Three Ways to Better Manage Gift Officers
Want to increase your team’s revenue by 48 percent? (That’d be a great way to get the trustees to name a building after you.) This secret to growing revenue is simple but takes hard work. According to the Harvard Business Review, good managers “contribute about 48% higher profit to their companies than average managers.” Putting […]
EverTrue & Graduway: Announcing Our Strategic Partnership
Today’s a big day. We’re announcing a new partnership with Graduway, as our companies have teamed up to bring alumni relations and development closer together than ever before. As two of the most innovative leaders in the advancement technology sector, we are committed to closely collaborating to better support our mutual customers and […]
5 Fabulous EverTrue Searches for the End of the Annual Fund
It’s crunch time for our annual giving friends. We know you’re crunching numbers every day to see how you’re doing against your donor and dollar goals. Never fear. We are here to help! In this video, Courtney Camps, our VP of Customer Success, sets YOU up for success by sharing five must-see searches to help […]
Spring Brings… Warm Sunshine, Flowers Blooming, and Brand-New Goodies from EverTrue in This Product Update
Hello! And thanks for reading. If you only have one minute, watch this video where I try to breakdown all the new EverTrue goodies in fewer than 60 seconds. And if you have a couple more minutes, stick around as we go deeper into all the news from EverTrue HQ. I’ll try and […]
More Data, Faster: How we’re helping you get the most data-driven value out of EverTrue
Data fuels advancement teams. Everybody wins when the entire division has access to the information they need. Fundraisers work faster and more efficiently and friend-raisers ditch busy work and dedicate more time to relationship-building. So we’re always thinking of new and better ways to get more mission-critical information into EverTrue. Here’s how we’re making that […]
A Delicious Treat: EverTrue’s December 2018 Product Update
Jump to a section in this post: Android updates, iOS updates, Relationship Management, New partnership with Hustle, search contact reports, gift transactions When was the last time you had to choose between two good options? For me, it was at dinner this past weekend. We were out with friends, had a nice meal, and […]
Ghost Stories from Campus — Social Strategies to Engage Alumni this Halloween
“One time, when locking up the library on a Saturday night, we discovered that one of the bathrooms was locked. None of the student workers, myself included, had a key. We called security and a student officer came over. She knocked on the door before opening it and we were confident that we heard a […]
TrueTalk: Conversations from EverTrue HQ — Episode 1: What’s the follow-up plan?
You throw a great event. Thousands of families come to the homecoming game. A social post goes viral. What happens next? Too often, the answer is nothing. *Crickets chirping* So how can higher ed change that? We’re tackling that topic in our first episode of TrueTalk — a series of candid chats from EverTrue HQ. […]
EverTrue U: Syracuse — Speakers Announced!
Coming soon to Western New York… it’s EverTrue U — a half-day gathering for EverTrue customers and advancement visionaries as we dig into the best ways to use EverTrue, network with new friends, and learn from each other. I cannot wait to hear from the speakers we’ve lined up for this user group. We still […]
20 Million Alumni Show Why Higher Ed Needs to Pay More Attention to Online Engagement (Infographic)
Colleges and schools are really good at driving engagement. With events, active social channels, live streaming, and popular websites and alumni directories, higher ed offers a ton to its fans. And there are a lot of fans! Universities and independent schools have a natural, built-in audience that wants to stay connected. Alumni and families actively […]
8 Steps to Introducing Change in Your Advancement Organization (And Why It’s Not as Hard as it Looks!)
Change is difficult. Think about how hard it is to alter personal habits, whether it’s taking a new route to work, introducing a new cafe to your routine, or sticking to a diet or a workout plan. Change is even harder for organizations. There’s a LOT of people you need to get on board when […]
5 Tips for Building a Great Volunteer Fundraising Program
Let’s look at a pair of appeals and you tell me which one you’d rather receive. Here’s the first. This is an actual email I received in early June (I won’t say who it was from). Honestly, the chance to be listed on an “honor roll” was pretty underwhelming. The message felt generic and non-specific. […]