FundRaising Success is kicking off the new year with some changes to our Editorial Advisory Board. Here's a quick introduction to the new members. Be sure to keep an eye on future editions of the FS Advisor for interviews with these fundraising pros.
FundRaising Success is kicking off the new year with some changes to our Editorial Advisory Board. Here's a quick introduction to the new members. Be sure to keep an eye on future editions of the FS Advisor for interviews with these fundraising pros.
Dane Grams, online strategy director for the Human Rights Campaign, which works for the equal rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Americans, didn’t grow up aspiring to be a fundraiser. The career just kind of found him. And, don’t expect him to walk away from it any time soon. Read on to learn more about Grams, a member of the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board. Grew up in: Egg Harbor City, N.J. — just outside of Atlantic City. Education: Graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. First fundraising job and previous positions: “My first fundraising job was assistant to the director of
PACKAGE OF THE YEAR Gold: Habitat for Humanity International Special Development Appeal (Craver, Mathews, Smith & Co.) Silver: Rhode Island Community Food Bank Annual Review Brochure (DaVinci Direct) Bronze (Tie): Tuskegee Airmen — Charles McGee Campaign (Fundraising Strategies) CARE November/December World Report (Merkle) ACQUISITION (50,000 OR MORE MAILED) Gold: Utah Food Bank 2007 Thanksgiving Donor Acquisition (L.W. Robbins) Silver: Wildlife Conservation Spring 2007 Acquisition (Schultz & Williams) Bronze: Mail Call Hurts (Gum Version) (Fundraising Strategies) ACQUISITION (FEWER THAN 50,000 MAILED) Gold: Tuskegee Airmen — Charles McGee (Fundraising Strategies) Silver: Bidawee “Welcome” (SCA DIrect) Bronze: Adaptive Clothing Gift Tag Package (Fundraising Strategies) RENEWAL (50,000
Sometimes the best ideas and feedback come from colleagues in the nonprofit world. That’s why Dane Grams, online strategy director for the Human Rights Campaign, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political organization, reached out to attendees of the DMA Nonprofit Federation 2008 Nonprofit Leadership Summit even before they arrived in Palm Beach, Fla., last week for the conference. Preparing for the session, “Leading Our Leaders: How Do I Get Buy-In from the Top for My Great Ideas, Innovation Strategies and Fearless Fundraising Efforts?” Grams and his colleague Ann Crowley, membership director at HRC, conducted a pre-conference survey to find out
This article is excerpted from an M+R Strategic Services whitepaper of the same title. Read the paper in its entirety, along with its accompanying charts and stats here. “Urgent vote TOMORROW!” “Your account balance is overdue.” “Hurry, final sale ends tonight!” With so many other, potentially more urgent messages competing for your e-mail list members’ attention, what can nonprofits do to maximize the likelihood that their e-newsletters will be opened, read and clicked on? We recently conducted a review of five national nonprofits’ e-newsletters to help isolate some reliable ways to grab your readers’ attention and draw them in to your e-newsletter. Our survey
An online petition in 2003 pushed the Human Rights Campaign into the world of online fund- and friendraising. And the organization never looked back. Read all about it in our March cover story, “Innovation. Integration. Immediacy = Online Success for HRC”. Be a Part of FundRaising Success! Join Our Reader Panel The editorial staff of FundRaising Success magazine wants this publication, our e-newsletters and webinars to reflect what you need to know to help you succeed in your fundraising efforts. To make sure we’re on point, we’re forming a special FS Reader Panel. Members will be invited to join in conversations with the
An online petition in 2003 pushed the Human Rights Campaign into the world of online fund- and friendraising. And the organization never looked back. Read all about it in our March cover story, “Innovation. Integration. Immediacy = Online Success for HRC”. Be a Part of FundRaising Success! Join Our Reader Panel The editorial staff of FundRaising Success magazine wants this publication, our e-newsletters and webinars to reflect what you need to know to help you succeed in your fundraising efforts. To make sure we’re on point, we’re forming a special FS Reader Panel. Members will be invited to join in conversations with the
In 2004, when President Bush was preparing for a press conference to address the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would define marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman and take the power to allow or disallow gay and lesbian marriages out of the hands of the states, the Human Rights Campaign was on his tail.
Since day one, I’ve held that those of us who are responsible for putting out FundRaising Success learn more from our readers than our readers learn from us. And this year’s Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards have served to punctuate that belief. Each year, we send out nominating forms that are nice and neat, with perfectly balanced categories that cover what we think are all the bases. And each year, we name winners in those respective categories. But this year, the nominations weren’t so cut and dry, and we were reminded that there are thousands of fundraising pros out there who toil in
