Fridays 4 Fundraising

Call Your Donors: Warm up your year end list

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly helps you warm up your year-end list by calling the donors who gave this time last year. Links Check Out Donorb

Is it worth it? Time tracking to optimize fundraising.

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly talks about how time tracking can help you better evaluate your fundraising efficiency—from money makers to money

Digital Tools, Analog Hearts: Making Space for Relationship in Fundraising

I talk about relationship building for fundraising almost exclusively. Not email marketing tips (though those are great and email is a great way to build relationships).

Call Your Donors: This one's a surprise

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly encourages you to call a very special segment of your donors. Links Check Out DonorboxRequest a Discovery CallJ

Make Space for Fundraising: Protect Your Time with Time Boxing

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly talks about how Time Boxing can be used as a strategy to help overwhelmed leaders get the most important part of

What does donor stewardship actually mean?

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly breaks apart what stewardship actually means so you can actually start doing it better. Links Check Out Donorbo

The people at your gala aren't donors...yet.

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly talks about why she tells her clients not to consider gala ticket purchasers as donors, and how to think about th

The secret to major gifts success

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly tells you the secret to major gifts success...and it's not what you think! Links Check Out DonorboxRequest a Di

We're bringing back Google Alerts

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly is bringing back a blast from the early 2000s. Remember Google Alerts? They still exist, and they are a highly un

What Wins on Donor Engagement: Authenticity!

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly is helping you get over the fear of sending donor updates by showing you how the shift from polish to authenticit

Grow Your List by Thinking Outside the Box

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly is getting you to think outside the box on growing email list. Kelly shares innovative strategies and creative, n

Dirty Data? A Simple Approach to Clean It Up!

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly talks about the importance of maintaining a clean and up-to-date donor CRM, and how to leverage slower months (li

Call Your Donors: 10 Most Recent Donors & Calling Systems

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly challenges you to call your 10 most recent donors AND create the infrastructure to keep calling your donors every

Low donor response to emails? We can fix that!

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly tells you how her clients have successfully gotten more responses from emails to donors with a simple, practical

Don't Sleep on Donor Retention!

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly explains how to effectively use LYBUNT reports to re-engage donors and build sustainable support. Learn actionabl

Better Donor Email Segmentation

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly shares practical strategies for email list segmentation and donor engagement to boost nonprofit fundraising effor

A Message for A Holiday Weekend: Actually Rest

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly shares something a little different: a deeply impactful mindset quote that she wants to share with you. Take this

What are you doing wrong? Ask a lapsed donor.

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly shares practical strategies for engaging lapsed donors, including real-life success stories and actionable steps

Drop fundraising busy work with Zaps

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly shares how nonprofit organizations can leverage Zapier to automate routine tasks, saving time and increasing effi

Advocate for a Professional Development Budget

Summary In this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly talks about how to get your board to buy into professional development budgets. Links Check Out DonorboxRequest