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Ingredients of Retention Success

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Last week, Roger and I asked for retention superstars to tell us their stories. We loosely set the superstar benchmark at an overall 70% retention rate. Given that we have thousands of readers, who generally respond with enthusiasm, we hoped to have dozens of retention success stories to share with you.

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Retention Rates Are Sick … Is It Terminal?

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Yesterday Roger delivered the latest gloomy news about donor retention rates. Gloomiest of all is the fact that overall retention rates have fallen from 50% to 39% over the past seven years, as reported by the AFP/Urban Institute’s 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey.

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Super Retention Program – Cerebral Palsy Alliance

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Yesterday I complained … only ONE retention superstar had responded from our Agitator audience — Colorado Public Radio. Jonathon Grapsas at Flat Earth Direct in Australia has been working on retention amongst clients who do much of their donor acquisition via face-to-face solicitation. Average year.

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The Rest Of The Retention Story – Part 4

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Mastering ‘retention’ requires hard work: research, organization-wide involvement across departments, and a willingness to swim against the conventional currents in the Sea of Sameness that is drowning our sector. charities Don''t Miss these Posts donor retention DonorVoice fundraising loyalty nonprofit management nonprofits premium'

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The Rest of The Retention Story – Part 2

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Top Two Retention Killers & What To Do About Them

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Chapter 9 of my book, Retention Fundraising: the art and science of keeping your donors for life, focuses on ‘Barriers to Retention’ The top two barriers? The real killers? #1: 1: Silos and #2: False Attribution. Those who work in organizations with more than one department are familiar with silos.

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Retention Mailings Up

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The Agitator is gratified by this report from Fundraising Success indicating that retention mailings have grown by 16% from 2010 to 2011. Check our postings under 'donor retention'.]. As Ethan Boldt observes: “…fundraisers are putting more emphasis on keeping the donors they have on their rolls.” ” Hallelujah!