Tag Archives: donor retention

Acknowledgements and Thank Yous

Years ago, when I was a school-based development director at a large research university, part of my job was to draft thank you letters for my dean for the gifts that came in.  Elsewhere in the University, acknowledgements of receipt … Continue reading

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Jump Start 2011

The end of the year is coming up, and while you are focused on closing as many gifts as possible, consider how you can start the next year on the right foot.  One way is to make sure that before … Continue reading

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Keeping Donors

There are two immutable facts about fund raising. The first is that it is all about relationships. The second, which follows seamlessly on the first, is that your best prospect is an existing donor–if you have treatedthat donor well. A … Continue reading

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