Are the stories you’re telling helping or hurting your organization’s efforts to inspire giving and boost involvement?

Find out when you join us and our partners, NTEN and Ad Council, for a free storytelling webinar led by M+R’s Steve Daigneault and Sara Wolfson.

It’s Not You, It’s Your Stories:  How your fundraising appeals can tell better stories

We’ll cover:

• Why not all stories work in fundraising appeals
• The basic requirements to telling the right story
• Concrete tips you can use every time you draft an appeal

Click here to register for this free webinar.

Feel free to spread the word! We hope to see you there.

Want some free pointers on your upcoming end of year fundraising campaign? Join us on November 15 at 4pm EST for a free 45-minute webinar with M+R’s Jonathan Benton.

Are you Ready? End of Year Fundraising
Tuesday, November 15
4 pm EST

Did you know the vast majority of donations come in during the month of December? This may be your best shot to significantly boost your online and offline donations this year. And we can help!

Learn how to get the most from your end of year fundraising campaign at this webinar, hosted by Salsa Labs. The webinar will specifically cover:

• Why you should be fundraising at the end of year
• How many emails you should send, what you should say in them, and when you should send them
• How to optimize your website and your donation forms
• New things you can try to take your end of year campaign to the next level

Click here to register for this free webinar!

U.S. farmworkers have an average life expectancy that’s 30 years less than the average American citizen. Pretty shocking, no?

Non-profits often rely on surprising statistics like this to motivate their supporters to act. But as M+R’s Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault explained in their recent whitepaper, it’s often not numbers but stories that prove most memorable and compelling – as Oxfam America discovered in a recent test.
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If you judge a presentation by the questions that get asked then our 2011 Benchmarks webinar was a resounding success! In fact, we got so many great questions that we couldn’t answer them all on the call. Was your question one that didn’t get answered? I’ll answer more questions now, and you can email me with your unanswered questions.

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Here’s our visual take on this year’s 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study – print this out and tack it up on your bulletin board!

Also, be sure to download your FREE copy of this year’s study