Fundraising Voices from RNL

Janice Cunning at FundraisingLeadership.org talks with us about investing in yourself as a leader, including with coaching, to help build and retain high performing teams, navigate challenge, and transform your organization.

Find our more about Janice and Fundraising Leadership here.

Community Colleges are a key social, economic and educational engine in our communities. Jody Donaldson knows this and that's why she's dedicated to advancing Kirkwood Community College. I sat down with Jody live at this year's CASE VI conference to talk about community college donor engagement, her advice for working with a community of supporters, and how these special institutions help our communities.

Find out more about the Kirkwood Foundation's work here.

RNL's Eric Billings and Kristin Demarco Carroll offer advice on #GivingTuesday now and COVID-19 funds in general. Included are discussions of AI-driven communications, setting up crowdfunding-based funds, and supporting efforts like emergency relief funds and medical research.

RNL is waiving fees for new clients through June 30 for our crowdfunding platform powered by ScaleFunder. Get in touch today to get your campaign up and running for this important day.

Sara Wald from North Dakota State University and Eric Gentry from Northern Kentucky University join RNL's Chad Warren to talk about the incredible support for student emergency funds amidst the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis.

We talk about:

- Establishing a fund - How to market a fund and seek support - How to get a fund up quickly using platforms like RNL Crowdfunding powered by ScaleFunder - How funds bring a campus and donors together to meet immediate needs.

NDSU's Student Emergency Fund

NKU's Student Emergency Fund

We're offering free access to RNL Crowdfunding through June 30 and we've seen over $3 million in donations since the crisis began. Contact us today to get on board and use this powerful tool to engage your donors, who want to help.

Martin Leifeld is a career fundraiser, speaker and author that has raised over $500M in his career. He's the author of Five Minutes for Fundraising, a great book that features leaders from across the fundraiser world.

I talked with Martin about how fundraisers navigate the path of personal growth, and what he thinks is in store for the future of our profession.

Check out all of Martin's great content at martinleifeld.com

Mazarine Treyz is a coach, speaker and best selling author of "The Wild Woman's Guide to Fundraising", serving people in over 70 different countries. Besides writing over 1,000 articles at wildwomanfundraising.com and offering classes, conferences and training, she's a regular speaker at big conferences and events.

She's the author of "Get the Job: Your Fundraising Empowerment Blog."Get the Job! Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide"

In our chat, we cover topics like the world for women in fundraising, career strategy, developing leadership skills, and getting the resources you need to be successful.

Check out Mazarine's blog and resources at Wild Woman Fundraising

Join RNL's Josh Robertson, Dayna Carpenter, Chris Bingley, Shad Hanselman and Greta Daniels as we talk about what the health crisis means for donor engagement, as well as our immediate and future strategy.

Find more resources at:

https://www.ruffalonl.com/category/fundraising/

And join our COVID-19 Higher Education LinkedIn group.

And if you would like to utilize the RNL ScaleFunder platform at no cost through June to put up mobile-optimized campaigns for your supporters, let us know here.

We recorded this podcast panel discussion the afternoon of Monday, March 16, just following the declaration of the national health emergency.

Bringing your supporters to a level of true investment is absolutely keep to meeting your goals of philanthropic support. Sherry Quam Taylor knows this and works with fundraisers every day to help them better engage donors to step up to a level of leadership investment.

Check out Sherry at: https://www.quamtaylor.com/

Industry estimates tell us that the average American receives at least 500 marketing messages a day, and 100 of them are digital. Modern charitable outreach contends with a lot of noise. And it's hard to break through.

Chris Knudson at Wartburg College knows this, and he's doing a great job connecting with supporters in an authentic way. He's also done something great and stepped up as the chair of next year's CASE VI conference. I connected with him at this year's conference in Kansas City and we talked about marketing, brand strategy, and also why he volunteers for CASE. Check out this live episode recorded right at the conference with audience questions.

Wartburg College

CASE VI

CASE Conferences and Training

Wartburg College

The Crowdfunding and Giving Day Index presents insights and results from 6,116 charitable crowdfunding projects totaling more than $105 million in giving.

Charitable crowdfunding has become the premier peer-to-peer online giving opportunity.

The report includes key results and benchmarks such as:

• The types of campaigns institutions run, their average results by type, and the average duration
• Metrics for first-year results for campuses running their first crowdfunding campaigns
• The most popular terms used in naming crowdfunding campaigns
• The impact of custom giving pages for evergreen giving
• 8 best practices based on these results

Eric Billings and Brian Gawor from RNL review the results and talk about key practices for success with charitable crowdfunding.

Download the full report here

And request a demo of RNL ScaleFunder today, and let the RNL experts show you how these key tactics can amplify your success!