Thread Journal
A Thread Thanksgiving
At Thread, we are also thankful for sew much! With that very on-brand giggle now out of our system we offer this message of thanks.
On behalf of the entire Thread team, thank you for being an important member of our Spool.
Loree Lipstein
December 1, 2020Who Do You Want To Be?
When you sit down to write, rather than asking, “What will make people give to us?” you should ask, “What are people saying about themselves when they give to us?”
Thread: What was this certification course and why did you want to take it?
Loree Lipstein
October 7, 20204 Tactics for Refreshing Your Gen Ops Grants
The rub about writing general operating support grants, especially to loyal, repeat funders year after year, is that they cover the essentials of your organization, and the essentials of your organization don’t typically change very much year to year.
So how do you write a general operating support proposal that sounds refreshed when the bulk of your content is stable and evergreen to your nonprofit’s mission and work?
Loree Lipstein
October 5, 2020Cheers to Doing the Work
The value of an anniversary is in creating a communal opportunity to pause and recall all the experiences and change that have happened since the last moment of reflection.
Way back in February,
Loree Lipstein
September 24, 2020Analysis and Adaptation: Executing Strong Fundraising Campaigns
Do a debrief after each campaign to assess what is working well (and should continue as is) and what needs tweaking.
Thread: The DC Bar Foundation executes multiple unique fundraising campaigns annually. What balance do you try to strike between refreshing your campaigns while also not totally reinventing the wheel each year?
Loree Lipstein
July 20, 2020Segmenting: Your Superpower of Choice this Year
There is so much community need competing for attention this year that personalization needs to be your most important priority for the 2020 EOY giving season
A common joke to emerge from living in a pandemic is that no one knows what day it is anymore.
Loree Lipstein
July 17, 2020Corporate Partnerships – Moving Beyond Event Sponsorships
Once upon a time, corporate funding for nonprofits came mainly in the form of sponsorship for special events, such as galas and walks, etc. Nonprofits set menus of available benefits at different price points, and companies supported an event at their desired level of brand exposure and budget.
Loree Lipstein
June 24, 2020What You Should Learn from #GivingTuesdayNow
As we share some key takeaways from #GivingTuesdayNow’s overall performance, we have renewed confidence in our message that your organization will live to fundraise another day.
When GivingTuesday announced the special #GivingTuesdayNow campaign in reaction to the Covid-19 crisis,
Loree Lipstein
May 18, 2020Three Hopeful and Helpful Reminders from the Great Recession
Remember when the economy fell apart back in 2008-2009? Hard to forget, we know. However, a new piece from the Nonprofit Quarterly makes the case that nonprofits weather economic storms better than our for-profit friends.
Interspersed with the anxiety of living through a pandemic are moments of wonderful levity.
Loree Lipstein
April 17, 2020Using Video for Next-Level Relationship-Building
It’s simple. People give to people, and people engage with people they know. Video is more personal, communicative, and opens a dialogue better than most other modes of communication.
Thread: As fundraisers, we’re always focusing on storytelling.