In November, we gather to feast and celebrate abundance. In this Water Cooler Chat, we discussed effective ways to manage prospects during the holiday season. We provided tips for staying organized, prioritizing your outreach, and maintaining positive relationships. Watch now for our practical advice on… Read More »Feast on Effective Prospect Management Techniques
The holiday season is not only a time for joy and celebration but also an opportunity to effectively manage your prospects and continue your outreach efforts. Balancing the festive spirit with your prospecting goals can be challenging, but with the right strategies, you can make… Read More »Managing Your Prospects During the Holiday Season
In this Water Cooler Chat, we explore how to keep your data clean so that it’s ready for analysis. We discuss auditing techniques and best practices for ensuring that your data is accurate and up-to-date. We provide practical tips for improving your data analysis skills… Read More »From Scary to Savvy: How to Clean Your Data for Better Decision Making
While data cleanup and integrity are always important, the timing of focusing on it during the fall season might seem curious. October—and the last three months of the year in general—is typically a particularly busy time for non-profits. This is the season for sending… Read More »Data Cleanup and Integrity!—At a Time Like This?!?
Liz Rejman, Principal of Liz Rejman + Co. lead this Water Cooler Chat on how to optimize your organization’s data by understanding the data life cycle. The chat will covered ideas such as developing a data governance policy, selecting data, onboarding data, performance management, and… Read More »Optimize Strategic Decisions by Maximizing Your Data’s Potential
When I was in college, I would walk past the science building on my way to take a drawing class at the arts building. In the drawing class, I learned how to hold up a pencil to find the angle of a line on the… Read More »When Disciplines Collide: Using a New Lens to Reinvigorate Your Program
With the “back to school” season upon us, now is the perfect time to learn some techniques to fine-tune your portfolio for the upcoming campaign year. In this Water Cooler Chat, Ruthie Giles shared some of her best practices for profile management.
Know Where You Are Going When I was a kid, my dad loved to get us all in the car on a beautiful summer day and go for a drive. This was back in the days before cell phones, so there was no GPS to… Read More »Mapping Out Your Fiscal Year Begins with Preparing Your Portfolios
Will you be celebrating your fundraising success with fireworks? In this Water Cooler Chat, Greg Duke will share methods for developing reports that pinpoint where your fundraising successes and opportunities lie to better prepare you for your next campaign.
The summer is often a time for fundraising organizations to review their strengths and weaknesses, and to improve their tools, for the upcoming fiscal year. One of the most popular targets for this improvement is the organization’s database, as the database affects all aspects of… Read More »Three Principles for a Practical Data Audit