Author: Jeff Brooks

5 Weirdly Easy “Life Hacks” That Will Make Your Fundraising Work MUCH Better 0:00 OK, thank you, Adriana, and thank you for being here. I'm glad you've joined us, and I hope you get something useful and good that helps your life, get just a little better. Before we get to the material, let me introduce myself. I've been in fundraising for a really long time, 30 years. You know, I like to tell people: I started when I was nine years old. And I've been largely in direct mail, newsletters, digital, kind of everything, OK? 0:26 Now, I'm probably lazier than you are. But I love fundraising for nonprofits. It's like the best profession, as far as, like, but certain, so in 30 years of being lazy,...

This a guest blog post by Jeff Brooks A “donor newsletter” is a newsletter for and about donors. Its message: Your giving to our organization is making the world a better place. You are accomplishing what you meant to accomplish when you gave! A donor newsletter is not an education piece – rather, it’s about what our donors have accomplished through us. And it’s not meant to be a chronicle of our successes. It tells the stories of success… and gives the donor the credit for helping make it possible. So, does your nonprofit need to produce a donor newsletter? When you produce a donor newsletter and send it to your donors, here’s what you can expect: A donor newsletter will increase...