You'll learn all the essential components of writing for success from this go-to book for writing for fundraising! Mal Warwick, the nation's premier letter-writing tutor and direct mail expert, shows you the essential tools for making your direct marketing program a success. He gives you both general advice about the most effective direct mail strategies and specific guidance. Learn his step-by-step model through all the critical stages -from laying the groundwork for a prosperous campaign through the importance of thanking donors. Includes new chapters on E-mail solicitations, monthly and legacy giving and free downloads on josseybass.com.
Refreshed and Revised:
Gain insight into current trends in the field with updated cases, samples, and examples
Access more content for small to medium NPOs with limited budgets and resources
Learn the latest technology with new sections on typography and lay out
‘You′ll learn all the essential components of writing for success from this go--to book for writing for fundraising.' (Fundraising.co.uk, May 2011).
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Your Guide to Writing Fundraising Letters That Will Get Results!
"This book helps us move from successful direct mail to the next mass appeal medium—the Internet. The final chapter is a must for all who are contemplating Internet appeals." —Eugene R. Tempel, executive director, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
"Once again Mal Warwick has shown why he is the 'guru of direct marketing.' Readersof the second edition of How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters will find themselves returning to its pages again andagain to enhance and reposition their own fundraising efforts." —Judith E. Nichols, author, Pinpointing Affluence in the 21st Century, and senior vice president, Covenant House International
"Mal Warwick is a true fundraising guru and a source of indispensable knowledge. Fundraisers who omit reading the second edition of Mal's classic, How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters, do so at their own peril." —Per Stenbeck, international fundraising director, UNICEF
"Mal has done it again! He's linked all the attributes of the Internet and e-mail to existing fundraising methods." —James M. Greenfield, author and editor, The Nonprofit Handbook: Fundraising, Third Edition
"Mal Warwick has taken a great book, already a classic in the field, and made it even better. How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters is indispensable for any fundraiser who communicates with donors by mail or online. You'll keep it on your desk and refer to it again and again." —Tan Chee Koon, executive director, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center, Singapore
"Fundraisers who use the mail to raise money have long turned to Mal Warwick's classic, How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters. Now, those who are interested in using the web to increase donations and decrease costs should also read this new edition of Mal Warwick's book.The recommendations are practical, intuitive, and can be easily applied to help reach fundraising goals." —Lauren Kass Harnishfeger, vice president, Individual and Institutional Giving, National Park Foundation
"Any organization will benefit from Warwick's vast experience, critical insights, and copious examples. I couldn't put the book down."—Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE, Joyaux Associates
Since July 2010, Mal Warwick has worked as Managing Director of the One World Futbol Project, a social enterprise he helped establish in Berkeley, California. One World Futbol manufactures and distributes a revolutionary new soccer ball designed to withstand the harsh conditions prevalent in refugee camps, war zones, and impoverished inner-city neighborhoods and rural villages.
The One World Futbol responds to two widespread problems: the vulnerability of standard soccer balls, which are often destroyed within days or even hours in rough terrain, and the environmental impact of the millions of discarded soccer balls that end up on trash heaps or landfills (an estimated 20 million annually in Africa alone).
Previously, Mal distinguished himself through his contributions to the nonprofit sector as one of the world's leading authors, consultants, and public speakers on direct response marketing and fundraising for nonprofit organizations and as an advocate for socially and environmentally responsible policies and practices in the private sector.
He is the author of Fundraising When Money is Tight: A Strategic and Practical Guide for Surviving Tough Times and Thriving in the Future, which was released in March 2009 by Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Mal has written or edited a total of nineteen books, including the standard fundraising texts, Revolution in the Mailbox and How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters, both of which are now in second editions. His two books on fundraising strategy--The Five Strategies for Fundraising Success and (with Steve Hitchcock) Ten Steps to Fundraising Success--are in use throughout the world as strategic planning guides for nongovernmental organizations.
Mal is the founder and chairman of Mal Warwick Associates (Berkeley, CA, and Washington, DC), a fundraising agency specializing in direct response fundraising and marketing. The company has served nonprofit organizations since 1979. Mal also founded its sister company, Response Management Technologies, Inc., a data processing firm for nonprofit organizations, and was a co-founder of the telephone fundraising firm, Share Group, Inc. (Somerville, MA). In 1994, he co-founded Donordigital (San Francisco, CA), which assists nonprofit organizations with online fundraising, marketing, and advocacy. In 2008, Mal Warwick Associates acquired Donordigital, and the two firms are now working in tandem to pioneer new approaches in integrated, multi-channel fundraising.
