Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The path may seem daunting, but the key is to start with your people. Understand staff concerns about AI changing their jobs Jon Townsend, National Trust says that leaders should understand people’s anxiety about AI in the workplace as the very first step. Experimentation should feel like playful, be fun and create a sense of wonder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. It's not about the work, but rather, the people who do the work." Leading by example and encouraging open and honest communication. Honesty and Integrity. Compassion.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 17, 2022

The power of sharing a personal story is well documented. When we consider the power of personal stories for non-profit fundraising and communications, stories have the ability to help your community understand the value of your organization’s work. There’s a reason for this – it’s vulnerable to tell your personal stories.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Creating a fundraising call script gives you a few handy talking points to guide the conversation in a positive, productive direction and to help you prepare for the different ways the person you’re calling might react to your request. Plus, scripts are a must when you are training people who have never asked for gifts before.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

Also, Dads can be notoriously difficult to find a gift for as there are only so many coffee mugs, golf balls, and ties one person can need. More on that after the tips to get people to donate. Here are nine ideas that will get people donating on Father’s Day: 1. Make it personal. Have a goal in mind.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Bell is researching what mix of personalities is most likely to work effectively together. A mission team—like any team, anywhere—needs competent people who work well together,” Bell advises. Building a great team starts with hiring the right people. This process ensures that we hire the right people.”

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Not only do you have to pick the type of event, such as a charity golf tournament , gala, or bake sale, but you also have to decide if your event will take place in-person or virtually. To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid.

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Bloomerang

JULY 8, 2021

Do enough people outside of your organization know what its main contribution is to this world? Do they recognize your personal nonprofit branding and know what it is your organization stands to change? So why the superhero angle for personal nonprofit branding? Here are 8 tips to improve personal nonprofit branding efforts: .

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2023

Whether you’re running a marathon to raise money for mental health or you are a nonprofit considering hosting a peer-to-peer birthday fundraiser , building an effective personal fundraising page is the first step towards creating positive change in the world. What is Peer-To-Peer Fundraising?

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Classy

APRIL 30, 2021

In this post, we’ll review five creative thank you video examples that you can incorporate into your donor stewardship strategy. In the video, donors get to hear from both staff and people receiving services at the event. Record a Personal Message for Your Recurring Donors. Send a Short Personal Thank You to an Individual Donor.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

For example, “write a 100-word fundraising appeal email for high-value corporate donors” is a much better prompt than “write a fundraising appeal.” We’ll show an example of this in the next section. For more best practices and examples, take a look at our instructional guide for prompting ChatGPT.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re usually not taught to speak with person-first language. But a person with a disability is a person first. Person-first language is more inclusive of people with disabilities, centering someone’s humanity over their disability or condition. Every person with a disability is not suffering. Schizophrenic.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2022

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? . Consider this ‘giving’ example: What happens if you love a new restaurant? What do you do? Asking is not begging.

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fusionSpan

AUGUST 17, 2023

When that’s the case, content personalization becomes a crucial part of your membership experience. Content personalization makes that content hard for them to miss, whether by spotlighting it when a member logs into the system or by pushing it out to draw disengaged members in.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 27, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not you have to ask for donor feedback in person. . Do you have to ask for feedback in person? . For example, I was recently asked for a major gift after a year of being cultivated via email. The emails were very personal and very well done.

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CauseVox

JUNE 29, 2022

It doesn’t matter how many people you get to click through your emails or social media posts; if your donation page doesn’t convert, you won’t see any payoff from that hard work. Sometimes you see donation page examples that makes you swoon. Example #1: Salt’N’Light Ministries Keeps Donors on Their Branded Donation Page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

So, instead, think of it as information that will help you better know the people who engage with your organization. For example, let’s say your nonprofit hosts various events, including Clean the Stream, nature walk-a-thons, and educational workshops. Maybe it’s time to conduct some personal outreach!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Of course, we’ve spent the year sharing tips and tricks to get your virtual fundraising to the next level all year long, but let’s be real: few things are as helpful as seeing real examples of real nonprofits doing it right. So here it is: our favorite 7 crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. Let’s take a look.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 31, 2022

Yet, in this context we are holding space for people to share some truly special or important moments in their lives. Why Supporting People Sharing Individual Stories is Necessary Do we always have the best perspective to support people through their storytelling process? I tell other people’s stories for a living.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Today’s question comes from a board member who wants advice on hosting in-person events vs. continuing with virtual fundraising. . Dear Charity Clairity, I’m on the board of a local nonprofit, and we’re exploring the idea of hosting an in-person fundraiser in May 2022. For example, here’s some feedback I’ve heard.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 10, 2021

How do you write an invite that gets people to click through and make the purchase? Let’s break down the elements of a great fundraising event invitation and show it in practice with some top examples: Use A Multi Channel Approach. If you want more people to buy tickets, you have to communicate those two types of benefits.

