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Create a Proactive Program to Sustain Your Organization, PART 2

Despite the evidence of opportunity, desire and verbal commitment, charities are failing to grow and progress their planned giving programs. It is up to us, as professionals in the field, to change this trend.

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Canadian Planned Giving Research Survey

Articles, Education Opportunities

PGgrowth is conducting research on Canadian planned giving programs. Have a few moments to participate? Take our survey and help inform the Canadian landscape of planned giving.

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Create A Planned Giving Program to Sustain Your Organization, PART 1

Articles, What’s New

Most organizations start with interest and even excitement about advancing the planned giving program. Why doesn’t it translate into action? Ed Sluga uses research and experience in the field to uncover why proactive planned giving programs are the exception rather than the rule in Canada.

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It’s all About Stewardship

Podcasts

Many experts in planned giving might say that it all begins and ends with donor stewardship. Listen to Ed Sluga interview Peggy Killeen – one of those experts – in this episode of the PGpodcast.

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Town Hall Audio Special: Recession proofing your fundraising program

Podcasts

SPECIAL AUDIO release of our Town Hall on recession proofing your fundraising. Listen now to hear what we’ve learned (or didn’t) about fundraising with economic storms.

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The Leadership Decision to Start A Planned Giving Program

Podcasts, What’s New

Ed Sluga interviews Doug Earle about his experience starting a proactive planned giving program at Fighting Blindness Canada. Doug speaks candidly about what it took to convince both his staff and his board to invest in planned giving.
And was it worth the effort?

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Using Blended Gifts to Encourage Strategic Philanthropy

Education Opportunities, Webinars

A webinar with Grant Monck and Doug Puffer where they uncover some of the ways fundraisers put barriers between themselves and raising money – fundraising pyramids and focusing only on cash buckets being just two gems to consider. These two seasoned fundraisers share a blend of theory and case studies to help your fundraising better fit the real world – and be more successful as a result.

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The Final Piece: Planned Giving in National Charities

Webinars

Join Ed Sluga and Ken Ramsay as they review the strengths and weaknesses a national charity brings to …

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The Heart of Giving: Planned Giving in a Hospital Foundation

Education Opportunities, Webinars

This on-demand webinar highlights how even though many hospital foundations may be uniquely positioned to receive planned gifts already, they may not be fully benefitting from this opportunity. Watch now to learn what it takes to build a proactive planned giving program in a hospital foundation.

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Recession Proofing Your Fundraising: Lessons learned from the last global crisis

Webinars

In this online town hall Ed Sluga and Grant Monck have a frank discussion about fundraising in an economic downturn. Hear more about lessons learned from the global pandemic, what worked and what didn’t.

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