A serial entrepreneur, Mal has been active in promoting social and environmental responsibility in the business community nationwide for two decades. He is the co-author of Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006) with Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's. Along with Cohen and others, he was a co-founder of Business for Social Responsibility in 1992 and served on its board during its inaugural year. In 2001, after more than a decade as an active member of Social Venture Network, he was elected to its board and served as Chair (2002-2006). He also was a member of the Founding Advisory Board of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002-3.
Until February 2011, Mal edited the free monthly electronic newsletter, Mal Warwick's Newsletter: Successful Direct Mail, Telephone & Online Fundraising™, which had more than 10,000 subscribers in 69 countries. During his fundraising career, he was widely in demand as speaker and workshop leader throughout the world. Mal taught fundraising on six continents to nonprofit executives from more than 100 countries. He spoke annually for extended periods at the International Fundraising Congress (The Netherlands), the International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (Thailand, Malaysia, and India), the Hemispheric Congress on Fundraising (Mexico), and the Association of Fundraising Professionals' International Conference on Fundraising (U.S.). He also speaks on the topic of socially responsible business at leading business schools in the USA as well as for groups of business owners and executives.
Among the hundreds of nonprofits Mal and his colleagues served over the years are many of the nation's largest and most distinguished charities as well as six Democratic Presidential candidates and scores of small, local, and regional organizations. Collectively, Mal and his associates were responsible for raising at least half a billion dollars--largely in the form of small gifts from individuals.
Mal played a leadership role in the fundraising and direct marketing fields both nationally and internationally. In 2009 and 2010, he co-founded and chaired the International Fundraising Congress Online, the world's first virtual fundraising conference, involving more than 400 sites in 42 countries, and he served as chair of its successor, Fundraising Online 2011. Previously, in 2007-8, he served as Chair of that event's sponsor, the international Resource Alliance (London, UK). The Resource Alliance is the organizer of the annual International Fundraising Congress in The Netherlands and a leading force globally in developing the fundraising capacity of nongovernmental organizations to build civil society. Having helped establish one of its two predecessor organizations in the early 1980s, he was also an active member of the Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation (Washington, D.C.). He also served for ten years on the board of the Association of Direct Response Fundraising Counsel (Washington, D.C.), two of those years as President.
In 2004, Mal received the Hank Rosso Award as Outstanding Fundraising Executive from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Golden Gate Chapter and Northern California Grantmakers. In 2009, he was granted the Max L. Hart Nonprofit Leadership Award by the Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation, in recognition of his lifetime contributions to direct marketing.
Mal chairs the board of Great Nonprofits (San Francisco, CA), which is partnering with major institutions to bring the voice of donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries to the forefront in evaluating the impact of nonprofit organizations. He is also a member of the advisory boards of several companies, including Mission Research (Lancaster, PA) and GoldMail Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
Mal was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador for more than three years in the 1960s. Since 1969 he has lived in Berkeley, California, where he is deeply involved in local community affairs. Early in the 1990s, he co-founded the Community Bank of the Bay, the nation's fifth community development bank, and the Berkeley Community Fund, where he served on the board (with one year as its president) until 2006. He also served for 11 years as Vice-President of the Board of the Berkeley Symphony (1991-2002).
In 2006, Mal was awarded the Benajmin Ide Wheeler Medal by the Berkeley Community Fund as "Berkeley's most useful citizen" in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the community. Mal joined environmental leader David Brower, celebrated chef and restaurateur Alice Waters, renowned orchestra conductor Kent Nagano, and other notable Berkeleyans as a recipient of the award.
He is the grandfather of Dayna, Iain, Matthew, Gwen, Andrew, Kaleb, and Benjamin.
This review is from: How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters, with CD (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series) (Paperback)
I purchased the book looking for help with charitable fundrasing letter accross broad categories. The book is very detailed, but has a strong focus on direct mail for fundraising. This is the author's background, and the book is very technical with that focused topic.
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This review is from: How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters, with CD (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series) (Paperback)
This is a wonderful tool that allows you to ask for donations "nicely." I really recommend this book to all who assist charities for a living whether on a professional level or as a volunteer.
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This review is from: How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters, with CD (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series) (Paperback)
As soon as I received this book I started reading it. The writing style is so good that anyone can zip right through it. It's informative and each chapter builds on the next. Within 2 days I had a wonderful fundraising letter written and was VERY pleased with how it turned out.
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