Online 'Pledging' — It Just Isn't Worth It
— Sincerely, Thinking Technologically
Dear Thinking Technologically,
A pledge option would stink. Totally stink. Online pledges waste everyone’s time. Here’s why:
- The nonprofit has to follow up. Often multiple times.
- The donors … er … “pledgers” can get annoyed. Once the emotion wears off, they may not even remember pledging.
- The donors who do remember may still have a hard time actually getting around to making the gift. So they put it off …
- … leading to the nonprofit issuing more “bill collector”-like pledge reminders.
This isn’t a great donor-retention strategy. This wastes a lot of communication that could be much more productive thanking a donor rather than reminding a pledger.
- Companies:
- Blackbaud
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