Everyone gets excited when a special event meets its fundraising target. We especially like it when a guest at the event purchases a valuable auction item or makes a large first time donation. But then what? Sharron Batsch shares three examples of how charities may be leaving money on the table.
Have you ever had your direct mail copy hijacked by your board, volunteers or communications department? Are you new to fundraising, and not sure how to approach writing your direct mail appeals? Jessie-Lee Wallace is here to help!
Charity eNEWS celebrates Canada's 150th birthday year with a regular article series excerpting fascinating and largely unknown stories about this country as captured by author Earle Gray in a new ebook, Unfamiliar History: Canada@150.
One of the hardest decisions to make as a leader is terminating an employee. For compassionate leaders, the decision is compounded by the fact that they see personal failure in this decision. What could they have done differently to help this employee succeed? Jenny Mitchell shares this great checklist for how you can be sure you have done your due diligence with everyone on staff.
Many of us who work in the charitable sector understand that the size of the proverbial charity pie is not growing. To be successful we need to find new ways to increase our “slice”. Julia Rim Shepard offers a perspective on effective engagement, based on academic research she recently conducted.
Everyone gets excited when a special event meets its fundraising target. We especially like it when a guest at the event purchases a valuable auction item or makes a large first time donation. But then what? Sharron Batsch shares three examples of how charities may be leaving money on the table.
Have you ever had your direct mail copy hijacked by your board, volunteers or communications department? Are you new to fundraising, and not sure how to approach writing your direct mail appeals? Jessie-Lee Wallace is here to help!
One of the hardest decisions to make as a leader is terminating an employee. For compassionate leaders, the decision is compounded by the fact that they see personal failure in this decision. What could they have done differently to help this employee succeed? Jenny Mitchell shares this great checklist for how you can be sure you have done your due diligence with everyone on staff.
Many of us who work in the charitable sector understand that the size of the proverbial charity pie is not growing. To be successful we need to find new ways to increase our “slice”. Julia Rim Shepard offers a perspective on effective engagement, based on academic research she recently conducted.
