sage: top ten fundraising tips 5/9/12
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You dream of a strong, vibrant community and have a sense of how to make it real. But how can you rally the funds you need to connect your vision to action? Join the former Craigslist Foundation E.D. and Editor of Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals, as he shares practical, tactical solutions from his new book that can and will help you get dollars in the door. Darian will provide concrete tips and tools for individual giving, foundation grants, corporate sponsorship, earned income, and online and peer-to-peer campaigns, plus point you in the right direction for more information.TRANSCRIPT
Top Ten Fundraising
Tips
May 9, 2012Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Nonprofits101.org
A Note onTin Cup Fundraising
Tip 1: Stage a Thank-a-Thon
Tip 2: Never Submita Cold Grant
Tip 2: Never Submita Cold Grant
•Warm it Up:–Secure an Invitation–The Pasta Test
•Programs & Positioning–Deadline & Dollar Amount
–Jedi Mind Trick
Tip 3: Make Specific,Direct Asks
Tip 4: Map Donationsto Impact
Tip 5: Make Your Donation Button Shine
Tip 5: Make YourDonation Button Shine
Tip 6: Create and TapYour Social Network
Tip 6: Create and TapYour Social Network
•Ask Questions•Time of Day•50/50 Rule
Tip 7: Corporate Partnerships
•“Checkbook Philanthropy is Dead” – (Newsweek 2000)
Tip 7: Corporate Partnerships
Tip 7: Corporate Partnerships
Tip 7: Corporate Partnerships
Tip 8: Apply for a Google Grant
Tip 9: Use the 2:1 Ratio for Fundraising
Events
Tip 10: Understand theSocial Capital Market
•Stay on Target•Impact Investing is Different
•20-50% vs. 3-5% Raising $$$
•The Good New Boys Network•SEA, SoCap, SVN, Investors Circle
