Monday Mixtape 004: Fundraising Events, Galas, & Auctions Here’s your Monday Mixtape, a weekly newsletter from CauseVox designed to jumpstart your week, challenge your thinking, and inspire you to keep at it. Each week, we’ll hand-pick must-read articles, thinking, resources, and stories for nonprofit fundraisers and leaders and drop it in your inbox. Have suggestions or questions? Let […]

You Are A Storyteller When you picture a storyteller, what do you see? A mythic figure beside a campfire? A gregarious “life of the party” person? A novelist? A Hollywood director? Do you see yourself? Storytelling is essential for fundraising. At CauseVox, we often say storytelling is fundraising fuel. But telling your story in a […]

Imagine your network of supporters reaching out on your behalf, raising funds to support your cause, and expanding your reach into new circles. They’re telling your story, raising awareness, and getting their own networks excited about your cause. It’s a pretty picture, but how do you make it happen? Peer-to-peer fundraising accomplishes these things, but […]

How many hats are you wearing? As nonprofit fundraisers, the answer is often, “Too many!” or “Hold on, I can’t hear you from under this pile of hats.” Development professionals are often tasked with raising both funds and awareness for our organizations, which are two distinctly different activities that often get muddled together. Clarifying the […]

People who support nonprofits get a lot of mail. Their email inboxes get pretty crowded, too. Whether it’s from you, or another nonprofit, it’s rare for a month to go by without at least a few fundraising letters popping up in the mailbox. With so many worthy organizations making so many asks, how do you […]

Imagine yourself on a beach: basking in the sun, not a care in the world, not even about the money you spent to get there. You are at total peace because this vacation was a result of attending your favorite nonprofit’s silent auction where you were the highest bidder on this dream vacation. Every penny […]

#17NTC It’s time for the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference! On March 23- March 25, professionals across the nonprofit tech sector will gather to learn about the latest developments in tech, build new skills, and meet and network with their peers from across the country and the world. Are you going? A conference like the NTC […]

“Social Fundraising.” “Crowdfunding.” “Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.” There are a lot of terms floating around, but they’re mostly talking about the same thing: an online fundraising effort that relies on leveraging the social networks of your supporters. At CauseVox, we believe this is the future of fundraising. In today’s connected world there is more noise and distractions […]

Imagine a supporter looking at your fundraising appeal. Is she immediately compelled to take action? If not, you’ve got to make your content more compelling. With your 2017 fundraisers starting soon, there’s no time to waste! See what I did there? I could have started this post with something like: “Compelling content makes the difference […]

Numbers vary from study to study, but the percentage of total annual giving that takes place in the final three days of December is estimated to be 11-15%. That’s right. The last three days of December are huge for giving. Whether it’s last-second tax breaks, or the tail-end of holiday spirit, people are ready to […]