Harvey McKinnon Associates
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As a fundraiser, you’ve probably asked the questions: What are my donors thinking? What questions do I need to ask to find out? To better answer those questions, Harvey is teaming up with the Sustainability Network and fundraising guru Andy Robinson for an upcoming webinar. Their goal is to teach you the key questions you need to engage and inspire your donors. These questions will allow you to better understand your donors needs, and help you raise more money for your cause.... They'll discuss how you can build stronger relationships, and how these questions can improve every aspect of your fundraising. Date: Thursday March 25th Time: 1:00am EST / 10:00am PST For more information, and to register: https://sustainabilitynetwork.ca/asking-better-questions/ Hope to see you there!

What are your donors thinking? What questions do you need to ask and anticipate to find out? How can you use better questions to raise more money, now and in the future? Join Harvey for this training session with fundraising pro Andy Robinson where they will tackle these questions, and more. You won't want to miss this one! https://events.blackthorn.io//raising-more-money-/overview

Are you a fundraiser for a hospital foundation or healthcare charity in Canada? If so, you'll want to check out HMA's 2020 Canadian Hospital Foundation Benchmarking study. Inside you'll find key insights about how Canadian hospital foundations have fared during the pandemic, along with specific recommendations for how you can improve your fundraising program through the end of 2020 and beyond. For more details and to download the report, please visit: https://www.harveymckinnon.com/introducing-the-2020-canadi/

Should we or shouldn’t we? One of the big questions fundraisers are asking right now is around legacies. Is now really the right time to ask? Fundraising in the COVID-era can bring up some difficult questions, and this is one we’ve been seeing quite often. Legacy fundraising can feel tricky in the best of times how are fundraisers to navigate this sensitive subject with grace during these unprecedented times? ... That is the issue at the heart of our recent release Top Tips COVID-19 Edition: Legacy Fundraising in the time of COVID-19. David Kravinchuck and HMA's Lynne Boardman have complied a list of tips and suggestions that should ease the mind of any fundraiser trying to decide how to best approach these asks. You can read those tips and more here: https://bit.ly/TopTips2

Wondering what to do with your fundraising program during these strange times? The team here at HMA have you covered. For starters, we've recently released our "Top Tips: COVID-19 Edtion - Love and Fundraising in the time of COVID-19". It contains 10 suggestions for navigating the COVID-19 fundraising landscape. Tips include various ways to increase stewardship, what to do with event staff, and how you can best serve and support your donors at this difficult time.... You can find these tips and more here: https://bit.ly/Top10-COVID And of course, should you need any help with your programs, now or in the future, please visit www.harveymckinnon.com and feel free to contact us directly. Wishing you all a safe and healthy day, The team at Harvey McKinnon Associates

Here is a great follow-up to yesterday's post about the Windsor Regional Hospital's COVID-19 field hospital - including a tour of the facility. It's inspiring to once again see folks going above and beyond to provide extraordinary care for those who are sick or at risk. A BC-resident whose mother was recently admitted had this to say:... "After watching a livestream tour of the facility, however, Edwards said she now has 'nothing but positive thoughts' about the field hospital. "'Almost immediately I could not believe all the people that were involved in putting that facility together in such a short time,' she said. 'And when you watched the video you know right away that everybody did their very best to make this place a place where people like my mom can heal from COVID-19 and that they would be getting the very best medical care in, I think, the world in this very moment.'" Watch the video in the article - it's really quite something! #Covid19

Another story of one of our inspiring clients - Windsor Regional Hospital - and they amazing work they are doing during this difficult time. In this case, a field hospital has been opened to "help lighten the load at long-term care homes, a segment of the population hardest hit by COVID-19". From the story: ... "'We’re in a different facility that’s usually a gymnasium that’s been converted into a hospital. But I think, generally speaking, it’s going well,' (Chevalier) says. Windsor Regional Hospital has committed seven nurses for each 25 people admitted to the field hospital, along with a full complement of support staff, a pharmacy, housekeeping, a full time Chaplin, allied rehabilitation assistants, lab services, and a full-time dietary staff, according to Karen Riddell, the vice president of critical care at WRH. 'From a clinical perspective, we’re able to deliver the same level of care that we’ve been delivering at an acute care unit that we’ve been delivering at Met and Ouelette (campuses),' Riddell says." Please remember to thank our healthcare workers and keep them in your hearts, as they work on the front lines of this crisis. https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/dozens-of-patients-admitted-to-w

An important message from one of our clients, Markham Stouffville Hospital. Please watch, and remember all the hard, emotionally difficult work that is going on in hospitals around the country. Stay safe, stay respectful, and please, stay home as much as possible. To quote a MSH staff member: ... "When we hear about people [at] a big barbecue or something, it's almost an insult to what we've been doing because we are working so hard to get these people back to their families. "We're terrified of people letting up a little bit." That's why the team decided to let CBC News look inside their ICU. They thought if Canadians could see what they see, how the patients suffer, alone and how the staff put their own lives on the line to try to save them they might take the virus more seriously. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1727612483990/

The genius of John Cleese @JohnCleese I'm not advocating uncontrolled panicking. If you panic for more than a couple of hours, you will exhaust yourself and you... may well not have to energy to panic later, when you really feel you have to So try about 20 minutes panicking at 11.00 am, and then another spell at 6.00pm

