Medical Foundation Establishes Recognition Graphic Identity
Donor Recognition Icon for Mission Healthcare Foundation
Last week Mission Healthcare Foundation unveiled the recognition graphic standards program at their SECU Cancer Center . Over the last 6 months, we provided our entire program development set of services from area naming master planning, to naming opportunity policy setting to donor recognition product design and re-order templating for accuracy. All was accomplished in concert with the hospital’s Marketing staff. The Cancer Center is named for a local credit union…we made sure that serious negotiations took place in regard to how the hospital should present the building’s donor name in print, as well as on the building and throughout the campus’ way-finding plan. This was especially critical since the donor is a corporate entity who by nature seeks out top billing when their name is used. And no one wanted someone entering the front door of the Cancer Center looking to make a bank deposit! Continue reading »
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Recognition Programs, Philanthropy, Recognition Environments, Stewardship, multimedia donor recognition | Tags: area naming, Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Capital Campaign, Healthcare Philanthropy, Interactive Displays, Philanthropy, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Comments OffDonor Recognition Audits: Why? How?
Sometimes, it’s the simple things that one does that turn out to have the most lasting impact. Such is the case with a Donor Recognition Audit. Inherent in our consulting philosophy is the belief that one must know what recognition efforts have been made over time and record each new example for future reference. To that end, a Recognition Audit is the first of our recommended Best Practices for Donor Recognition™. Recently, we are receiving more auditing inquiries and seeing frequent discussion about methods and service providers online. Continue reading »
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Every viewer of donor recognition is a prospective donor. It is the single, most powerful marketing tool at a fundraiser’s disposal.
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Chairs, Professorships and Scholarships are Underappreciated on Campus
In our recent survey to Georgia Education Advancement Council members, who are responsible for fundraising and communication efforts at the state’s colleges and universities, we learned a lot about methods and attitudes related to non facility-based gift recognition. By that term I mean, gifts aimed at named chairs, professorships and scholarships as opposed to those that name a room or building.
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Recognition Programs, Recognition Environments, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Tags: area naming, Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Communications, Fundraising, Naming Opportunities, Philanthropy, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank, Trends in Fundraising | Comments OffAnonymous Donors Deserve Permanent Recognition. Fundraisers Benefit too.
This week Amherst College in Massachusetts announced two impressive gifts, $100 million and $25 million, both made by graduates who asked to remain anonymous. Emory’s Winship Cancer Center recently received $4.7 million anonymously. Earlier this year, more than a dozen colleges and universities received multi-million dollar donations from an anonymous donor who worked through financial advisors to guarantee that not even the institutions knew the origin of the gifts. Despite the donors’ requests to be anonymous, it is imperative that these gifts receive permanent, public recognition.
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