Get wild with planned giving: think of it as fundraising!

Five ways to implement case-centred planned giving marketing.

You can stand out from the crowd by doing simple things exceptionally well

Why creating standards of excellence is so important to gift planning, and three suggestions on where to start.

Here’s a solicitor’s check-list for success

A Solicitor’s Check-list for Success, a few of the most crucial dos and don’ts to bear in mind as you knock on that next door, behind which your next new major donor may be waiting.

Burk: Avoid anything that separates you from your donor!

Findings from Penelope Burk’s fundraising research, including how donors want to be recognized.

Renewing the relationship

Any relationship — marketer-customer, master-servant, husband-wife — needs to be renewed from time to time. Fundraisers must keep in mind that there’s no such thing as a permanent commitment anymore. People tend to commit only for a time.

The seven deadly sins of gift planning

Seven key errors that will cause your gift planning program to fail.

Treat your raffle-ticket buyers like donors

Creating and maintaining a buying history with raffle-ticket purchasers

Time-consuming, but powerful when done well, seminars can make the difference

How to conduct a successful seminar to advertise your planned giving program.

Ten myths of telemarketing

Most Canadian charities are still reluctant to use telefundraising, or to even test it. Here are a few points that will help dispel some of the myths around telephone fundraising.

United Way Adopts Donors’ Rights Statement

At its recent national conference, United Way of Canada/Centraide Canada endorsed a Statement of Principles of Donors’ Rights for use by all of its members. While the growing focus on accountability in the nonprofit field makes this move especially timely, the UW has been working on guidelines for the reporting of fundraising costs for some time.