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AFP eWire
September 16, 2013
Tony Elischer |
Why I Love Canadian Fundraisers Canadians take time and are thoughtful about fundraising strategies -- you have rigor around your programs that balances the delivery with the detail.   |
AFP eWire
June 28, 2004 |
Member Benefit: Access to the Finest in Professional Education AFP's professional advancement programs and courses give every fundraiser, no matter what level of experience they have, the opportunity to enrich their skills and add to their knowledge base. |
AFP eWire
November 6, 2013
Paul Nazareth |
Good Fundraisers Are Invisible? The best fundraisers I know are almost invisible because they have elevated the connection with the donor beyond themselves to connect with the charity's brand. |
AFP eWire
September 29, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of September 29, 2014): How to Handle List Removal Requests 6 Ideas for Dealing with "Take Me Off Your List" Requests... Millennial Givers and a Movement Approach to Giving... The No. 1 Fundraising Skill Your Board Members Need to Master... |
AFP eWire
April 30, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 30, 2014): Has the Word 'Impact' Lost Its Impact? How to Predict the Success of a Nonprofit Program Before It Starts... How to Get People Excited About Your Nonprofit's Next Fundraising Campaign... Has the Word `Impact' Lost Its Impact?... |
| AFP eWire |
Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of May 21, 2014): 7 Ways to Kiss Fundraising Goodbye Surpassing Expectations Deserves a Reward ... 3 Reasons Why Nonprofits Don't Do Storytelling... 4 Tips for Achieving Real Creativity in Your Direct Response Fundraising Program... |
AFP eWire
January 15, 2013 |
New Study Questions Level of Fundraising Skills, Organizational Support for Philanthropy A new study of American charities and fundraisers raises strong concerns about the number of skilled professionals available for jobs and the lack of infrastructure in most nonprofits to support effective fundraising and philanthropy. |
AFP eWire
January 12, 2011 |
22 Ideas to Make 2011 Your Best Fundraising Year Yet! Here are some ideas to help you simplify your fundraising approach, focus on what's most important, and most of all, have more fun! |
AFP eWire
April 4, 2005 |
Ann H. Moffitt, CFRE, of Pennsylvania Named 2005 Outstanding Fundraising Professional The vice president of community development for Keystone Human Services and CEO of Keystone Partnerships, a related agency, received the award for practicing her profession in an exemplary manner and for demonstrating a commitment to all aspects of the fundraising profession. |
AFP eWire
October 30, 2012 |
Mark Climie-Elliott: Born to Be a Fundraiser Climie-Elliott's involvement in AFP encompasses all aspects of the association, including the international board. But he's been especially active in Canada. |
AFP eWire
March 17, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of March 17, 2014): When Will the Direct Mail Fundraising Era be Over? Donors: When Personalization Goes Too Far... Miscellaneous: The Science of `Paying It Forward'... Donors: How To: Legacies 101... |
AFP eWire
September 16, 2015 |
AFP Top Ten (Week of September 16, 2015): Fundraising Ideas, Stories & Perspectives You May Have Missed! Fundraising Tools to Help You Prepare for End-of-the-Year Campaigns... How to raise less money than you did last year... Two Ways You Can Put Your Donors at the Center of Your Fundraising Program... |
AFP eWire
August 7, 2013 |
Capital Cause -- Causing a Bright Future of Philanthropy Kezia Williams has founded a fiscally-sponsored 501(c)(3) nonprofit that trains a new generation of young philanthropists to collectively donate both their money and time to strengthen local communities. |
AFP eWire
July 30, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of July 30, 2014): 10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers 10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers... Nonprofit finds revenue stream in its lobby... Research on Fundraising Strategies Proven to Work... |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2013 |
What Did You Just Say?! Learn How to Communicate So Your Board Understands You! Peter Drury, director of development at Splash, an AFPeep and returning speaker at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising will help you create a dashboard to guide you in communicating with your board. |
AFP eWire
May 19, 2009 |
Growth Slows for Online Fundraising in '08, Smaller Donations the Culprit Online fundraising grew in 2008 thanks to an increase in the number of gifts, but the average gift size among all organizations decreased $15 from 2007. |
AFP eWire
July 12, 2004 |
AFP State of Fundraising 2003 Final Report Released The report, which shows that charitable fundraising in the United States and Canada rebounded in 2003, provides findings on what challenges fundraisers faced in both Canada and the United States and fundraisers' predictions for 2004. |
AFP eWire
April 14, 2008 |
Online Fundraising In 2008: Can We Blink Yet? While fundraising over the Internet still represents less than 4 percent of total funds raised, the rate has increased 50-fold over the last 10 years. |
AFP eWire
August 18, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of August 18, 2014): 7 Favorite Topics of Boring Fundraisers Year-End Fundraising Decisions to Make Now... 7 Favorite Topics of Boring Fundraisers... 8 Nonprofits Lessons Learned from the 2014 FUSE Conference... |
AFP eWire
April 2, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 2, 2014): The World's Weirdest Fundraisers, From Naked Ziplining to Tater Tot Eating Thursday Tip: Shoot Video as an Alternative to Traditional Communications... Why Fund-Raising Is Fun... 4 Steps to Making an Infographic for Your Nonprofit... |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2013
Horvath & Mehta |
The Inclusive Fundraiser's Tool Kit Diversity: a buzzword in today's fundraising world. How do we fundraise for and within diverse communities? Do our fundraising efforts reflect the communities we serve? Do we have a diverse board and staff? |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2004 |
Donors Increasingly Give Online Donors are using the Internet to give online, and at the same time, many nonprofits are planning to increase online fundraising this year, according to two new surveys from Kintera Inc. |
