A Call for Truly Successful Online Donor Recognition
Fundraising organizations are actively seeking effective means for communicating with donors through online tools. More importantly, donors expect the most efficient and timely means of communication. Web-based technologies have the potential to create a new paradigm where donors co-create an engaging online experience that strengthens existing donor relationships and facilitates greater giving. Continue reading »
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Communications, Philanthropy, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank, multimedia donor recognition | Tags: Donor Recognition, Donor Relations, donor wall, Interactive Displays, new media, online giving, Philanthropy Center, Trends in Fundraising | Comments OffWhat Comes Next? TheThanksTank.com™ Roundtable’s Critical Question
Today we sparked out-of-the-box thinking (over boxed lunches) with multimedia donor recognition experts, Harv Mock and James Graham of Planned Legacy and a select group of forward thinking non-profit professionals, discussing the role of new media in donor recognition. The conversation started with an overview of the “perfect storm” of fundraising and donor communication demands that created the need for more dynamic, engaging communication tactics, leading to the influx of electronic and interactive displays. Harv and James were able to show examples of multimedia presentations in several formats and demonstrate the versatility of electronic recognition; the slides from today’s presentation are included here. Continue reading »
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Communications, Recognition Environments, Social Media, Stewardship, multimedia donor recognition | Tags: Capital Campaign, donor wall, electronic displays, electronic donor recognition, Interactive Displays, multimedia donor recognition, online giving, Stewardship, Trends in Fundraising, virtual donor recognition | Comments OffPresenting “Linkage” to AFP-Atlanta
Here in Atlanta, the local chapter of AFP has asked that presenters at their monthly breakfast meetings to speak to fundraising’s new normal, which Roger McNamee refers to as “great opportunities at a time of great risk”. We spoke to the group on May 18. Continue reading »
Filed under Donor Communications, Philanthropy, Robin E. Williams, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Tags: Donor Recognition, donor wall, Fundraising, Interactive Displays, Stewardship, Trends in Fundraising | Comments OffPhilanthropy Center
We regularly use the term philanthropy center and when we do, we sometimes have to remind ourselves that this term has meaning to us as donor recognition consultants, but it’s meaning may not be apparent to others, even our fundraising clients. Continue reading »
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Communications, Recognition Environments, Robin E. Williams, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Tags: annual giving, Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Communications, donor wall, environmental graphic design, Gwinnett Medical Center, Interactive Displays, new media, Philanthropy Center, Stewardship, Trends in Fundraising | Comments OffLovely vs Functional Displays
Just a quick word of warning to those of you about to sign that contract with your favorite vendor for a lovely display . . . is that display also functional? Will it become another pretty thing that you outgrow or find disappointing in its ability to serve over time?
Filed under Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Communications, Recognition Environments, Robin E. Williams, Stewardship, Think Before You Thank | Tags: Best Practices for Donor Recognition, Donor Recognition, donor wall, environmental graphic design, Stewardship, Successes, Think Before You Thank | Comments (2)