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The Fundraising Event Debate Rages On

September 17, 2015 By Nell Edgington 8 Comments

Predictably, my post last week arguing that nonprofit events aren’t efficient fundraisers caused some controversy. In particular, fundraising consultant, Gayle Gifford and I had an interesting (and very polite) debate about the post. The exchange with Gayle really made me think and further refine my argument (which is really the point of debate, right?). What our exchange […]

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The Problem With Nonprofit Events

September 10, 2015 By Nell Edgington 23 Comments

I was speaking to a group of nonprofit leaders recently about how to Move from Fundraising to Financing, and when I came to the part about events, the room went predictably quiet. Looks of shock shot around the room. Events are so ubiquitous in the nonprofit sector, how could I possibly say they have little financial value? It […]

A Slideshare to Calculate the Cost of Fundraising

April 15, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking about using Slideshare, the social media network for presentations and infographics, a lot lately. It’s an amazing site with tremendous content. I wanted to start sharing some of my presentations there. So today, here is my first SlideShare offering, “Calculating the Cost of Fundraising.” These slides are excerpted from my Calculating the […]

How Nonprofits Can Thrive While Awaiting Economic Recovery

February 23, 2012 By Nell Edgington 7 Comments

After 3+ years of a difficult recession it looks like the economy might be starting to turn around. That’s great news. But for the nonprofit sector, which is always the first hit by and last to rebound from a recession, it might still be awhile until they enjoy the looming economic recovery. But it does […]

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Financing not Fundraising

December 14, 2009 By Nell Edgington 22 Comments

Note: This post is the first in the ongoing blog series, Financing Not Fundraising. For more on the Financing Not Fundraising approach, view the Financing Not Fundraising book series and the Financing Not Fundraising webinar series. I’d like to outline a new vision for how the nonprofit sector gets funded.  Fundraising in its current form just doesn’t […]

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