This Weeks Highlights
* From The Editor - Wow! What A Great Start.
* Fundraising Product - Commemorative Plates
* Fundraising Software - a2 Personal, Adware Protection
* Fundraising Resource - New Release From SmartDraw
* More Fundraising / Software Products
* Fundraising Idea - T-Shirt Fundraisers
* Book Highlight - Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face
From The Editor
Hi [[name]].
Wow! What a great start for 2005. Many of the Nonprofit Groups that I
have spoken to just in the last few weeks have really taken the bull
by the horns, so to speak. They are really out there raising funds
for their group with a lot more fervor than a year ago.
With the outpouring of funds to help the recent Tsunami victims, I
think people are getting into the giving spirit. It's a little bit
unusual to have such generous and substantial gifts made so soon after
the Holiday Season.
As a fundraising manager for your group, keep this momentum going for
you in the most positive manner possible.
You could go the other way of thinking and say to yourself, "Everybody
has given to the Tsunami relief funds and there is nothing left for my
group." Don't do it! Don't go down this negative trail.
Let me encourage you to think positive and ride the momentum. Just keep
in mind...Generous giving is contagious.
Remember to try our excellent
Free Online Magazine Sales program that can be
used along side of any other fundraiser you are managing.
Here's wishing you the start of a great 2005,
Jesse Carter, Editor
Fundraising Product
Commemorative Plates
Commemorative Plates Bring Attention
It's true. Commemorative Plates generate lots of attention. They are
great for public relations, membership incentives, special occasions,
anniversaries, and yearly annual drives.
These plates are heirloom quality 23K gold double banded edge plates made
of fine porcelain.
Use your own photo or artwork to have laser-created photographic
colors placed on a beautiful plate that reflects your special occasion.
I've found that groups offering these plates annually, will increase
their memberships by word-of-mouth alone.
Be sure to pass this fundraiser along to your friends that belong to
another nonprofit group, association or ministry. They will thank you
for doing so.
Find out more about getting your own
Commemorative Plates here.
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| Fundraising Resource |
New Release From SmartDraw
SmartDraw is the internet's number one drawing tool. It is an
affordable way for nonprofit groups of all types to share pictures,
calendars, schematics, drawings, flowcharts, organizational charts,
posters, presentations, technical drawings and more over the internet.
With their newest release, Version 7, SmartDraw would be a fantastic
tool for any board presentation or nonprofit group presentation in
getting your point understood quickly and easily. Want to plan a
dinner event? View one here.
SmartDraw comes loaded with thousands of clip art images and
templates that make creating your own message a snap! Every month
you have access to free images for that month's themes.
Sonja Sucic, a Quality PhD Student at the University of Queensland,
recently discussed how Smart Draw helped her. "Before we purchased
SmartDraw," she said, "I wouldn't have dared to attempt some of these
science diagrams. But SmartDraw makes them a breeze! The results are
professional enough for medical presentations and journal
submissions. In fact, I recently won 'best presentation' for my
SmartDraw posters at a national medical research conference!"
SmartDraw has a user friendly 30 Day Free Trial Offer that allows
you to experience their latest release before buying. You can
download your own free 30 Day SmartDraw trial.
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| More Fundraising/Software Products |
SmartDraw Software Free Trial!
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| Fundraising Idea |
T-Shirt Fundraisers
T-shirts are great for walkathons, event participation, camping,
group recognition and of course, fundraisers of all kinds.
How can you profit from offering t-shirts? The first and most likely
use for t-shirts is for a group to give a shirt to each participant
at an event. Some groups require that the participant sell or raise
a certain amount of money before getting a shirt. The average to
raise is $30 before getting a t-shirt.
What about incorporating the cost of a shirt into the event budget?
Say that a custom shirt cost you $9.00 each, but you put it into an
event budget like a camp event or similar event and charge $12.00 to
$15.00 each as a part of their registration fee. Notify each
participant upfront the cost and the shirt they will receive upon
attendance. This will raise up to $6.00 for each person for your event.
The least used t-shirt money maker is the actual T-Shirt Fundraiser.
Your group actually designs a great looking shirt for $9.00 and then
sell them in your community for $15.00 to $20.00. It works, but
requires a lot of sales work to be effective.
We have a few t-shirt suppliers here.
Sign up for this program and get a free catalog with 100's of unique designs.
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| Book Highlight |
Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face
Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face by David Lansdowne
may be just the book for you if you are a board member or fundraising
committee member. This book is your "One Hour Crash Course".
This book has everything in it that I subscribe to as a professional
fundraising consultant, but let me forewarn you that if you are a
stand on the sides type of board member you won't be happy with what's
in this book.
Why? Because it's going to put you to work or at least change your
thinking processes about board member fundraising.
Check this out. In Chapter 28, The Secret Lies In Asking, lays out
the simplest way that a board member can help their organization...Ask!
"Asking is the essence of fund raising. It's the most powerful tool
you have. People rarely give generously without being asked directly."
If nothing else, this book will help reconnect you and your board to
what they should be doing automatically. Asking.
Go ahead and spend the $16.47 and get each board member or fundraising
committee member their own copy of
Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face.
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