The main areas of fundraising

Everything you need to know about the annual appeal letter. Made easy.

by Jay Love & Tom Ahern

In one simple infographic Tom Ahern and Jay Love tell you everything you need to know about the annual appeal letter.

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Canadian Diabetes Association: Diabetes Summer Surge Campaign

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by SOFII

This exhibit is an excellent example of how you can maximise the potential of your existing donors in an impressively short amount of time.

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Audubon Society of Rhode Island: special recognition of long-time donors

the Audubon Society’s special recognition pack for their long-term members.

by SOFII

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s superb care for their donors and courage in their approach have produced results that will be the envy of charitable organisations everywhere.

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St Michael’s Foundation: the 2011-2012 annual report, a bold vision realised

The front cover.

by SOFII

St Michael’s always put a lot of effort into making sure that they thank their donors properly and that they are always kept up to date with what thei…

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University of Leeds: the memories appeal

by SOFII

This multi-channel ‘prospecting’ campaign from the University of Leeds enabled them to reach former students who had drifted away from their former university and exceeded its target by 56 per cent.

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WSPA: ‘Big bear build’ and ‘big bear rescue’ appeals

The big bear build pack.

by SOFII

This campaign clearly showed donors that they were highly valued by WSPA and that their support was making a difference. Having been on a journey with WSPA rescuing the captive bears since 2006, the donors were able to see the influence they had made as well as the change they could make possible now.

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Telephone fundraising, part 3: designing and delivering a campaign

by Bethan Holloway

The third – and last for the time being – article on telephone fundraising from Bethan Holloway explains how to design and deliver a campaign.

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Change can take us by surprise

by Andrew Papworth

Understanding the changes that could influence how your donors view your legacy marketing is extremely important says Andrew Papworth.

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St Michael’s Hospital Foundation: personalised website

by SOFII

This detailed exhibit shows how the St Michael’s Hospital Foundation increased their online giving by 20 per cent by transforming their dated and difficult-to-use website to a user-friendly, simple, personalised medium of communication.

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Action on Hearing Loss: put a gift in your will

by SOFII

Action on Hearing Loss has calculated that this legacy campaign is likely to generate around £2 million in the future.

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Kids Company: the ‘plate pledge’ appeal

by SOFII

How to shift from ‘word-of-mouth marketing is risky’ to ‘word-of-mouth marketing is powerful’.

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Bank4Hope: a new ‘bank’ to enhance transparency and accountability

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by SOFII

The founders of Bank4Hope aim to manage and continuously develop this ‘bank’ to support the work of charities in monitoring and fundraising. Their goal is to revolutionise global giving.

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