Local nonprofits get guidance on generating greater gifts

Local nonprofits get guidance on generating greater gifts: "Local nonprofits get guidance on generating greater gifts
Thank-you calls pay off, author and consultant Jerold Panas tells CNY fundraisers.
Friday, June 09, 2006
By Frank Brieaddy
Staff writer

Nonprofit guru Jerold Panas gave a gathering of professional fundraisers a laundry list of tips Thursday to squeeze more and bigger gifts out of their donors.

All of the advice he gave at a three-hour session at Turning Stone Resort and Casino, hosted by the Central New York Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, boiled down to hard work, close and frequent contact with donors and clear explanations of how their dollars 'change lives and save lives.'"

Tags: NP donor motivation, NP donor cultivation, NPFundraising