FundRaiser eNewsletter Archives

The following articles are from our FundRaiser eNewsletter. In them you will find practical fundraising advice and technical tips for using the FundRaiser programs. Fundraising advice centers on issues that often involve the use of donor management software.

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Up until November of 2005 the eNewsletter program section included only technical tips for FundRaiser Basic. Since that date, all three programs are being covered.

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2009 June Tech Tip The Pledge Cycle in FundRaiser Software by Larry Weaver
2009 May Talking about the economy: three nonprofits share their strategies
2009 April Tech Tip Membership Management Easier by Larry Weaver
2009 January Tech Tip Campaigns, Events and Coding by Sasha Daucas

2008

2008 December Tech Tip Calculating Event ROI with FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2008 November Tech Tip Using the Campaign Management Featuires in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver

2008 October Tech Tip Event Management in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver

2008 September Tech Tip Using Reports to Organize your Major Donor Drive -- by Gene Weinbeck

2008 August Tech Tip Volunteer Management -- by Larry Weaver
2008 June Newsletter Donate or Volunteer Now: Worth the Cost? Maybe.... -- by Sasha Daucus
2008 June Tech Tip Email and FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2008 June NTC Notes Marketing Your Organization Online -- by Nki de Soto

2008 May Newsletter Case Study: US Labor Education in the Americas Project
2008 May Tech Tip Pulling It All Together -- by Larry Weaver
2008 May NTC Notes Running a Successful Online Fundraising Campaign -- by Niki de Soto

2008 April Newsletter Best Practices for Coordinating Users in Your Database -- by Sasha Daucus
2008 April Tech Tip Tips for Coordinating Multiple Users Working in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2008 April NTC Notes Targeting Your Message -- by Niki de Soto

2007

2007 November Newsletter 8 Steps to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters-- by Mal Warwick
2007 November Tech Tip The Year End Mailing Diversity Dilemma-- by Larry Weaver
2007 October Newsletter Changing Systems: Moving Your Data From One Program to Another-- by Sasha Daucus
2007 October Tech Tip How Well Did Your Data Move?: Checklist for Imported Data
2007 September Newsletter Are You Contacting Your Best Donor Prospects?-- by Sasha Daucus
2007 September Tech Tip Codings and Groupings and More, Oh, My!-- by Larry Weaver
2007 August Newsletter The Name is the Game: Memberships and Named Gift Opportunities -- by Tony Poderis
2007 August Tech Tip Nonprofit Memberships: Best Practices with Donor Management Software
2007 July Newsletter Integrating your Desktop Donor Database with the Web -- by Autumn Shepley
2007 July Tech Tip Securing Online Donations -- by Todd Hollback
2007 June Newsletter Protect Your Assets With Internal Controls
2007 June Tech Tip Using FundRaiser to Help You Protect Your Financial Assets -- by Larry Weaver
2007 May Newsletter Why Memberships? Three Nonprofits Tell Why -- by Sasha Daucus
2007 May Tech Tip Making Membership Management Easier with the FundRaiser Memberships Management Module -- by Larry Weaver
2007 April Newsletter Capital Campaign Phases-- facilitated by Kim Klein
2007 April Tech Tip FundRaiser Software and Capital Campaigns, Part Two -- by Larry Weaver
2007 March Newsletter Capital Campaigns For Small Groups-- facilitated by Kim Klein
2007 March Tech Tip FundRaiser Software and Capital Campaigns, Part One-- by Larry Weaver
2007 February Newsletter Increase Donations and Donor Loyalty with Pledges -- by Sasha Daucus
2007 February Tech Tip The Pledge Cycle in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2007 January Newsletter Premiums: Please and Thank You! -- by Sasha Daucus
2007 January Tech Tip Premiums Management in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver

