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NPO Direct Marketing: Direct Mail, Telemarketing and Membership Services for Nonprofits — August 2011
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Back to School
 

In honor of back to school time, we wanted to share with you these published and Internet resources on membership marketing and donor development.

 

 

Publications

Asking: A 59-Minute Guide to Everything Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff Must Know to Secure the Gift
Jerold Panas

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam, Lewis M. Feldstein, and Don Cohen
(Simon & Schuster)

Dear Friend: Mastering the Art of Direct-Mail Fund Raising
Kay Partney Lautman and Henry Goldstein
(Fund Raising Institute)

Developing Major Gifts: Turning Small Donors into Big Contributions
Laura Fredricks
(Aspen Publishers)

Direct Marketing for Nonprofits
Kay Partney Lautman
(Aspen Publishers)

Exceptional Customer Service: Going Beyond Your Good Service to Exceed the Customer’s Expectation
Lisa Ford, David McNair, and Bill Perry
(Adams Media Corp.)

The Five Strategies for Fundraising Success
Mal Warwick

Fundraising Fundamentals: A Guide to Annual Giving for Professionals and Volunteers
James M. Greenfield
(John Wiley and Sons, Inc.)

Fundraising on the Internet: The ePhilanthropyFoundation.Org’s Guide to Success Online
ed. Mal Warwick, Ted Hart, and Nick Allen

Give to Live: How Giving Can Change Your Life
Douglas M. Lawson
(ALTI Publishing)

How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters
Mal Warwick

Innovations in Annual Giving: Ten Departures that Worked
Robert A. Burdenski
(CASE Publication)

Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan
Tracy Gary and Melissa Kohner

Keep Your Donors
Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux

The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, and Lasting Value
Frederick F. Reichheld
(Harvard Business School Press)

Loyalty Rules: How Today's Leaders Build Lasting Relationships
Frederick F. Reichheld
(Harvard Business School Press)

Making Museums Matter
Stephen E. Weil
(Smithsonian Institution Press)

Marketing Planning: A Step-By-Step Guide
James W. Taylor
(Prentice Hall)

Membership Development: An Action Plan for Results
Patricia Rich and Dana Hines
(Jones and Bartlett)

The Mercifully Brief, Real-World Guide to Raising $1,000 Gifts by Mail
Mal Warwick

Museum Marketing and Strategy (2nd edition)
Neil Kotler, Philip Kotler, Wendy Kotler
(Jossey-Bass Publishers)

Revolution in the Mailbox
Mal Warwick

Ten Steps to Fundraising Success
Mal Warwick

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3: Raise More Money with Direct Mail Tests
Mal Warwick
(Jossey-Bass Publishers)

Strategic Database Marketing: The Masterplan for Starting and Managing a Profitable, Customer-Based Marketing Program
Arthur Hughes

Wired For Culture: How E-mail is Revolutionizing Arts Marketing
Eugene Carr
(Patron Publishing)

Write on Target
Donna Baier Stein

Annual Giving: A Practical Approach
Fritz W. Schroeder

Special Events: Planning for Success; 2nd edition
April Harris

Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Bill Clinton

Donor-Centered Fundraising
Penelope Burk

Internet

Association of Fundraising Professionals
http://www.afpnet.org

The Agitator (fundraising blog)
http://www.theagitator.net

The American Association of Museums
http://aam-us.org

Arts eVentures, Inc.
http://www.artseventures.com

Council for Advancement and Support of Education
http://case.org

Charity Channel
http://charitychannel.com

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://philanthropy.com

The Direct Marketing Association
http://www.the-dma.org

DM News: The Online Newspaper of Record for Direct Marketers
http://www.dmnews.com

Donordigital: Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Marketing
http://donordigital.com

Donor Power Blog (fundraising blog)
http://www.donorpowerblog.com

Fundraising Success Magazine (online)
http://www.fundraisingsuccessmag.com

TargetX: Email Marketing Solutions for Colleges, Nonprofits and Publishers
http://www.targetx.com



List courtesy of the American Museum Membership Conference, which will be held in Philadelphia from October 24 to 27, 2011. For more information, please visit the AMMC website at artmuseummembership.org.

As a proud sponsor of the AMMC, NPO hopes to see you at this not-to-be-missed conference for membership managers nationwide.

 

Next month...

Our feature on the new membership program for the American Museum of Natural History will appear in the September e-bulletin.

For more information:

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