Latest Fundraising Articles

• Motivate Your Fundraising Team
  You’ve assembled the team, prepared your materials, and your fundraising campaign’s off to a great start – so doesn’t everyone seem happy and excited?When campaigns begin, almost everyone gets on board with enthusiasm, but it’s easy to lose that sense of urgency – and fun – as time goes by. Here are three surefire ways to get the most out of your fundraising team:
  
  
• Online Fundraising with Squidoo.com
  There are many types of online fundraising methods. A new and innovative way is by building a lens on the Squidoo.com website.
  
  
• Google Awards Free Advertising to Nonprofit Organizations and Charities
  One way to bring visitors to a website is to use the Google AdWords advertising program. Most nonprofit organizations have a limited advertising budget and in response to this Google has a grant award program called Google Grants. The Google Grant is an in-kind award of free AdWords advertising credits.
  
  
• Fundraising Rep Careers
  Are you looking for a flexible career that allows you to set your own hours and work out of your home? Fundraising representatives enjoy just this type of career. Although it does involve selling fundraising products and services, it is not your typical sales representative career. Many people become fundraising reps after years of volunteer fundraising experience.
  
  
• Fundraising and Today's Busy Teacher
  Today’s school teacher has a lot on her plate. She drives to work thinking about the day’s lesson plan, races to check her e-mail before the first bell, herds several of her students to and from the bathroom, and calls roll – all before the first piece of chalk hits the board. It’s no wonder the school fundraiser isn’t her first priority.
  
  
• School Fundraising with Holiday Shops
  Holiday gift shops are sometimes known as "Secret Santa Shops." The gift shops can be set up and run by the PTO or volunteer groups. Fundraising companies can provide everything necessary to run a holiday shop, such as pre-priced gifts, promotional and publicity items, shopping bags, and, most times, cash registers.