2006

2006 December Newsletter About End of Year Letters -- by Sasha Daucus
2006 December Tech Tip Producing Tax Summary Letters -- by Gene Weinbeck
2006 November Newsletter Making Your Cause the Gift -- by Sasha Daucus
2006 November Tech Tip Tribute Gifts (In Honor/In Memory) -- by Larry Weaver
2006 October Newsletter Direct Mail Personalization - Worth the Additional Expense? -- by Howard Paley
2006 October Tech Tip Direct Mail Personalization -- by Larry Weaver
2006 September The Care and Feeding of Volunteers -- by Michael McKee
2006 September Special Conference Report Raising Change Conference -- by Gene Weinbeck
2006 September Tech Tip Volunteer Tracking -- by Larry Weaver
2006 August Best Donor Management Practices: Recording Donations -- by Gene Weinbeck
2006 August Tech Tip: Avoid Common Pitfalls in Your Daily Routine -- by Larry Weaver
2006 July How Can Memberships Benefit My Non-Profit Organization? -- by Sasha Daucus
2006 July Tech Tip: Tracking Memberships with FundRaiser Software -- by Larry Weaver
2006 June How Can Software Help You with Campaigns and Special Events? -- by Sasha Daucus
2006 June Tech Tip: Using the New Campaign Management features in FundRaiser Professional -- by Larry Weaver
2006 May To Send or Not to Send: Four Ways to Decide Who Gets Your Next Mailing
2006 May Tech Tip: Using the Four Most Important Segmenting Factors in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2006 April Benefit Events Mean More Than Money– Special Event Fundraising -- by Melinda Kuth
2006 April Tech Tip: Event Management in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2006 March Major Gifts, Part II: Working with Donor Solicitors -- by Tony Poderis
2006 March Tech Tip: Using Reports to Help Organize Your Major Donor Drive -- by Gene Weinbeck
2006 February Major Gifts, Part I: What Makes a Gift Major? -- by Tony Poderis
2006 February Tech Tip: Avoiding Major Donor Coding Pain -- by Larry Weaver
2006 January What Needs To Be In Your End-Of-Year Letters? -- by Sasha Daucus
2006 January Tech Tip: Producing End-Of-Year Letters in FundRaiser -- by Gene Weinbeck

2005

2005 December Quick Guide to Getting Started with Online Donations -- by Sasha Daucus
2005 December TECH TIP: Recording Online Donations-- an overview by Gene Weinbeck
2005 November Grant Writing -- by Elizabeth Chilton
2005 November TIP: Grant tracking in FundRaiser -- by Larry Weaver
2005 September Top 10 How-To-Fundraise Topics
2005 August Segmenting Your List of Donors
2005 June Too Much Email
2005 May Three Myths and Nine Truths of Fundraising -- by Tony Poderis
2005 April Spring Cleaning: When to Take Names Off Your Mailing List -- by Kim Klein
2005 January The Psychology of Letter-reading for Fundraisers -- by Kim Klein
2005 January FRBasic Tip - Easier to win 'em back than find new ones-- lapsed donors

2004

2004 December Research Shows Importance of Saying 'Thanks'
2004 December TIP: Why Archive, Why Rotate (and how is that different than backing up?)
2004 November Getting Prepared for End-of-Year Correspondence
2004 November What can End-of-Year letters do for you?
2004 November FRBasic TIP: How to produce End-Of-Year letters in FundRaiser Basic
2004 October How to suggest a LARGE donation amount -- by Tony Poderis
2004 September Prospect Research
2004 July Organizing Charity Golf Tournaments
2004 June Eliminating Unneccessary Coding
2004 April Choosing and Using Category Codes
2004 April FRBasic Tech Tips for Category Coding
2004 March Tech Tip: Why Am I In Evaluation Mode? We Bought The Program.

2003

2003 December Why and How to target mailings in FRBasic
2003 December Tech Tip: Confusing the 'Import' and 'Restore' functions doubles database
2003 November Grassroots approach to research
2003 November Computer Maintenance Tips
2003 October Importance of building donor loyalty -- by Tony Poderis
2003 October Tech Tip: Data Insurance (backing up)
2003 August When Are Events Good for You ?
2003 July Getting over the fear of asking for money