Harvey's latest book on monthly giving will be out soon, and you've got a chance to have your say on the cover! Here are 3 designs, which stands out to you? Which would you choose if it was your book? Thanks for playing, and stay tuned for more info soon!

https://twitter.com/ajsadauskas/status/1164321834923200513 Thanks for the share @ajsadauskas! For those of you at #FandPForum2019, your last chance to catch Harvey is Friday at 8:45 am. He'll be presenting his session "Applying the secrets of advocacy fundraising to all causes"... #fundraising Moceanic

Advocacy campaigns are everywhere these days - and that's a good thing! Brave people around the world are organizing to make positive change happen in the world, and they won't take no for an answer. As fundraisers, what can we learn from them? And how can we best utilize these campaign strategies to engage and inspire supporters in our own organizations? To find out, join Harvey for the final day of F&P Magazine's 2019 Fundraising Forum for his session "Applying the secrets ...of advocacy #fundraising to all causes" Friday at 8:45 am. This is Harvey's last session "down under", so don't miss it! And if you're there, stop by and say hello to Harvey, he'll appreciate it. #F&PFundraisingForum2019 w/ Moceanic

Harvey McKinnon Associates is a proud sponsor of the upcoming AFP Canadian Leadership Retreat, taking place July 25th at the beautiful University of British Columbia. It's sure to be a great event, as always See below for more details. http://://afpglobal.org/news/gathering-vancouver-afp-canadian-leadership-retreat

Harvey McKinnon Associates is excited to be a part of the Western Canada Fundraising Conference in Saskatoon tomorrow. If you'll be attending #WCFC2019, let us know! While you're there, be sure to catch HMA's own Lynne Boardman and Leslie Traynor as they host "The Top of the Top Ten" tomorrow at 3:20.... They`ll share ten simple changes you can employ to grow your income and keep your donors joy-filled and giving. Drawing from HMA`s popular four-part Top Ten series of advice, these practical tips will help you with everything from donor recruitment, stewardship, retention and legacy marketing. Featuring case studies from our clients across the country and beyond.

Harvey McKinnon Associates is a proud sponsor of the 2019 AFP Canadian Leadership Retreat. It should be an excellent event, as always. Will we be seeing any of you there this time around?

Harvey McKinnon Associates' own Lynne Boardman discusses the top 3 bequest myths and how to challenge them. Are these myths holding your organization back from getting those truly transformation gifts? #FundraisingFriday... https://charityinfo.ca/articles/ExplodeBequestMyths

Calling all east-coast fundraisers! Now's your chance to join Harvey at AFP Newfoundland and Labrador's Fundraising Day 2019. Register before May 7th and you'll have a chance to win one of Harvey's books as well. Harvey will be giving two presentations throughout the day, covering: - Today's top fundraising trends and best practices... - Nine ways to create communication materials that raise money - Why it is more important than ever to build your annual fund - The 7 secrets of monthly giving - The 11 questions every donor asks and the answers all donors crave - 7 secrets to turn annual donors into major gift donors - How to maximize a donor’s lifetime value - And much more See below for more details, and we hope to see you there.

How many of our top 10 tips on legacies do you know? Pick up your copy from HMA's Lynne Boardman at #CAGP19 to get all 10, and test your fellow conference attendees! Lynne's session "Legacy Marketing Prêt-à-porter" is on at 9:15 Thursday morning with @DavidKravinchuk

Hot off the presses - our latest "Top 10" is a great tool for legacy fundraising. If you're at #CAGP19, visit HMA's Lynne Boardman to grab one! Lynne's session "Legacy Marketing Prêt-à-porter" happens Thursday at 9:15, don't miss it! #plannedgiving

Ask practically any executive director or development professional what they want most from their board of directors and you’re all but certain to hear Help with fundraising! It’s the nonprofit cri de coeur. Such help will be more forthcoming if, before recruiting a board candidate, you encourage him or her to answer these five telling questions. https://www.emersonandchurch.com//five-questions-every-boa

Do you have questions about fundraising, annual giving programs, board fundraising, social media and more? You're in luck! Join Harvey as he partners with BC Al...liance for Arts + Culture for a free interactive webinar Tuesday at 3:00 PST. It will be a great chance to learn some new skills and brush up on some old ones. You'll have the chance to interact with Harvey and ask any questions you may have throughout the broadcast. Join us Tuesday Jan 22nd at 3pm PST here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4J4FMJDpG0

Welcome to HMA's 2018 Christmas Sweater Competition! Help us crown a winner and you too could be a winner! How to VOTE and enter to WIN an awesome prize: 1.) Vote for your favourite sweater by liking the image in the gallery below. Please only like one photo 2.) Like HMA’s Facebook page... 3.) For a bonus entry, share this post Contest closes on December 31st. Votes will be tallied and a winner will be crowned for this year’s HMA Christmas Sweater competition. As a thank you for voting, a winner will be chosen at random for a super awesome prize. Once the winner is chosen, you have 24 hours to message HMA and claim your prize. In the event that you do not claim your prize within 24 hours, a new winner will be chosen. This contest is in no way affiliated with Facebook. Thanks for voting and happy holidays! https://www.facebook.com/pg/harveymckinnonassociates/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10158915147399616