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138 Ways to Generate New, First-time Gifts

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit leaders and professionals with proven methods and techniques for increasing revenue from first-time gifters. It delivers step-by-step procedures for motivating nondonors to give and explains how to increase success through direct mail, calls, phonathons, events, online giving, and more.

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Basics of Nonprofit Publicity: Winning Strategies for News Releases, Press Conferences and Media Relations

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit leaders and professionals with advice on increasing media exposure, preparing staff to handle media inquiries, and tips and best practices for preparing for media interviews.

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Naming Gift Opportunities: How to Successfully Secure More Naming Gifts

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource helps nonprofit organizations discover ways to promote naming gifts, identify new naming gift opportunities, and successfully close more naming gifts. It includes easy to understand procedures for establishing or enhancing naming giftplans, examples of practical and creative naming gift opportunities, strategies or marketing named gifts, and examples of what various nonprofit organizations

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Celebrating Your Nonprofit's Milestones: 81 Great Ideas for Planning and Celebrating Milestone Events

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features strategies for nonprofit organizations to plan, celebrate, and engage constituents in milestone events.

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Challenge Gifts and Grants: 76 Ways to Multiply Your Fundraising Dollars

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource helps nonprofit leaders and professionals pursue challenge gifts and grants, enhance donor bases and existing donors, and discover new and creative ways to use challenge gifts. In addition to step-by-step procedures on how to secure more challenge gift and grants, examples are given of what various nonprofit organizations have successfully accomplished with challenge gifts.

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Youth Volunteers: How to Recruit, Train, Motivate and Reward Young Volunteers

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides strategies for nonprofit organizations to recruit, train, motivate, and reward young volunteers. It addresses:

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Building Your Board: How to Attract Financially-capable Board Members and Engage Them in Fund Development

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations and their leaders with step-by-step procedures to build and nurture board members who are able and willing to assist with fundraising. In addition to tips, techniques, and best practices to identify and recruit financially capable board members, successful examples from various nonprofit organizations are shared.

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Useful Policies, Forms and Examples for the Volunteer Manager

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers nonprofit organizations strategies to recruit, manage and retain volunteers. It includes procedures for screening, orienting, training and motivating volunteers as well as samples of useful forms, policy statements and other examples that the volunteer manager can put to immediate use.

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Nonprofit Publications: What You Need to Know to Create Winning Publications

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers nonprofit organizations strategies for creating successful and effective publications. Topics include:

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Annual Giving Primer: How to Boost Annual Giving Results, 2010 Edition

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers procedures nonprofits can follow to raise more in annual gift support, monitor and effectively use budgets, and meet or exceed annual gift goals. It includes examples of annual gift proposals, sample reports, planning tools, and more.

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Member Benefits: 96 Benefits and Services That Attract and Retain Members

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides member organizations with tips, techniques, and best practices to recruit and retain members. It includes dozens of ways to add value to membership packages and winning ideas from other organizations.

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Foundation Corporate Grants: How to Improve Your Funded Grants Batting Average

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers advice on wining more grants. It provides step-by-step procedures for identifying, prioritizing, and approaching foundations and corporations for grant support; specific strategies and approaches used by foundation and corporate relations professionals; and tips, techniques, and best practices to draft and submit winning grant proposals.

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128 Recognition Ideas for Donors, Volunteers and Members, 2nd Edition

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features strategies to recognize those who support your organization’s mission, including donors, volunteers, and members. Creative recognition ideas, tips and techniques are presented from a diverse sampling of nonprofit organizations, as are useful forms, reports, and other recognition efforts and programs.

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Best Ever Directory of Special Events, 5th Edition

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource profiles over one hundred successful and profitable events for nonprofit organizations.

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90 Great Publicity Ideas for Nonprofits, 2nd Edition

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features publicity strategies for nonprofit leaders and professionals. It includes techniques and procedures to create awareness, increase visibility, strengthen media relations, and build an organization’s reputation. Many successful publicity ideas are given from a variety of nonprofit organizations, along with tips for gaining greater exposure through a variety of media outlets and

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Courting the Wealthy, 2nd Edition

MGR — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features dozens of cultivation examples and strategies used by various charities and nonprofit organizations to increase major gifts. In addition to useful relationship-building techniques, tips, and procedures, it also includes helpful examples of forms, letters, management reports, and other documents.

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Managing the Development Shop: Useful Forms, Policies and Examples

MGR — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Volunteer Training Primer: Principles, Procedures and Ideas for Training and Education Volunteers

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organization with strategies to effectively train volunteers. It includes essential principles and procedures to train and educate new and veteran volunteers, samples of useful forms and resources, and case studies of how other managers train and educate volunteers.

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How to Harness the Power of Volunteers and Board Members in Fund Development

Scott C. Stevenson — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource helps nonprofit organizations attract and engage volunteers and board members in fund development. It includes strategies for identifying and enlisting them in fund development efforts, keeping them engaged and motivated, communication, training and more.

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Gift Clubs and Societies: 71 Ideas for Evaluating Your Gift Clubs, Making Them More Inviting

Scott C. Stevenson (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations with information on how to use gift clubs to improve fundraising results, procedures for creating or improving gift clubs or levels, and examples of donor clubs and accompanying benefits.

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