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Top 10 scary things about fundraising in a small nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Fundraising in a small nonprofit can be tough. You wear a lot of hats and it’s easy to feel like the Lone Ranger. There are so many things to do and some of them are outside your comfort zone, making your heart pound like you’re being chased by an axe murderer! You’re afraid you’ll mess up and look stupid.

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Debunked Fundraising Myth: The #1 Reason People Don’t Give Is Because They Weren’t Asked

iMarketSmart

It’s hard to work very long in fundraising without ‘learning’ that donors don’t give because they weren’t asked. Implied in this pervasive fundraising myth is that if you just ask and ask more often, you will get more donations. If it’s all about asking, then we just need to ask more often.

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How to Supercharge Your Board Fundraising 

Nonprofit Fixer

Supercharge your board fundraising Board fundraising is one of the thorniest challenges in nonprofit leadership. Board members and nonprofit leaders know that fundraising is essential to meeting your organization’s mission. And yet board members are often reluctant to fundraise – and staff are hesitant to push back.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. We have the answers you seek.

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7 Tips on Asking for Donations — It’s Intimidating, We Get It [Updated]

NonProfit Hub

When it comes to asking for donations, most of us head for the hills. It’s intimidating to ask other people to part with their hard earned cash. They might ask, “Why?” At its heart, fundraising is helping others connect an existing passion directly to your cause. The question simply becomes how much to ask for.

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7 Ways Bad Leadership in Fundraising Drives Away Your Best Gift Officers

iMarketSmart

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. When you have great leadership, the progress, growth, joy, and unity you feel is unlike anything else. Unfortunately, bad leadership in fundraising has the opposite effect. When they give advice or make suggestions, don’t ignore them.

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Training Your Board to Raise Money – a book for your new year

Fundraising Coach

The authors, Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson, call this book a "cookbook of easy-to-Use fundraising exercises." They have divided the exercises into 8 sections: Reducing Barriers to Fundraising (7 exercises). They have divided the exercises into 8 sections: Reducing Barriers to Fundraising (7 exercises). And they are right!