Obligation
Chaos or Control: Does the Charity Have an Obligation to its Donors and Staff? Commentary For many years, we have written articles about...
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@EASE
Knowledge Driven Charity
Sharron Batsch
- Jul 4
- 2 min
@EASE Classic: Perspective
Fundraising is all about knowing your donors. It involves why they give and how they give, and how the charity can build relationships...
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Sharron Batsch
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Cultivating Your Donors
I have always loved to garden. It offers a beautiful sanctuary just outside our backdoor. A garden can be analogous to a charity and its...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
Donors for Life: How you Hear Them
Don Keel and I offered a seminar on January 12, 2022, to talk about the issue of donors and how to understand their motivations when...
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Sharron Batsch
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
TECHNOLOGY | Delegation of Fund Development Practices
When a job is delegated, you expect the individual responsible to have the skills and the knowledge necessary to perform their task(s)...
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Sharron Batsch
- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
FUNDRAISING | Undiscussable - The Condition of Donor Data
Your doctor has retired, and you are about to meet his replacement. Other than your name, they know little of your previous medical...
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Sharron Batsch
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
A Lightning BOLT! Knowledge Management Plan for Charities
For years I have written about and discussed issues concerning data management and how it affects a charity. My concern has been the...
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Sharron Batsch
- Dec 4, 2019
- 5 min
Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard Syndrome
We have written about the issue of a fundraiser’s legacy many times over 30 years and our belief is little has changed. Successfully...
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Sharron Batsch
- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
Exposed!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bkp2q-baf118 Sitting down with a donor is an important relationship-building experience. What...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jun 22, 2019
- 3 min
What a High Value Donor Thinks Part II
Batsch Group (BG) sat down today with a High Value Donor (HVD), who has played many different roles in our community and in Canada. Some...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jun 4, 2019
- 3 min
Risky Business: Another High-Value Donor
RISK to a charity resides at the top. It is found in the attitudes expressed by Boards and senior management. Information and knowledge...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jan 21, 2019
- 1 min
Productivity, Stewardship, Results: The Donor Centered Charity
A common theme for charities is staff turnover, lack of productivity and the struggle to maintain donation levels. We attribute many of...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jun 28, 2018
- 4 min
Strong Systems Trump Leadership
As a donor do I want to hear my charity of choice proclaim “We need to clean up our data!”? Is there something functionally misunderstood...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jul 21, 2017
- 3 min
The Knowledge Driven Charity Behooves Donor-Centric Fundraising
Donor-centric fundraising is all the rage. It makes a great deal of sense. Know who your donors are and why they are motivated to support...
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Sharron Batsch
- Apr 5, 2017
- 2 min
Where on Earth?
Many of us read “Where’s Waldo” books as children or have read them to our children. It was an exercise in sheer fun trying to locate...
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Sharron Batsch
- Mar 14, 2017
- 3 min
From Event Guest to Loyal Donor
What is fundraising all about? There is a lot of discussion about the many ways to raise funds for a charity and there are many...
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Sharron Batsch
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
Sponsorships: Making it a Good Thing for All
While on holiday, I met a really interesting guy named Mike. Mike Kryshak is the CEO of Rebel Converting. They are experts in producing...
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Sharron Batsch
- Oct 4, 2016
- 3 min
Prescription for an Ailing Charity
There has been a great deal of discussion over the last couple of years about what is ailing charities. The issue has been described as a...
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Sharron Batsch
- Dec 26, 2015
- 3 min
Is your Special Event Boom or Bust?
First and foremost a special event needs to be enjoyable. To that end, it needs the right venue, the right food, the right environment,...
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Sharron Batsch
- Aug 30, 2015
- 5 min
Fascinating, Exciting, Defining: Past, Present and Future
Words offer a new perspective when we view our work and the use of our time. They can affect our mood and move something once considered...
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