— ELEMENTS — THE BLOG
Insights and ideas from the Giving Geek team.
The time to prospect for new donors is before you need them. How the foraging behavior of honeybees became a framework for building prospecting curiosity into your fundraising culture.
The ‘convincer’ model of fundraising is broken — and today’s donors know it. Brian Gawor makes the case for a new approach: listening, partnering, and meeting donors where generosity already lives.
The difference between a donor who gives once and one who gives for life often comes down to three little prepositions. Which one describes your relationship with your donors?
Not all donors give the same way — and asking them like they do is leaving money on the table. Understanding the four types of giving lets you meet each donor where they actually are.
Fundraisers often feel like they’re fighting human nature — but the research says otherwise. Generosity and collaboration are our default state, and that changes everything about how we approach donors.
