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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners. When people feel emotionally invested in an organization’s story, they are more likely to perceive the organization positively and become advocates for its cause.

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8 Actionable steps for any nonprofit RFP

EveryAction

Nonprofits are not alone in using the RFP—here at Prosal , I’ve spent the last two years talking to people in finance, health care, and municipalities about RFPs. They have been some of the most insightful years in learning how RFPs are used and why most people dislike or even despise them. State the problem.

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Why Fundraisers Should Offer People An Opportunity To Give

Bloomerang

When you ask for a philanthropic gift you’re coming from a place of love , inviting donors to join you. . You have an opportunity –a privilege – to open people up to the joy of giving. MRI studies show people get a warm jolt of ‘feel good’ dopamine when they contemplate giving. Would you deny this to people? .

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Lessons learned: Using demographic data to move from intention to action 

Candid

Instead, it’s a tool for informing actions that advance funders’ institutional goals around diversity, equity, and inclusion—and thereby reducing funding disparities. They eventually changed a rule that had been in place for many years, in which a general operating grant could not represent more than 30% of an organization’s budget.

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

Why do people choose to give their hard-earned money to your cause? People have different values (some want to help children; others animals; others education, the environment, the arts… and so on). Most people want to join your community, make their mark, leave a legacy, or see their values in action.

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8 Tried-and-True (Secret) Individual Donor Fundraising Action Tips

Bloomerang

Some are incredibly simple; just not enough people have been taught to use them. . Secret Sauce: Easy-to-implement, practical action steps. One place I worked saw appeals with notes get a 30%+ rate of return vs. a 4% return from appeals without notes! . ACTION: Get board members to review your donor list.

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Why Community Climate Action is Critical to Global Action

Saleforce Nonprofit

We invited WEF attendees to take a break from the hustle and bustle by going on a guided walking tour where they would hear from students and activists about their sustainability journeys at several stops connected to climate action, on both a global and a community level.

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