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Good things begin with β€οΈ. This is the 138th Fundraising Writing Newsletter. If you find value here, please tell a fundraising friend. (Your fundraising friend can βsubscribe here for free.)β In this issue: β 30 years for us! β€οΈ 30 tips for you! π€© β Randomly yours: to inspire and recharge you Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Hi Reader, As I write this on Monday, Brett and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary. I shall resist the temptation to imply we're not that old by joking about getting married as toddlers. (Um, toddlers should not get married.) Did 30 years fly by? No. Also, yes. This morning, our son Mikias asked, "How does it feel to be married for 30 years?" Brett said, "Lucky and proud." β€οΈβ€οΈ Since you didn't get us an anniversary gift this year 30 years for us! β€οΈ 30 tips for you! π€©Please raise a virtual glass to us in celebration ... and lift your appeal response rate with our 30 Fundraising Appeal Writing Tips. Here's a peek at the first 3 tips: And here again is the free PDF with all 30 tips. Thank you for celebrating with us! π Randomly yours: to inspire and recharge youFor your brain, heart, and funny bone...
Until next time: May your days be filled with love, luck, and big days worth celebrating! Grateful,
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This is the 196th Fundraising Writing Newsletter. If you find value here, please tell a fundraising friend. (Your fundraising friend can subscribe here for free.) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Hi Reader, You know how sometimes you have to learn the rules, then learn when it's better to break them? Like when you're told in school never to write a sentence fragment. Come to find out, that's only for formal writing. It's often better to sound natural and authentic, and doing that means writing how...
This is the 195th Fundraising Writing Newsletter. If you find value here, please tell a fundraising friend. (Your fundraising friend can subscribe here for free.) Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Hi Reader, Remember 2023? Right now it feels like a long time ago. You too? Just me? In December of 2023, Brett and I gathered some of our newsletters, organized and formatted them, wrote a few new chapters, added a title page and a table of contents, and, voila, we had a book. It's free. It's called...
This is the 194th Fundraising Writing Newsletter. If you find value here, please tell a fundraising friend. (Your fundraising friend can subscribe here for free.) Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Hi Reader, Once in a while, I feel like Pam from The Office. I want to stand up and shout, "NO MORE MEETINGS!" But once in a rarer while, I walk out of a meeting GLOWING. Like this. Which is what happened to me the other day. And it got me thinking: Fundraising thoughts: gifts, dreams, and concerns "We keep...