Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author.
Holly has been coaching grant writers how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017.
With two decades of grant writing and nonprofit experience, Holly is a popular keynote speaker for events all over the world, podcast host of the Top-Ranked Grant Writing podcast, a former university instructor, and is past president of the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is constantly booked out to run trainings to help grant writers grow capacity, increase funding, and advance mission.
This episode, Emily Kelly explains how to create a donor management plan, use software to improve donor communication, and stay connected with your donors.
Emily Kelly is Bloomerang’s National Accounts Manager, where she cultivates and preserves partnerships with new national nonprofit organizations, affiliates, and existing partners.
Emily joins us to discuss how nonprofits can use donor management software, automate outbound donor calls, and improve donor retention.
She also talks about how nonprofits lose donor information, how inflation is affecting the future of donor sponsorship, and the ways donor sponsorship is being restructured.
With over 15 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector and in various roles focused on sales and relationship management, Emily Kelly brings the perfect blend of experience to her role at Bloomerang. As National Accounts Manager, Emily seeks to cultivate and preserve partnerships with new national nonprofit organizations, affiliates, and existing partners. She engages with prospects and current customers around the country to showcase solutions and unique offerings that Bloomerang provides for growing nonprofits.
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Bloomerang offers donor management, online fundraising, and volunteer management software that helps small to medium nonprofits, like First Tee of Greater Akron.
After just one year with Bloomerang First Tee of Greater Akron doubled their unique donors, improved donor stewardship, and raised more funds.
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