Finding Individual Donors Webinar

For most small and medium sized nonprofit organizations there is a huge untapped revenue potential in individual donors. But, as this month’s Reader Question pointed out, many nonprofit leaders don’t know how to find those donors.

And many others don’t realize that individual donor dollars are a much bigger opportunity than foundation grant dollars are. When I speak to groups of nonprofit boards and staff, they are often shocked when I reveal how money flows to the nonprofit sector. Thinking that foundation grants are the holy grail of funding, many nonprofits hire a grant writer and spend countless hours and resources chasing highly competitive grants. But the fact is that barely 2% of the money flowing to the nonprofit sector comes from foundations. A much larger portion, over 11%, comes from individuals.

Individual donor fundraising can help diversify a nonprofit’s funding picture, and major donor fundraising in particular, which requires a one-on-one relationship building model, can be a great way to systematically expand a nonprofit’s network and funding. It is also the highest and best use of a board member’s fundraising time.

To help nonprofits understand individual donor fundraising and how to get their board and staff moving in that direction, the next webinar in our ongoing Financing Not Fundraising webinar series focuses on how to bring individual donors in the door.

The “Finding Individual Donors” webinar will give you tools and strategies to:

• Define a major gift for your organization
• Use social media to connect with individual supporters
• Create events that resonate with individual donors
• Identify prospects
• Engage your board in individual donor fundraising
• Create a system for engaging individual donors
• Launch a major donor campaign
• Break an individual donor dollar goal into pieces to make the goal achievable

If you want to attract individual contributors to your nonprofit, but don’t know how to get started, or if you would like to expand the individual donors you already have, this webinar will show you how.

Webinar Details:
Financing Not Fundraising: Finding Individual Donors
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
12 noon-1:00pm Eastern

The registration fee will get you:

• Access to the live, interactive webinar
• A link to a recording of the webinar, which you can watch as many times as you like
• The PowerPoint slides from the webinar
• The ability to ask additional follow-up questions after the webinar

And remember, all of our live webinars are recorded, so even if this date and time don’t work for you, you can still register for the webinar and receive access to the recording, slides and the opportunity to ask follow up questions.

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I hope to see you there!

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About the Author: Nell Edgington is President of Social Velocity (www.socialvelocity.net), a management consulting firm leading nonprofits to greater social impact and financial sustainability. Social Velocity helps nonprofits grow their programs, bring more money in the door, and use resources more effectively. For more information, check out Social Velocity consulting services and clients.

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Related posts:

1. How to Find Individual Donors
2. Financing Not Fundraising: Finding Individual Donors
3. Reader Question: How to Find Major Donors

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About Nell Edgington

Nell Edgington is President of Social Velocity (www.socialvelocity.net), a management consulting firm leading nonprofits to greater social impact and financial sustainability. Social Velocity helps nonprofits grow their programs, bring more money in the door, and use resources more effectively. For more information, check out Social Velocity services and clients.