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Diana Hoyt

About Diana Hoyt

Diana V. Hoyt, CFRE, is president of Heritage Designs. She designed and markets MatchMaker FundRaising Software. In addition, Diana provides fundraising consulting services and training to nonprofits. Diana has more than thirty years of professional and volunteer fundraising experience. Diana, a Certified Fund Raising Executive, has served on the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Arizona Chapter board for seven years and is a past president of the chapter. Diana was the 2004 recipient of the AFP Greater Arizona Chapter's Fundraising Executive of the Year Award.

Developing a Donor Recognition Policy

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Diana Hoyt

To launch a successful fundraising program, an organization should have created a number of documents including the Case for Support, Gift Acceptance Policies and Procedures, and a Donor Recognition Policy.  The Case explains “why” you are raising money, the Gift … Read More »

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Please Just Tell Me the Truth

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Diana Hoyt

A couple of weeks ago I read an interesting blog by Seth Godin.  Seth Godin has written thirteen books, including Tribes, Small is the New Big, and Purple Cow, that have been translated into more than thirty languages. Every book … Read More »

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Social Media Boot Camp

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Diana Hoyt

I attended a Social Media Phoenix Boot Camp one evening last week. Check out www.smcphoenix.com. I came away with a few new tidbits of information and the resolve that I really needed to get back on track with doing something … Read More »

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Corporate Matching Gifts

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Diana Hoyt

Corporate matching gifts occur when an individual makes a charitable contribution and the individual’s employer matches the employee’s gift by sending a contribution to the same nonprofit organization. Corporations will in some cases match an employee’s volunteer hours with a … Read More »

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Donor Management: Why?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Diana Hoyt

Donor management consists of the policies and procedures a nonprofit develops to manage information regarding its constituents.  The constituents may be donors or they may be other groups such as prospective donors or volunteers.

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So Many Choices

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Diana Hoyt

I am on a number of LinkedIn groups that are primarily concerned with nonprofits and fundraising.  Recently on one of the groups there was a lot of discussion about the selection of a fundraising/donor management software package.  To be honest, … Read More »

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It’s a Puzzle

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Diana Hoyt

I have become a Criminal Minds and CSI junkie.  Some of the stories are horrific and emotionally brutal.  For me, it is all about the puzzle – putting the pieces together.  I love watching the story unfold and the solution … Read More »

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Don’t Touch That

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Diana Hoyt

I just had an interesting conversation with a co-worker in my office.  We market MatchMaker FundRaising Software to a wide-range of nonprofit organizations.  The result is that we work with a very diverse group of end-users.

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Inspired By Clients

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Diana Hoyt

I love owning my own business. Almost everyday I feel like I make a difference – I help a nonprofit organization move forward in reaching their mission. That is very cool. Read More »

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