Fundraising During COVID-19—Episode 3: The Night Ministry

In this podcast series, we explore how nonprofits are adapting their fundraising strategies to a difficult moment. Our third episode features Campbell & Company Consultant Kelsey Nelson speaking with Christy Prassas, Vice President of Development and External Relations of The Night Ministry.

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Fundraising During COVID-19—Episode 2: TimeLine Theatre Company

In this podcast series, we explore how nonprofits are adapting their fundraising strategies to a difficult moment. Our second episode features Campbell & Company Vice President Melissa Berliner speaking with PJ Powers, Artistic Director of TimeLine Theatre Company.

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Fundraising During COVID-19—Episode 1: Big Shoulders Fund

In this podcast series, we explore how nonprofits are adapting their fundraising strategies to a difficult moment. Our first episode features Campbell & Company Senior Consultant Elizabeth Suffredin Boyle speaking with Josh Hale, President and CEO of Big Shoulders Fund.

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Navigating GivingTuesday During COVID-19: Your FAQs Answered

Since 2012, GivingTuesday has grown into an important part of the year-end push for many organizations. But in such an unprecedented year, will GivingTuesday look different—and should your approach change? To help your team prepare and pivot, we answered four FAQs related to navigating GivingTuesday during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How to Focus on the Right Crisis Donors: A Checklist

Over the past several months, many organizations have seen an influx of new donors. Which of your new supporters have the potential to become major donors? This checklist shares steps you can take to prioritize the right crisis donors—and how Beam Insights, our fundraising planning software, can help.

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Creative Digital Engagement Strategies for Colleges and Universities

COVID-19 has altered the way we connect and forced us to reimagine how to engage alumni, parents, and donors. As you shore up plans for the next fiscal year, you will likely consider which engagement opportunities to pursue. This resource outlines creative strategies we have seen institutions across the country deploying.

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10 Tips for Running a Virtual Volunteer Meeting

Through practice, trial, and perhaps a bit of error, we’ve learned how to run a well-oiled virtual volunteer meeting, and we wanted to share the wealth. Read on for 10 tips to help you run your next virtual meeting with your board or fundraising committee.

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What to Do About Your Fall Fundraising Events

COVID-19 shook up our plans this spring in a big way, and it will continue to affect our daily lives and work for months to come. This reality is causing many nonprofits to ask: What should we do about our fall fundraising events? Read on for detailed advice.

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How to Invest Limited Fundraising Resources for Your COVID-19 Response

How should you invest your limited fundraising resources during this uncertain time? We recommend using an approach tailored to the way COVID-19 has impacted your organization. In this article, we share fundraising approaches designed for three different realities.

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So You Did Your COVID-19 Crisis Communications. Now What?

Many of us are beginning to remember what it feels like to plan out our work in weeks and months, not days and hours. As we venture into the wilderness of donor communications in a global pandemic, we put together a few tips for how to take the long view while continuing to be mindful of the current context.

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How to Use Donor Data to Develop a Crisis Fundraising Strategy

Organizations that have the bandwidth should plan for what comes next, identifying prospects to cultivate now for asks later. For most organizations, the challenge will be using limited resources effectively. We recommend a three-stage process that any organization can execute in as little as three weeks.

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Preparing Your Independent School for the 2020-2021 School Year

While we steward our communities today, we also need to prepare for a 2020-2021 school year that is shaping up to look very different from the past. Read on for several ways you can manage uncertainty and set the stage for a successful year, from new family engagement to fundraising planning.

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How to Retain New Donors Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Many organizations that are directly responding to elevated community needs are seeing an influx of donors. If your organization is experiencing increased donor interest, you need a plan to retain new supporters over the short and long term. We outlined a series of strategies to guide you along the way.

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Stewarding Your Independent School Community Through the COVID-19 Crisis

In these uncertain times, donor stewardship is a respectful way to keep donors connected in the near term and lay a foundation for future solicitations. As you make plans for personal stewardship over the coming months, we have a series of ideas you can leverage to broaden and deepen the impact of your efforts.

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Navigating a Fundraising Campaign During Challenging Times

While this is an unprecedented time, we can navigate the current environment by looking back at lessons from other challenging times and doubling down on campaign fundamentals. We shared three key recommendations to help set up your campaign for continued success.

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Should You Participate in #GivingTuesdayNow? Advice and Best Practices

If your organization is deciding whether to participate in #GivingTuesdayNow, use our recommendations to guide your decision-making process and make the most of this giving day if you do opt in.

