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Additions To Your Planned Giving Marketing Program: The Bequest Society (Part 2) Contributed by:
Richard ElyThursday, March 13, 2003 (10 years 64 days ago)
In the last article, we started to look at bequest societies and how important they can be in your planned giving program. In this article, we'll address four more topics related to establishing bequest societies: Perks, Stewardship Activities, creating a Marketing Program, and why you should Never Stop.
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Additions To Your Planned Giving Marketing Program: The Bequest Society -- Part I Contributed by:
Richard ElyThursday, March 13, 2003 (10 years 64 days ago)
Once you've got a basic planned giving marketing program up and running, it's easy to add a Bequest Society to your "product mix." This is the first of 2 articles on this important topic. Read on to find out how.
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Additions To Your Planned Giving Marketing Program: Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designations Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, November 05, 2002 (10 years 192 days ago)
Let's look at another "product" you can add to your planned giving marketing program: Asking your donors to name your organization as a beneficiary of their retirement plans.
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Additions to Your Planned Giving Marketing Program: Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, October 01, 2002 (10 years 227 days ago)
In this and subsequent articles, we're going to look at what "products" you can add to your planned giving marketing effort beyond bequests and appreciated securities.
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Additions To Your Planned Giving Marketing Program: Gifts of Stock Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, August 27, 2002 (10 years 262 days ago)
If you've been following our articles on planned giving, and have implemented their suggestions, you've probably developed a simple, low cost, but high-impact marketing program.
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Why Bequests Should Be a Key Focus of Your Planned Giving Program Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, August 06, 2002 (10 years 283 days ago)
Our last two articles on planned giving (How To Start (or Beef UP) Your Planned Giving Program, With (Almost) No Budget -- Part I & How To Start (or Beef UP) Your Planned Giving Program, With (Almost) No Budget -- Part II) suggested ways to start a new or beef up an existing planned giving program in a way that would not take too much time or financial resources and yet would have a strong impact. We also emphasized focusing on bequests.
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How To Start (or Beef UP) Your Planned Giving Program, With (Almost) No Budget (Part 2) Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, June 18, 2002 (10 years 332 days ago)
In our last issue (June 11), we talked about how you can start or beef up an existing planned giving program even if you have little time, resources or expertise. We focused on developing a marketing plan based around bequests -- essentially "piggybacking" a bequest ask on on existing ways you communicate with your constituents -- a technique that can keep your time commitment and expenses very low and won't require lots of expertise on your part.
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How To Start (or Beef UP) Your Planned Giving Program, With (Almost) No Budget (Part 1) Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, June 11, 2002 (10 years 339 days ago)
You see the need to (either) make a start in planned giving or expand your current program; you understand that without offering your donors a planned giving option you're probably "leaving money on the table;" and, you've come to accept that other organizations that do offer planned giving opportunities are probably getting many gifts from YOUR donors who love YOUR organization.
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Are You Ready To Start A Planned Giving Program ?? -- A Short Quiz !! Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, June 04, 2002 (10 years 346 days ago)
...So the question is: Are You Ready? OR better, Should You Start? And if you should start, what should you do? and how do you get the needed resources?
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If You're Not Doing Planned Giving…You're Probably Leaving Money on The Table Contributed by:
Richard ElyTuesday, May 14, 2002 (11 years 2 days ago)
Leaving money on the table? Well, are you? Your donors are undoubtedly making planned gifts to other organizations they support and -- if you're not doing any planned giving - they probably don't even think of your organization when they make planned gifts to other NPOs.
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