| AFP eWire |
Economy Slows Charitable Giving, Fundraising in 2007 Success rates still high, but gains much lower than 2006 |
AFP eWire
March 31, 2009 |
Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board. |
AFP eWire
May 3, 2011 |
Building a Great Fundraising Operations Team What are the characteristics to look for in a fundraising operations staff member -- someone who will quickly become a valued asset to your team, however they are involved in the fundraising process? |
AFP eWire
March 20, 2011 |
Building Board Buy-In for Fundraising The first rule of board leadership in fundraising is to make sure that all board members understand and accept the concept that resource development is the responsibility of each and every member of the board. |
AFP eWire
March 26, 2007 |
Charities See Significant Fundraising Increases in 2006 Nearly seven in ten charities raised more money in 2006 compared to 2005, and almost a quarter of charities saw fundraising increases of 50% or higher, according to a survey. |
AFP eWire
March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002. |
AFP eWire
February 19, 2013
J. Kevin Wolfe |
Lessons From 2012 That Will Make 2013 A Great Year DonorDrive tracked the successes of several organizations, interviewed key staff and figured out what they were doing right to help them excel in these tough fundraising times. |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2008 |
AFP Responds to L.A. Times Report on Fundraising Inefficiencies A response to a recent article stating that only a small percentage of money reaches California nonprofits when they use a for-profit fundraising company to raise funds. |
AFP eWire
March 18, 2014 |
ICON Teaser: Fact vs. Fiction: What's New Online that Really Works? Harry Lynch, CFRE is the CEO of Sanky Communications, a leading agency that helps nonprofits leverage the power of the Internet to educate, advocate and raise funds. |
AFP eWire
May 1, 2012 |
Creating Volunteer Opportunities -- The New Role of Fundraisers Think your organization's volunteers and its development office are two separate worlds? Think again, says Emily Davis, author of Fundraising and the Next Generation, new from the AFP Fund Development Series. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2013
Paul Nazareth |
Social Media for Professional Fundraisers - A 2013 Skill to Build! Beyond the world of Facebook "likes," professionally trained fundraisers who focus on relationship building still haven't embraced social engagement and continue to feel confident that it's better left to the marketing department. |
AFP eWire
February 11, 2015 |
Blackbaud Report on Online Giving While not all online fundraising was quite as engaging as the Ice Bucket Challenge, buoyed by improving fundraising platforms, online fundraising as a whole saw significant growth in 2014. |
AFP eWire
June 23, 2008 |
Best of Both Worlds: Tips for Online-Offline Marketing Integration -- breaking down the silos between fundraising channels and leveraging the strengths of each -- is the key to future success, according to the new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. |
| AFP eWire |
Canadian Charitable Giving Rises by 7 Percent in 2004 Canadian charities saw their fundraising increase by more than 7 percent in 2004, according to a new survey. |
AFP eWire
November 4, 2011 |
Nashville Fundraiser Wins International Award for Service to the Profession The Association of Fundraising Professionals has bestowed the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Leadership to Susan Earl Hosbach. |
AFP eWire
September 15, 2008 |
Fundraising Costs: Keeping Your Board...On Board Showing your board how to see past over-simplified cost ratios is a critical way to ensure strategic growth and arm your biggest advocates with the information to engage in these conversations with donors and potential supporters. |
AFP eWire
December 11, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 11, 2012) Fundraising Trends/Data: Are We Approaching the Fundraising Cliff?... Corporate Philanthropy: How to turn corporate social responsibility into a corporate social opportunity... Year-End Fundraising: 6 Principles of Persuasion... |
AFP eWire
October 2, 2012
Britt Brouse |
The Obama Effect: 20 Takeaways for Multichannel Fundraisers As much as fortuitous circumstances abetted its efforts, the Obama for America campaign put to use every best practice of online marketing and brought the power of online fundraising to the forefront of everyone's mind. |
AFP eWire
November 18, 2015
Elizabeth Chung |
Five Trends to Jazz Up Your Holiday Fundraising As donors get bombarded with year-end asks, you need to stand out from the crowd. |
AFP eWire
May 3, 2011 |
Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals |
AFP eWire
March 15, 2011 |
What Fundraisers Can Learn From Salespeople Nonprofit fundraisers can use sales and marketing techniques. |
AFP eWire
November 20, 2013 |
Top Ten: A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit's #GivingTuesday Campaign (November 20, 2013) Fundraising Research: Why Women Thrive in Political Fundraising... Volunteer Management: Narrow the Focus... Donors: Why Asking and Thanking Donors is All Wrong... |
AFP eWire
March 13, 2006
Daniel Yoffe |
How Latin American Fundraisers Can Overcome Current Challenges: A Discussion by Practitioners Despite the high expectations of staff hired to raise money, there is a limited understanding of fundraising and the barriers that fundraising professionals face in the Latin American philanthropic environment. |
| AFP eWire |
Essentials of Fundraising Increasing and diversifying income is an essential part of any successful organization. |
AFP eWire
May 12, 2008 |
Plugging into Technology and Energizing Volunteers Utilizing technology makes raising campaign funds easier for the volunteers, the donors, and the program officials. |
AFP eWire
April 1, 2015 |
Detroit Fundraiser Richard Martin Honored for Lifetime Service to the Profession Martin is Chief Advancement Officer for Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, one of the largest faith-based nonprofits in the state, with 80 programs in 44 cities. |
AFP eWire
March 26, 2013 |
Fundraising & Finance -- They Go Together Like Milk & Cookies Nonprofit organizations have the opportunity to create a strategic advantage by developing a strong relationship between their fundraising and finance functions. |
