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Subject: Making it Easy As Pie: End of Year Ask Season!
It's that the most wonderful time of year again when we remind you that it's never too early to start working on your the year! Time to engage those who respond well to an End of Year ask. But you may be asking.... what is that? Well, let me tell you!Ask.
Our theme this year is: Easy as P.I.E. - Plan, Invite, Engage.
With these three steps, we believe you can easily and thoughtfully create an appeal that will be impactful and fruitful!
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| appeal speaks to a different type of donor than your monthly one. It attracts irregular givers, those who only give when asked and those who tend to be higher capacity and customarily give at year end. | Nope! The earlier the better! |
October: PLAN IT OUT |
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November: INVITE PEOPLE TO GIVE
(before Thanksgiving)
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We've partnered with ChalkLine to make it even easier to create and send your printed pieces. Simply use their templates or create your own, send your mail-merge to ChalkLine, then schedule when you want them to snail-mail it. *We recommend sending the week before Thanksgiving.
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December: ENGAGE PERSONALLY
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On Giving Tuesday, personally follow-up on your giving invitation
Around December 15th, send a second follow-up
Around Christmas, consider a "Merry Christmas" message (no mention of support)
Around December 30th, last follow-up
Additional Resources
- Steps 1& 2 of Revisiting Cultivation - Good resource if you tend to have a hard time inviting people to give at year-end because you feel like you haven’t done a good enough job of cultivation.
- The Easy Peasy EOYA
- Sample EOYA Letter for Backpay
- Chalkline - Reliant Magnet Templates
- Chalkline - Thanksgiving cards
- Chalkline 2024 printing/mailing deadlines
- EOY Scripts/Samples
- Fundamentals for Large Donor Asks
- Sample Timelines - EOYA
Our theme this year is called Easy as P.I.E. P.I.E. stands for Plan, Invite, and Engage! With these three steps, we believe you can easily and thoughtfully create an ask to your donors that will be impactful and fruitful! Now let's get down to the nuts and bolts of this plan:
October: PLAN
Action Steps:
- Who do you want to ask?
- What is the need you want to ask for?
- How do you want to ask?
November: INVITE (before Thanksgiving)
Action Steps:
- Get the list of names that you want to ask
- Create your ask + Magnet via chalkline
- Send your Mailmerge to Chalkline the week before Thanksgiving
December: ENGAGE
Action Steps:
- On Giving Tuesday, send a follow up on your ask
- Around Deceember 15th, send a second follow up
- Around December 30th, do on last follow up
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