Communications

Wrapping up your Stewardship Campaign

Our May 31, 2024 Friday Forum, attended by about 20 stewardship leaders, was all about wrapping up your campaign or major phase, formally marking the end, celebrating, listening to feedback, and thanking all of the participants.  The wrap-up phase, which is sometimes overlooked or minimized, is essential for laying the groundwork for future campaigns. The […]

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A Brief and Subjective Glossary of Stewardship Terms

Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are past and many congregations are working on their Spring pledge drives in earnest, this might be a good time to define some words associated with stewardship. Here is a short list of vocabulary, with some comments about each one – this is not your mother’s dictionary! Stewardship

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Symposium on Stewardship During Virtual Sundays

The focus of this week’s Zoom Symposium was Stewardship During Virtual Sundays. We hope our slides and video, as well as the sharing of ideas among congregations, are helpful as you continue to build a Sunday online experience, and other virtual programs for your congregation.   The symposium covered the opportunities for asking for pledges and

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Pledge Drive Communications Now: Intelligence from the Symposium

Thanks to everyone who participated in the pop-up video symposium today: Pledge Drive Communications Now. We had 46 people on the Zoom – great to see everyone’s faces and thank you for contributing via the Chat function! Many thanks to The First UU Society of Burlington, Vermont who allowed me to use their materials as

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Best Practices for Conducting Virtual Campaigns

Welcome to the second in our series of blogs on Stewardship as Community Care.  In these times of social isolation, we can use our campaigns to reach out and connect with messages of  compassion, concern and hope.. Virtual stewardship has much in common with on-site and in-person stewardship: Stewardship conversations are sacred conversations in whatever

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Springtime Message for our Stewardship Teams: Stay the Course, but Stop and Smell the Flowers

Across the country, many UU congregations are heading toward the finish line of their annual stewardship campaigns. Some are deep into time-bound spring campaigns; others are in the spring phase of year-round giving and pledging; others are collecting from a fall pledge drive; and still others are hard at work on combined annual stewardship and

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