Wow! Can you believe it? Another busy summer is coming to a close.
First of all, let me wish you and your family a wonderful Labor Day weekend! My
husband and I and our little cat Mientje did some ‘right sizing’ earlier this
year and we’re finally done unpacking boxes and organizing closets. We’re now
starting to enjoy the house and we even had some time to play tourist on Cape
Cod! Working on pictures today!
If you’re like most of my clients, once September rolls around, everything will
go in full gear to start the annual fund appeals. You may do one appeal in
September and then again one in November to optimize the funds raised for your
organization at a time when most donors are donating. You may do one in
October and December with some email reminders. The time is now!
If you like, please share this blog so that others can sign up. I’ve created some simple tips for monthly giving and you’ll be able to listen, watch and learn in virtually all media now.
Some of these connections could not have happened without some of my colleagues and friends in fundraising world, who have eagerly supported me with tips and guidance on organizing webinars and so much more.
A big Shout Out goes to Pamela Grow (Simple Development Systems), Gail Perry (Fired Up Fundraising), Vanessa Chase (Philanthropy for All), Kirsten
Bullock (The Nonprofit Academy), Kurt Steiner (Charity How To), Steve
MacLaughlin (Blackbaud for NP Voices), Marc Pitman (Fundraising Coach) and a special thanks goes to Karen Zapp (PK Scribe) for providing great feedback on my site. Thank you!
I am truly humbled by all this ‘attention’ and am so pleased that this world
consists of generally nice people who care about the causes they work with or
for. We know it’s all about referrals, word of mouth and TRUST.
Please don’t hesitate to send me feedback and questions about your annual fund, grant writing, how to write press releases that make it in print and of course monthly giving. I’ll be happy to answer them in blog form.
Happy Labor Day weekend!