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The CARES Act and Philanthropy: Quick Facts for Your Nonprofit

If you're wondering what the CARES Act means for your organization, you're not alone. That's why we created this resource with background on the legislation, information on accessing the SBA program loans, and the potential impact on nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Hiring During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Your FAQs Answered

Over the past days and weeks, our Executive Search team has fielded many questions about recruitment in this time of social distancing. To help the nonprofit sector with hiring and job seeking during the coronavirus pandemic, we answered your frequently asked questions.

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Using Videoconferencing for Hiring During the Coronavirus Pandemic

While the use of videoconferencing as a recruitment tool has gained traction in recent years, social distancing efforts to combat COVID-19 present an opportunity for nonprofits to get more comfortable conducting video interviews—and keep the hiring process moving.

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Using Digital Engagement to Reach Donors During the COVID-19 Outbreak

How can nonprofits remain connected to their constituents and raise the revenue their programs require in these days of social distancing? Read on for four ways we recommend using digital engagement to maintain fundraising momentum—even if it means flipping the script.

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Webinar Recordings

Cultivating Major Gift Prospects Over Zoom

Whatever your fundraising plans for 2020 were, they probably didn’t involve this much videoconferencing. Today, many nonprofits are struggling with how best to continue cultivating and developing their most valuable donor relationships without in-person contacts…yet the show must go on!

In this webinar, we’ll share examples and strategies for successful cultivation in the videoconferencing age. What’s different online vs. in person? What works best for small groups vs. individuals? What kinds of cultivation materials work best on Zoom?

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Where Do We Go from Here? Moving from Crisis Mode to Proactive Planning

It’s been over two months since COVID-19 changed our world, impacting everything from public health to the economy to our daily routines. Now that we’re through the initial phase of this crisis, it’s time to look beyond today and map out where we go from here.

This webinar will focus on the future, exploring what steps nonprofits can take to move from crisis mode to proactive planning. We’ll bring together subject matter experts representing our Fundraising, Communications, Strategic Information Services, and Executive Search teams to explore how this transition may play out in your organization.

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Independent Schools Webinar: Planning and Goal Setting During Uncertain Times

As schools plan for the next fiscal year during uncertain times, fundraisers are struggling to set appropriate annual and time-limited goals. Our presenters will explore how to overcome this challenge using updated giving and screening information to segment prospects and develop fundraising scenarios based on potential. This webinar will also include a section on Beam Insights, a new software from Campbell & Company that can facilitate nimble and effective fundraising planning. 

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Answering Your FAQs: Navigating Fundraising, Communications, and Talent Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Co-hosted by AFP Oregon & SW Washington)

Over the past weeks, nonprofit organizations in our region and across the country have been thrown into a new reality, facing uncertainty and challenges at every turn. What should we do about fundraising events? How should we approach hiring during this time? What should we say to major donors?

In this one-hour webinar, we answer your most pressing fundraising, communications, and talent management questions and share universal advice.

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Associations and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for associations and professional societies.

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Environment and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for the environmental sector.

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Human Services and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for the human services sector.

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Arts & Culture and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for the arts and culture sector.

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Healthcare and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for the healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical centers, senior living facilities, medical associations, and medical research organizations.

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Independent Schools and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for independent schools.

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Higher Education and COVID-19: Sharing Challenges, Successes, and Advice

We’ve all been thrown into a new reality over the past weeks, facing uncertainty at every turn. In difficult times, it’s even more important to learn from one another. Campbell & Company invites you to bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to this conversational webinar designed for the higher education sector.

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Answering Your FAQs: Hiring and Job Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic        (Co-hosted by AFP DC)

During this unprecedented time, it’s never been more important to have strong leaders at the helm of nonprofits across the country. The COVID-19 outbreak has created many questions for both organizations and nonprofit job seekers navigating the hiring process.

In this one-hour webinar, we answer your most pressing hiring and job seeking questions and share expert advice.

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Answering Your FAQs: Navigating Fundraising, Communications, and Hiring During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Co-hosted by AFP Greater Los Angeles)

Over the past weeks, nonprofit organizations in our region and across the country have been thrown into a new reality, facing uncertainty and challenges at every turn. What should we do about fundraising events? How should we approach hiring during this time? What should we say to major donors?

In this one-hour webinar, we answer your most pressing fundraising, communications, and hiring questions and share universal advice.

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Answering Your FAQs: Navigating Fundraising, Communications, and Hiring During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Co-hosted by AFP Maryland)

Over the past weeks, nonprofit organizations in our region and across the country have been thrown into a new reality, facing uncertainty and challenges at every turn. What should we do about fundraising events? How should we approach hiring during this time? What should we say to major donors?

In this one-hour webinar, we answer your most pressing fundraising, communications, and hiring questions and share universal advice.

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