Happy Holiday (Giving) Season to You!

Yes, we know it's only September (well, technically August at the time of this writing). But if you aren't well into the planning of your year-end appeals, well, you're running a little behind schedule.

FundRaising Success recently did a quick, informal poll of a number of fundraising professionals from across the sector, and here are some of their "off-the-top-of-my-head" tips for ending the year with an uptick in giving. Some chose to focus on ideas specifically for end-of-year efforts, but many took the opportunity to reinforce that good fundraising practices are good fundraising practices are good fundraising practices — no matter what time of year it is.