The Difference Between Auto Manufacturers and United Ways

What if automobile manufacturers sold cars and trucks the way United Ways ask people to give?

Campaign, Communicating, Donors, Fundraising, Partner agencies, VolunteersGaryJuly 19, 2018donors, impact, partner agencies, allocations, programs, volunteers, donationComment

Newspapers and United Ways

There was an interesting talk show on NPR several weeks ago about the demise of the printed newspaper. For nearly three decades, newspaper circulation has declined every single year.

Campaign, Donors, Issue Focus, Issues, Partner agenciesGaryMay 10, 2018issue focus, fundraising-focused, workplace campaign, partner agencies, programs, donors, younger generationComment

Who Cares?

Your donors do NOT care about . . .

Actions, Campaign, Designations, Donors, Events, Fundraising, Issues, Results, VolunteersGaryMarch 14, 2018partner agencies, programs, volunteers, goals, workplace campaign, donors, designations, Web site, fundraiser, board, campaign goal, issue, actions, resultsComment

Quote of the Month: May 2017

If you try to be everything to everybody, you're nothing to anybody.

– Pamela Beckford, Executive Director, United Way of Wells County

Community Impact, Donors, Partner agencies, Quote of the MonthGaryMay 24, 2017Quote of the Month, donors, donor research, programs, nonprofitsComment

They Will Stop Asking About Your Administrative Costs If . . .

One of the more common questions we get from local United Ways goes something like this: “How do we get donors to stop asking about our administrative costs?”

Campaign, Communicating, Community Impact, Donors, Fundraising, Issues, Understand My CommunityGaryAugust 18, 2016Donors, administrative costs, programs, partner agencies, issue focus, workplace campaignComment

United Way Pizza

Campaign, Communicating, Donors, Events, Fundraising, Partner agenciesGarySeptember 9, 2015donors, workplace campaign, affinity group, special events, programs, partner agencies, 2-1-1, fundraisingComment

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