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What I know to be true about donor campaigns

Posted On September 11, 2014 By Shoshana

Part of audience development is donor relations. Remember, the definition of audience development is to build relationships to get people more involved by becoming subscribers, volunteers and donors. Let’s face it, donations are a heck of a lot easier to obtain if you know a person well.  Knowing a person also helps eliminate the fear… 

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3 audience development tips we can learn from churches

Posted On January 27, 2014 By Shoshana

  Back in 2008, I mentioned in passing that we can learn a great deal from churches.  I wanted to reiterate this thought and elaborate. Churches have audience development in mind right away.  Here is my personal story about joining a congregation in the Chicago area:   1. I was feeling the desire to become… 

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