by Mena Gainpaulsingh | Feb 28, 2017 | events, Fundraising, Stewardship
This post has now been combined with Part One, which can be found...
by Mena Gainpaulsingh | Feb 22, 2017 | Stewardship, Strategic Planning
When is a donor cultivation event more about building your organization’s profile than it is about fundraising? How can you be sure that your “friendraiser” is actually moving you towards the achievement of your fundraising goals? Events can be great fun, excellent...
by Mena Gainpaulsingh | Feb 14, 2017 | Comment, Fundraising
I’m issuing a Valentine’s Day Challenge: to give yourself, and each other, a little love. Fundraising is not an easy job. With so many charities out there, it’s getting harder and harder to make our messages stand out. Often the fundraising department, or even the...
by Mena Gainpaulsingh | Feb 7, 2017 | Major gifts, Stewardship
A good friend of mine used this phrase with me once, when he was being approached to donate some of his expertise to a charity that he barely knew. As someone who has done a fair bit of pro bono work, with a large range of organizations, this is a question that...
by Mena Gainpaulsingh | Feb 1, 2017 | Comment, Philanthropy, Stewardship
As you may know by now, I’m passionate about donor stewardship. Someone who is equally passionate is my good friend and outstanding fundraiser, Bernie Forestell, who has kindly written this post on how we can all become better at stewardship in our own fundraising...
