I’ve listed a few of the best publications and online courses for fundraising and social media here – just click on the affiliate links to get access to some of the best advice available that will make your fundraising a success!
I’d recommend Tom Ahern’s book, ‘Seeing Through a Donor’s Eyes’ to anyone struggling to know where to start when writing a case for support. It’s an excellent read for anyone struggling to write a case that grabs attention and hits the right fundraising messages. Even if you’ve written many before (as I have), it helps to refresh your thinking about the practicalities of writing a good case for support, as well as the creative process. In it, he outlines how to go about drafting a good case for support – including who you should speak with before you start; different types of cases (shopping, internal and external), as well as providing examples from different non-profits.
Marc Pitman’s Ask Without Fear! is a simple guide, packed full of easy to understand fundraising tools and secrets. It’s available in various formats starting at a very affordable $14.95. Just click on the image to view.
The Fundraising Authority’s Online Fundraising Courses
Joe Garecht of the Fundraising Authority has a wealth of fundraising experience which he shares in his online series of fundraising courses. If you need to raise money online or boost your major donor fundraising, consider investing in one of his courses. Ranging from 4 – 12 weeks, they’re worth considering. An example of some of the courses he runs include:
The Fundraising Authority’s Online Fundraising Courses
Supercharge Your Fundraising
A 12 week master class on fundraising strategy and tactics. This class includes complete strategy guides for all aspects of non-profit fundraising, as well as e-mail coaching with The Fundraising Authority founder Joe Garecht.
How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit – A four week major donor class on how to find, cultivate, ask, and steward major donors through your organisation’s major donor pipeline. The class includes everything you need to know to maximize major donor revenue at your non-profit.
Mastering Online Fundraising – Is your non-profit looking to raise more money online? Mastering Online Fundraising is a six week class focused on how non-profits can raise more money online. During the class, you will look at how to raise money through your website, through e-mail, on social media, through crowd-funding and more…
Click here to visit The Fundraising Authority.
If you need to develop a social media strategy for your organisation, look no further than Alexis Grant’s eguide to help you do just that.
It will help you:
- Create a strategy document that help you continue to build your business
- Discover which social media platforms will give you the most bang for your buck, and which ones you’re better off abandoning
- Offer compelling, interesting content on your social media channels, even when you think you have nothing to say
- Execute your strategy a pro without spending all day online
And you also get access to a sample strategy so you can see exactly how to put your social media ideas into a comprehensible, actionable plan.
