Employee Giving & COVID-19
We are standing on the precipice of an unprecedented time in our world as the COVID-19 crisis impacts communities all around the globe. Communities worldwide are feeling the brunt of this relentless virus, and we're all navigating this new normal with trepidation and unrest.
And let's face it, as nonprofit organizations it's difficult to know how development should proceed during such uncertain times when markets fluctuate, economies recess and individuals and companies struggle to remain solvent.
But here's the thing: donors need to hear from you now more than ever, especially your employee donors.
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The $500,000 Launch Strategy for Employee Giving
When our team launched our first employee giving campaign nearly a decade ago, we didn’t know what to expect. We certainly didn’t walk into the campaign with a perfect plan in year one. Sure, we readied ourselves by collecting inspiring projects, designing the campaign brand and marketing materials - and we even had a communication plan that counted down the days to the launch… but ironically we missed one of the greatest factors to a successful launch.
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How to Grow Employee Giving Systemwide (Part II)
With growing health systems, whether it’s through mergers, acquisitions or expansion efforts many of us face the challenges of building one campaign that resonates across many miles and different localized cultures. So how do you hack the system and use the distance to make the heart grow fonder? Here’s a few tricks that have found helpful as you navigate.
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How to Grow Employee Giving Systemwide (Part I)
With growing health systems, whether it’s through mergers, acquisitions or expansion efforts many of us face the challenges of building one campaign that resonates across many miles and different localized cultures. So how do you hack the system and use the distance to make the heart grow fonder? Here’s a few tricks that have found helpful as you navigate.
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Employee Giving vs. __________
Chances are your hospital or university's own employee giving campaign isn’t the only one happening within the walls of your organization. In fact, if you’re like most of us - seemingly every month our hospital is flooded by yet another competing external fundraiser for any and every wonderful cause imaginable.
So with a little friendly philanthropic competition a reality, the natural question is how do you navigate the crowded waters?
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Is Your Employee Giving Campaign Built to Scale Big? If not, start here.
Chances are your hospital or university's own employee giving campaign isn’t the only one happening within the walls of your organization. In fact, if you’re like most of us - seemingly every month our hospital is flooded by yet another competing external fundraiser for any and every wonderful cause imaginable.
So with a little friendly philanthropic competition a reality, the natural question is how do you navigate the crowded waters?
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How to Convert an Employee Giving Critic
Dee works in registration at one of our metro hospitals in the emergency department. In fact, she is practically a local celebrity - she has the respect and appreciation of all her peers. Her fellow caregivers look up to her and love being around her - Dee’s energy is infectious. So when our inaugural employee giving campaign rolled around several years ago, her initial reaction wasn’t one you’d hope to have from someone so influential among her fellow staff. Dee was furious.
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6 Roles to Ignite Employee Giving
Your hospital's people are the heart and soul of employee giving - and by harnessing their engagement to play specific roles in your campaign you are setting up the framework to reach your goals whether it's your ability to grow engagement, participation or dollars raised. It all starts by growing your engaged volunteer bench.
So, are you ready to level up your campaign volunteer plan?
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6 Beliefs That Will Revolutionize Your Employee Giving Campaign
Think about this: Your healthcare organization likely has tens of thousands of patients and their family members accessing treatment at your hospitals and clinics monthly, weekly or in some places even daily. There are numerous tried-and-true strategies for focusing your development efforts around prioritized calls, follow-ups and rounding on the prospective grateful patient donors based on the guidance on big data and wealth screening tools.
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Webinar: Stewardship That Cultivates Rabid Fans
Has your employee given campaign fallen into a rut with tired stewardship, same ole' benefits and predictable donor relations tactics? We get it! Not all of us come from 100-person shops with bottomless budgets. We want to explore how we can transform the way you thank, steward, communicate, and cultivate enthusiasm and crazy loyalty from those closest to your mission. In this session, we'll explore Treating Employees Like Donors, Upping your Stewardship Game…
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