From Don’t Tell The Donor…
Will the ticking credit card time bomb impact donations?
DTTD examines the impact of the current credit crisis on online fundraising. Does this create ethical concerns for fundraisers who encourage donors to use credit cards for their contributions? Some interesting discussion going on in the comments – one point nobody has mentioned yet is that in the online world, “credit cards” could also refer to debit and cheque cards, and perhaps encouraging “credit card” donations has more to do with embracing technological advances and less to do with promoting unwise spending.
From Step-by-Step Fundraising…
5 Ways to Show You Appreciate Your Donors
Sandra Sims discusses five ways to appreciate donors. We have been having a lot of discussion around how to appreciate “super-donors” – that is, sneezers. Are there different tactics you would recommend to show appreciation to these powerhouses of donor generation?
From A Small Change…
Choosing Donor Software: Things to Remember
Chris Logan from NPower Seattle is guest-blogging a series of posts on choosing donor software; this is the final installment of the series.
From The Raiser’s Razor…
Chronicle hosts Live Discussions on Charity Marketing with Seth Godin
This is a great example of how authors, gurus and thought leaders are partnering with the nonprofit media and getting tons of attention from organizations.