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Building a Better Thank You Letter, Part II

June 2, 2017 By Amy Scanlon

Organization-Centered to Donor-Centered Last week, we looked at how I edited the opening of a good thank you letter to make it better. This week, we’ll look at the body of the letter and how to describe organizational accomplishments in donor-centered terms. In donor-centered fundraising, it's not … [Read more...]

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Building a Better Thank You Letter, Part I

May 25, 2017 By Amy Scanlon

An organization’s executive director asked me to review a letter he planned to send to major donors. This was a thank you letter at the turn of the new year to thank the previous year’s donors, not a letter in response to any specific gift. That’s a terrific way to show appreciation for donors. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: acknowledgment, donor-centered, thank you, writing

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