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Josh Bowman, CFRE

Josh is a blogger and development professional who has consulted and worked in Vancouver, Toronto, and New York for over a decade. Josh has raised millions of dollars for theatres, hunger relief organizations, and is the current Fundraising Director for CAPE. Josh writes for the Huffington Post and the Good Men Project, and has been published online at Forbes.com, OpenFile, Gender Focus, and a variety of other blogs. He has been a speaker at the Queen's Media and Journalism Conference (QMJC), and often posts on new media, blogging, and other buzzwords. Josh is currently working on a children's book, because he is a glutton for punishment.

Fire Your Donors

Customer Service 2Over the past year, I’ve seen/heard/had a number of discussions around fundraising trends. They tend to revolve around the following topics:

  • Acquisition ain’t what it used to be, and retention is abysmal. It’s time to really love our donors!
  • Donor-centred fundraising – do it. You can’t thank these guys enough!
  • What’s the next thing after direct mail? WHAT IS IT?!?
  • You are a bad fundraiser. Bad! Work harder!

And finally…

  • What’s with this high fundraiser turnover?

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Josh Bowman, CFRE