CDE project 9: major donors

High net worth individuals are increasingly addressed by charities as a distinctly different group of donors requiring individually tailor-made cultivation and development plans. This project will look at what’s cutting edge in major donor development with a view to capturing these lessons and where appropriate suggesting how major donor experiences might be applied to other groups of donors too.

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CDE project 9 summary: major donors

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

This project will look at what’s cutting edge in major donor development with a view to capturing these lessons and where appropriate suggesting how major donor experiences might be applied to other groups of donors too.

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CDE project 9: the approach

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

There is a clear implication that improving the major donor experience is important to major donors, to individual organisations and to the charitable sector as a whole. This project of the Commission aims to suggest how.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 1

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Improve the (major) donor experience by… being really clear about what a major donor to your organisation actually is. 

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 2

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Deciding whether major donor fundraising is really right for your organisation.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 3

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Seeking out the donor’s story.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 4

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Seeing the relationship from the donor’s point of view. 

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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 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 6

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Building major donors’ support over time.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 7

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Handling things well when they go wrong.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 8

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Looking and behaving like one organisation.

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

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Retaining your major donor fundraisers.

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CDE project 9: putting the principles and actions into practice - part 10

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

Learning from success stories.

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