Development
Have You Considered Setting Up A Single Page Donation Process For The Year End Contribution Push?
Wed, Nov 11, 2014
by Drew McManus
During the 2013 year-end donation push, a handful of my Venture Platform users started to experiment with creating a single page donation process; which is where the donor selects the amount, giving options, and enters billing and credit card info all from a single page. Each group experienced worthwhile increases in online giving and what
Tired Of The Ice Bucket Challenge?
Wed, Aug 8, 2014
by Drew McManus
Composer/keyboardist Jordan Rudess is sick of ice bucket challenge videos (h/t Ed Goldstein) but unlike most of us who just gripe about it, he did something creative by coming up with his own variation: playing an uber-cool, not-so-easy, chromatic riff in 13/8 while talking about his day. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs =
Likelihood To Donate Poll
Tue, Jul 7, 2014
by Drew McManus
Yesterday’s post examining the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) policy to obfuscate their music director compensation generated a great deal of intriguing discussion throughout social media. It was fascinating to wade through the different discussions, several of which focused on the impact something like this might have on a donor’s decision to support an organization. To
It Is Deadline Day For San Diego Opera
Mon, May 5, 2014
by Drew McManus
Update: 1:08pm CT: The San Diego Opera has announced that they will stay open for business and they have posted details for the 20115 season which includes productions of La Boheme, Don Giovanni, Nixon In China, and a 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert. Today marks the self-imposed deadline for the San Diego Opera (SDO) to reach
How Much For The Valkyrie?
Tue, Apr 4, 2014
by Drew McManus
It is day 2/3 for my top secret client work here in NYC so another quick post today inspired by a recent article from Joe Patti at Butts In The Seats on category names for giving levels. Patti wonders about the potential value in branching out from the tried and true category names associated with
