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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Benchmarks for Reviewing an Annual Pledge Campaign This Part 2 or the review deals with the numeric data. Combining this with the Part 1 qualitative information will give you a basis on which to understand the immediate past drive and plan the next one. This listing is intended to be inclusive, not exclusive – other
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To reduce the likelihood of next year’s annual pledge drive being a do-over of this year’s, or worse – a reinventing the wheel – don’t completely wrap up before you do a Strategic Review of this year. And guess what? The best time to engage and recruit new folks or leaders for your Stewardship Team
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Your pledge drive needs to happen soon, but it is late and you still don’t have a drive leader, or maybe just got one in place! What are options for congregations when they don’t have time for: volunteer recruitment, good planning, identifying strategies that fit, creating effective messaging, or coordinating with other parts of the
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Confused? Hopeful? Concerned? Join the Club! If your congregation is like most, you have a LOT of concerns about the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law the close of 2017. A number of us gave our 2018 contributions early, in an effort to ensure tax deductions were in place. A lot of
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Are you making the most of what could be a powerful stewardship and community building tool? At any given time, many congregations are looking for a bit of change in their stewardship campaign. One option that is often mentioned is Celebration Sunday, sometimes referred to as Commitment Sunday. Frankly, I used to down play
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Giving to your UU congregation now could be a win-win As my colleague Bill Clontz eloquently described in his November post, it’s the year-end holiday season when many of us examine our finances and charitable giving. This is a normal part of year-end financial and tax planning. But of course, this is anything but
Take steps now to maximize year end giving and set a course for the New Year We are approaching the Conundrum Season. On the one hand, we are entering a period of thanksgiving and celebration of being together. On the other hand, we remember that as the New Year arrives, comes tax season. But
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You know the rest – you have to spend money to make money, or in this case, to raise money. Occasionally a congregation will let us know that it has decided to engage a Stewardship for Us consultant but does not have the money in its current year budget. And of course, once the decision
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In Part I, the focus was on a monthly program testimonial for year-round messaging on WHAT you accomplish and WHY (see Ideas to Boost Funding for Your Programs – PART I ). In Part II, let’s think about the visual way we represent our funding needs at an annual meeting and/or in our annual pledge
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