bad, the irrational and the ugly — and how to defend against them. But it works so nicely on paper…. 8220;All we need is a thousand people to give a thousand dollars each…”. It sounds so good. Too bad it never works. Instead of wasting your time and setting yourself up for frustration, create a strategy that matches the way people actually give start with a gifts table. People will give because we need the money…. But this project is about more than just money! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.