The Most Important Word in Fundraising arroyofundraising.com/blog/2018/9/17…

The Magic of “I’ll Get Back to You” arroyofundraising.com/blog/2018/10/1…

Wonderful day when you're a fundraiser - or anyone! #WorldKindnessDay2019 #ChooseKindness

Look forward to joining #InsideDenver this Wednesday 11/20 at noon MST with @heinrichmktg, Blake Communications and other #nonprofit advocates! Join us to learn about Corporate and Individual Giving during the holiday season. #fundraising #donations

Look forward to sharing and learning from others - join us? Today 12 noon MST! #fundraising #philanthropy #nonprofits #InsideDenver

Hi! I'm Kathie Kramer Ryan, Founder Arroyo Fundraising, helping nonprofits excel for 20+ years via staff positions, boards, coaching & consulting #InsideDenver

A1 For Nonprofits: financial support so they can do more good, vote of confidence in work and mission of nonprofit, donor stewardship builds relationship & ideally repeat giving #InsideDenver

A1 For businesses, philanthropy can lead to greater customer engagement by making the connection between your company, the customer experience, and community building. Customers want to feel good about the companies they buy from. #Insidedenver

A2 For Individual giving, big focus on monthly recurring donations – easy & convenient for donor, helpful cash flow/projected rev for nonprofit. On average monthly donors give 42% more per year than one time donors, also higher retention rate #InsideDenver

A2 Still waiting to see full impact on #giving of new tax laws– will get more data in 2019 @Classy summarizes opportunities for #nonprofits classy.org/blog/tax-refor… #InsideDenver

A3 For nonprofits, challenge to build real relationships w Individuals and corporations to keep them engaged & #giving - never take donors for granted! #philanthropy #InsideDenver

A3 Locally, Colorado in top 20 states having most nonprofits per capita – good news is lots of goods work going on, but equates to competition for philanthropic dollars. #InsideDenver

A3 Nonprofits need to build & maintain trust. Be transparent. When story of illegal activity by a nonprofit is in the news, impacts whole sector! #InsideDenver

A4: Most important thing for donors is aligning charitable causes with their own personal values, passions and interests. Not one size fits all! #philanthropy #InsideDenver

A4 Corporate giving often aligned with marketing budget – corps want to intersect with customers or future customers. #Insidedenver

A5 Always treat donors like valued friends not cash machines - build relationships, share nonprofit successes as donors successes. #Insidedenver

A5 Keep donors front & center Donorbox shares 9 Magic Words That Increase Donations donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog… #Insidedenver

A6 A number of orgs research charities’ financial health and commitment to transparency and accountability. Sites like guidestar.org, charitynavigator.org, charitywatch.org and givewell.org are good places to start. #philanthropy #Insidedenver

Hurrah for ColoradoGives! Such a great resource for Colo #nonprofits and for #donors! #InsideDenver

Thank you for hosting! Fun connecting with everyone here! #InsideDenver