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OneCause

JANUARY 5, 2023

What will be the silver lining of the COVID-19 storm that kept nonprofits from hosting in-person events , that disrupted traditional fundraising efforts and that estranged donors from some of their favorite charities? Typically, a gala held in a ballroom engages only the people who are in that ballroom. Lowered costs, similar revenue.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Instead of becoming butterflies and exploring what it’s like to fly, your people prefer the safety of their cocoons. And what do people fear most? This time from Travis Bradberry , author and Chief People Scientist, LeadX, “Digital transformation is not just about technology; it’s about people.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” This uncertainty prompted me to invite two of the most visionary people I know to spend time with me on my podcast considering the future of the association industry. People benefit from the encouragement and wisdom of groups like.orgCommunity’s Leadership Circles.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here are four examples of major players who successfully sell trust as well as the details on how they make their money, what we can learn from them, and how selling trust drives revenue. This allows them to work to protect forests, biodiversity, climate, and the rights of rural people. The website was founded early 2011.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

For decades, LLS has harnessed people power to raise funds for cancer research and treatment through Light the Night , Team in Training , Visionaries of the Year , and other unique in-person events—historically raising 67% of all individual contributions made to LLS. Embrace Your Donors’ Values.

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Forum One

JULY 8, 2021

People are unique individuals, so it’s important that your email personalization matches their uniqueness. Email personalization helps ensure your emails stand out as relevant and worth engaging with. Audience personas are individual profiles that represent specific people within your broader target audience.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 2, 2022

To make sure your newsletter gets opened, you need to write clever (not the knife) headlines that cut to the point and entice people to click. . If people don’t open your newsletter there is no point in hitting send, this is why the subject line can mean everything. Plus people can only see about 41 characters.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

As the calendar changed, so too did the outlook of many hopeful people, eager for the changes this year may bring. The anticipation of exciting events can help people persevere through trying times. The anticipation of exciting events can help people persevere through trying times.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Last month, Farra Trompeter of Big Duck and Danielle Bridgida of National Wildlife Federation presented at the Bridge Conference last week about personal and professional branding. Are you mixing your personal and professional self online? Set your own tone! Choose your own path!

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Kindful

MARCH 8, 2021

Here are the automated email examples we’ll cover: Welcome email. In fact, if you think about it, automation frees you up to improve the ways your nonprofit connects with people on a human level. New subscriber. Donation follow-up to encourage a recurring donation. Volunteer thank you. Fundraiser thank you. Happy birthday email.

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Velir

MAY 11, 2021

It enables better search options, display logic, and a variety of personalization possibilities. Common examples of a taxonomy axis include Content Type or Topic. Taxonomy itself helps you better organize content when you use it in content management and information architecture.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

One of the best ways to become a fundraising success story is to leverage the data in your nonprofit donor database to better reach and personalize donor outreach. Successful fundraising story examples. Too many people set arbitrary goals saying, “Someday, we’d like to raise one million dollars at this fundraiser.”

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

You’ll recognize these examples. Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. Analytics can be personalized for individual customers or users. These are examples of AI analytic tools that are available at multiple price points and levels of complexity. Not necessarily so.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

This person might be a potential donor, interested in finding more information but they have landed on your page not found. This encourages people who may not have visited your site previously, and drives the conversion of people back onto your main website. Examples of nonprofit 404 pages. Donate Life America.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2022

The event brought people together in the museum’s Heritage Hall for an evening dinner, panel discussion, and table discussions about social justice issues affecting the African American community. In-person, participants mingled over cocktails, then sat together at tables and shared food served family style.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

We know in-person programming is slowly coming back and you need to bring back your audience members who have fallen quiet during the pandemic. What could a dual, virtual/in-person program look like? As examples, people came to new, virtual classes about nature conservation and taking care of their health. Let’s find out.

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