Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 122

Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! Here we are on the other side of Giving Tuesday. I hope your campaigns were even more successful than you dreamed.

As you’re running your year-end fundraising campaigns, remember to keep donor followup and retention on your mind. Fostering relationships with donors is important not just for funding your mission, but for creating a community! Last year, we shared 6 practical strategies for donor retention after Giving Tuesday. Give them a look!

Scroll on down for this week’s selection of top fundraising content. We have fundraising tips relating to year-end giving, sharing impact, and nonprofit boards. Enjoy!

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Great Fundraising Posts

5 Tips to Supercharge Your Year End Charitable Giving

- (GiveCentral)

The most popular time of the year for charitable giving is here! If you want to achieve great year end goals, check out this blog post with 5 tips to supercharge your year end giving.

5 Proven Ways to Make Your Fundraising Life Easier

Jeff Brooks (moceanic)

This being the most popular time of year for charitable giving means you are likely incredibly busy. In this blog post, Jeff offers 5 things you can do that are certain to help make it all a bit easier.

Don’t Blow Your Post Holiday Opportunity to Thank Your Nonprofit Supporters

Claire Axelrad (Clairification)

Our donors keep us going all year, so it doesn’t make sense to thank them only once. One of the best times to thank your donors is right now! In this blog post, Claire explains why you must seize this opportunity.

How to Demonstrate & Share Your Nonprofit’s Impact

Sheri Chaney Jones (Care2)

To effectively boost donations and spread word about your work to new audiences, you need to develop strategies to share your nonprofit’s community impact. This blog post offers four steps to help you do that well.

How to Engage Employees at your Nonprofit

- (Not Your Father’s Charity)

A nonprofit organization is only as strong as its team. If you’re a nonprofit leader, being able to engage your employees is essential to effectively implementing your mission. This blog post shares how to measure engagement and improve it.

Getting Your Board Involved in Fundraising: 5 Tips

Aaron Dahlstrom (fundraisingIP)

Getting your board members engaged must be a priority for your organization. Encouraging them to be involved in fundraising can be tricky, but it can greatly help your organization. In this post, Aaron offers five tips to help you get your board involved in fundraising.

Ask Before a Need (Not After)

Steven Screen (The Better Fundraising Company)

It may be counterintuitive, but you’ll raise more money if you appeal for funds right before your donors understand you have a need for funds. In this post, Steven breaks down why you should ask before a need, and how to work out the ideal timing.

5 Secrets Old-Pro Fundraisers Rely on to Craft Their Best Work

Jeff Brooks (Future Fundraising Now)

For some fundraisers, writing appeals can be the most challenging part. But it’s very important to successful fundraising. This blog post has 5 copywriting tricks that will help you write better, stronger appeals.

4 Fallacies of Year-End Giving

Paul D’Alessandro (NonProfitPro)

Year-end Giving can be a high stress time. However, that could be because you’re operating under some fallacies about this time of year and what it means for fundraising. In this blog post, Paul shares four fallacies of year-end giving that might change your perspective and alleviate some of the pressure you have on this time.