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.

In addition, you might be interested in visiting the TechSoup forums. TechSoup is a site dedicated to helping nonprofits with their technology questions. TechSoup Forums

Also, you may be interested in our Fundraising Webinars with Kim Klein.

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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• 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 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 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 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 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 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