Tools, articles and insights for the modern fundraiser.

Year-end Starts Now!

Over 25% of the average nonprofit’s annual fundraising is made in the last 2 months of the year. However, most nonprofits don’t start their year-end planning until October.

Fundraising on Facebook

Facebook recently launched Facebook Fundraisers, which enable individuals to solicit donations from their friend networks on behalf of causes they support…

New Ideas from Strategic Services – May 2017

Each month, we share the most innovative ideas we see in the nonprofit technology industry. Here are three of our favorite ideas from last month…

Integrating Search Function with Donation Forms

Can your donors find the participant or team they want to support on your event site? Many P2P fundraising events face this challenge…

Audit Your Messaging

Developing a long-term strategy for engagement requires that you first take stock of the current state of your organization’s assets and audience. A thorough analysis of your nonprofit’s present situation enables you to establish key benchmarks that can be used to...

365 Member Engagement

Member engagement is at the center of every successful association’s marketing plan. On Wednesday December 3, Abila and Charity Dynamics will be hosting a webinar about how many associations are putting year-round member engagement at the center of their marketing...

Accelerating Mobile Giving

David Balcom from Moovweb and I recently teamed up to present the Accelerating Mobile Charitable Giving webinar. The session focused on optimizing the ways in which donors interact with your organization on their phones, whether it’s through a website, email or app....

Maximize Your Retainer Hours

There are many reasons your organization might benefit (or already have) from a strategic retainer with Charity Dynamics. At Charity Dynamics, we structure our retained service relationships to ensure on-demand resources of project management, design, consulting, web...

Engaging your Peer-to-Peer Network

The Engage P2P conference by Fundraising Success took place this past week, October 21, with the theme of Redefining Peer-to-Peer. With almost 200 people representing a variety of nonprofits, the one day conference was a huge success. I was there, and broke down the...