In a perfect world, all benefactors of your fundraising campaign would step up every time to do their part in your fundraising campaign. But ours not being a perfect world, that’s probably not going to happen. To make the most of your fundraiser, it often pays to give your volunteers extra reasons to sign up …
Unfortunately, problems among fundraising volunteers are common and can really dampen the spirits of everyone involved. Maybe you’ve seen it happen before: your group has started a new fundraising campaign and everyone is excited. Everything is going well, until, seemingly out of nowhere, volunteers start to argue, or even quit. What happened? More often than …
Job descriptions for volunteers are recommended by many fundraising consultants and industry experts as an aid to volunteers, an organizational tool, and a preventative for volunteer burnout. (Volunteer recruitment checklist) Volunteer job descriptions let people know exactly what is required of them if they sign up for a specific fundraising job, so volunteers can plan …
Ask 20 people for an idea on a fundraiser and guess what you are going to get? Probably 20 different ideas! That can make it tough to reach a starting point for your fundraiser. Even if you are the leader of a fundraising project, you have to defer to the opinions of others. In many …
From the outside, fundraisers seem fairly simple and straightforward; but there is an awful lot of work involved in running even the simplest fundraisers. No doubt your child’s fundraiser could use the sorts of skills you practice in your work as a work at home parent everyday. How Can You Help Your Child’s Fundraiser? There’s …
Working as a fundraising volunteer can be professionally beneficial in many ways when you work from home. By offering your services you can gain confidence and visibility, drawing attention to your services and skills. But you can also benefit personally in a number of ways by being a fundraising volunteer. Serving as a fundraising volunteer …
The key to successful fundraisers is obvious—get your volunteers to sell more, and get donors to spend more. Obvious, sure, but easier said than done. So what can your group do to make the most of your fundraising efforts and increase fundraiser profits? Get The Word Out Many excellent fundraisers fail for one simple reason—nobody …
General fundraising information like brochures and order-takers tell volunteers that there is a fundraiser ongoing, and shows donors what they can buy or give. But order takers and product catalogs do little to motivate volunteers to participate and sell or donors to buy. Sometimes, volunteers and donors need you to take it a step further …
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