What should your first paragraph look like?
To be effective and eye-catching, your first paragraph needs to have the word “YOU.” This is the word most people listen to. You, and their name. If you can repeat their name several times in the letter, it will grab their attention even more.
Do you like writing email or letters?
Do you remember the joy of receiving a beautiful letter, and sending one in return?
If so, this post is all about spreading your joy, and helping turn your writing skills to letters asking people to support your nonprofit.
How do you start to raise money for the library? Start by thinking about what your library represents in your community. What is your brand?
I took a workshop last weekend about boundaries and one of the things the trainer said struck me.
She said, “New language won’t solve all your problems and make all of your messy relationships neat and sanitized, but it CAN start to help you think differently about how to solve problems.”
Lisa Kelly Zuba is a smart, funny Major Gifts fundraiser and owner of BiZZantik, a nonprofit consulting firm. I asked her to write a series
