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Tuesday
19Feb

Tapping the Corporate Dollar – Mosaik Strategies Seminar

mosaik.strategies.184.057.gifEver wonder how to find a great corporate partner?  Have you tried to ask companies for their support, only to be ignored and rejected?  What are some of the best practices when it comes to created great non-profit/corporate relationships?

Thankfully Mikel Smith Koon, president of Mosaik Strategies and a cause marketing expert, has put together a half-day training session to get you up and running in your corporate fundraising efforts.

"Tapping the Corporate Dollar 2008" is intended to introduce nonprofit and for-profit professionals to the world of mutual benefit through nonprofit/for-profit collaborations and help them find their organization's place in that world. During this session the audience will: develop an understanding of what drives both entities; examine examples of successful, mutually beneficial collaborations; identify principles that made the collaborations successful; and participate in a practical exercise to better understand how to use these principles toward their success.

This is an exciting time for cause marketing.  Consumers are demanding more responsibility and research has shown we are more likely to purchase products from companies that care about our causes.  Moral of the story:  corporations need us as much as we need them, so let's learn how to talk to each other and make this happen!

Tapping the Corporate Dollar (click here to register)
February 27, 2008
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

200 Maryland Avenue, NE
(Veterans of Foreign Wars building)
Washington, DC 20002

Monday
26Nov

Raising Money from Online Activists

karenheadshotI had the pleasure of attending the most recent Internet Advocacy Roundtable hosted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  The topic was hot and near and dear to my heart – converting online activists/subscribers into donors.  And the house was packed.

The expert presenter was the one and only Rick Christ, Managing Partner of NP Advisors.  Rick is a seasoned professional in the field of nonprofit direct marketing and fundraising, including more than 20 years of experience in direct mail prior to his success in the online world.

First, Rick recommended thinking of your online program in four stages:

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Monday
05Nov

Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur

Karen_Taggart.jpgI'll admit it.  I am a direct mail dinosaur now disguising myself as a hip online marketer.  Everyone was going to find out one of these days, so I figured it was best to blow my own cover.

That said, the longer I work in the online world the more I realize how much of old-school, direct mail techniques are applicable to online marketing.  

While there are several elements of communication that are different between the two channels, I offer the following five tips to online fundraisers from a direct mail dinosaur:

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Thursday
16Aug

Biggest Bang for Your Buck

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A promising study by Marketing Sherpa shows online campaign increases ROI by 30% as compared to direct mail.


Challenge:  Recruit walkers to commit at least $95 to participate in a 3-day event to raise money to fight breast cancer.  Keep your cost down and response rates high in order to maximize your ROI.

What do you do?

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Wednesday
08Aug

Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference

Lessons for Non-profits from the Corporate World 

by Karen Taggart, Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2 

515229-962067-thumbnail.jpgI’ve always believed that one of the best ways to predict the future trends in nonprofit direct marketing is to look at what is going on in the corporate world right now.  Because many

corporations have significantly more resources to dedicate to their marketing programs, they are often a few steps ahead of us in terms of new strategies and innovations – both successful and unsuccessful.

One of today’s sessions at the DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference in NYC focused on just that.

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Tuesday
17Jul

The Great Debate: DM vs. Online Acquisition

As a former direct mail diva, I have a constant debate in my head about which type of donor/member acquisition is "best" – online or direct mail?

Fortunately for me, I had the chance to moderate a debate between two experts (one in each field) at the recent DMAW/AFP Bridge Conference.  And fortunately for you, Fundraising Success Magazine, featured an article I wrote summarizing the findings of the session – so check it out! ...and let me know what you think!

Special thanks again to the debate paricipants, Krista Harte Sassaman of Epsilon and Vinne Wishrad of Conservation International. 

Feel free to email me at karen@earth.care2.com if you would like a copy of the presentation materials. 

Tuesday
10Jul

Make New Friends, But Keep the Old

Karen_Taggart.jpgReporting live from the DMAW/AFP Bridge Conference in Washington, DC

I love this conference.  It’s always a family reunion where I have the chance to hang out with all my direct marketing buddies.  While all this socializing could be seen as a waste, it taught me the #1 lesson I will take away this year.

What I realized as I was in the middle of socializing is that the communication steps I was taking with my new and old colleagues are exactly the same as those that are effective when recruiting and cultivating new activists and donors.  

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