Deconstructing Philanthropy: Take a Sunday drive on the road to annual planning

Like a road trip, fundraising doesn’t just happen. It requires both a plan and a process to ensure milestones are set and achieved.

Fundraising Tricks and Treats: Raise more than the dead this Halloween

UNICEF may have cornered the market on iconic orange collection boxes, but that doesn’t mean your organization can’t get benefit from Halloween fundraising. Here’s how.

Fundraising Q&A: Re-engaging monthly donors

Follow these tips to keep your monthly donors engaged and committed to your organization.

Deconstructing Philanthropy: 7 ideas to help you create inspired donor thank yous

Take your donor stewardship from dull to dazzling with these seven tips.

Fundraising Q&A: Reconnecting with lapsed donors

Wondering what LYBUNT and SYBUNT have to do with fundraising? Read on!

Deconstructing Philanthropy: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells … it’s Christmas in July!

It’s never too early to start thinking about your Christmas fundraising campaigns.

Trend Watch: What’s new in the world of online giving

Find out the latest trends in mobile and online giving.

Paper balloons and McHappy miracles: Does point-of-sale philanthropy actually work?

Is point-of-sale philanthropy a successful way of engaging new donors?

Deconstructing Philanthropy: The fossilized newsletter?

Is there still a place for print in 2012? Does your full-colour glossy mailer get read from cover to cover or tossed in the blue bin with barely a glance?

More than child’s play: Engaging youth in philanthropy

While the energy, connectivity (and media attention) a young activist can generate could be a boon to a nonprofit, the flip side is that many youth are equally content to be clicktivists, limiting their involvement to texting donations or “liking” a cause on Facebook. So how can your nonprofit work effectively with kids and youth? And should you even try?