Episode 249: Your Blueprint for Engaging Supporters

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">When is the last time you took a bird’s eye view of your engagement strategy? From how many solicitations to send a year to maintaining your donor database and keeping your message aligned across teams, engagement can quickly become stale or ineffective without a tested strategy. In today’s episode, Kate Averett Anderson of the Blackbaud Institute sits down with fundraising experts Lawrence Henze and Nathalie Highland to discuss best practices for engagement and tools you can use to communicate with your supporters more efficiently. After the conversation, check out the free </span><a href= "https://institute.blackbaud.com/development-plan-toolkit/"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Development Planning Toolkit</span></a> <span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">from the Blackbaud Institute to fill out your own Engagement Strategy framework and put what you’ve learned into practice!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">This episode of the ENGAGE podcast features excerpts from the webinar</span> <a href= "https://hello.blackbaud.com/Development-Plan-Webinar.html"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"> Development Planning: Your Three-Step Guide to Engaging Supporters</span></a><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">. Catch the full discussion, on demand, now.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Topics covered in this episode include:</span></p> <ul> <li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">The pitfalls of an unexamined engagement strategy</span></li> <li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Breaking down silos for more effective engagement</span></li> <li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">The benefits of reduc