Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Then ask if they would have time to talk more with you so you can get to know them. Once you make an appointment, it’s time to prepare and you definitely want to be ready! If their answers are brief and they seem disengaged, thank them for their time and let them go. Start With Gratitude. Avoid fawning over the donor.

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Relationship Question Donor Build 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

Last week, I went to the Personal Democracy Forum conference for the first time, and I came away brimming with new ideas for my work. Enough that I could understand the language, but where the speakers were new and I was drawing parallels to my own work rather than knowing the script by heart. The 50% conference rule.

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Reflection Personal PDF Conference 92

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. What I see the most often in this section is that grant writers include a flowery narrative with a lot of information about problems.

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Grant Award Project Proposal 95

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

Donor retention is an on-going conversation in our sector and any time it comes up, people start to panic. But what are we actually changing in order to fix the problem? You see, one of the key problems – especially for annual giving portfolios – is that there are lots of donors. Host a storytelling time event.

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Story Donor Integration Storytelling 44

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Where is this client, now ? What is going on for them?

Teach 100

Teach Support Technology Empowerment 100