CDE: the donor experience project

CDE project 11e summary: telephone

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

The telephone is a powerful and engaging channel of communication to reach donors and supporters when it is used within a multi-channel communication strategy.

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CDE project 10 section 4 part 3: how the donor might behave and how can we use insight to improve experience

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Much has been written about the power of emotion and at the heart of thinking about how these can be used in legacy fundraising, the following are links to four resources pertaining to the art and science of emotion.

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CDE project 7 section 2: appendix

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Appendix 1: Case studies

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CDE project 1 section 7: invite feedback and turn it into dialogue.

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Part seven of CDE's series on good practices plus examples of common misuses to help fundraisers use language appropriately so they can swiftly yet significantly improve the donor experience

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CDE project 13 section 6: bringing it all together

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Offering choices and managing preferences helps them to be relevant and interesting to their customers, building brand loyalty and customer value. 

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CDE project 22: the approach - suggest a new approach

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

In summary, we explored what drives public trust; we acknowledged honestly, through expert input, the innate challenges in justifying that trust, and then analysed the media to understand what types of stories might ‘play’ well.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 5

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Making the relationship personal and authentic.

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CDE project 11e telephone: how we arrived at these summary principles – our approach

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

We took a two-pronged approach to reaching these summary principles.

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CDE project 19 section 7: research sources and methodology

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Research sources for CDE project 19: evidence of impact and effectiveness.

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CDE project 8 section 6: appendix 3 - methodology

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

The full methodology for CDE project 8: trusts and foundations.

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CDE project 17 section 2.4: your definition of success

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Define and reinforce what success looks like in terms of your supporter’s experience.

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CDE project 14: appendix 2 and 3

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Examples of donor-centred behaviour in fundraisers as described to us by those we interviewed.

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