Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Symbols and language to make your appeal more Jewish-inclusive: The menorah is the primary symbol of Hanukkah, a candelabra that is lit one candle at a time while blessings are recited. Symbols and language to make your appeal more Kwanzaa-inclusive: Candle-lighting is central to Kwanzaa, in the colors of red, green, and black.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. ” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Whether you’ve collected the audio over a video call, traditional phone conversation, or a recording of an in-person event, you have numerous transcription options. Voice Notes. Select the language of your recording. How to take text from scans and cell phone photos of documents. Transcribe. Speechnotes. SpeechTexter.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. This is a most exciting development: it means that anyone with a cheap MP3 player or a phone that plays MP3s can have access to our books. The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

The GPT of ChatGPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer, which is a group of language models trained to generate human-like text developed by OpenAI. You will need to make sure all of the information that’s generated is accurate and that the appeal matches your organization’s voice and tone.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. Maybe we’ll start with you, Amy, bring your voice in.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . To take your National Nonprofit Day campaign to the next level, make sure to: Maintain a style and voice that is consistent with your brand. State the core issue you want to address in your campaign . Thank you videos.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

Does” is any action – post, like, share, mobile photo,create – expressed via a social voice. Enabling expression of the social voice will raise more$$$ than a direct donation. Edna loves her smart phone, particularly to take picturesand share with her friends and family on Facebook. Edna the Mobile Granny. Friends “like” it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I cried after my first big film was released,” she admitted, in hushed tones over the phone. But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. Sometimes our language, traditions, and yes, those pesky power dynamics keep us apart.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Whose voices are you choosing to elevate? They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers. Some other things to listen for or look for: Repetitive language. Wonky language and jargon. Doesn’t it cry out to be broken up?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 15, 2020

We’re having to work harder to communicate because it’s harder to process non-verbal cues like subtle facial expressions, tone of voice, or body language. For smaller meetings, opt for them to be held on the phone or even over email. Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

As I work more and more internationally, translation from different languages has become critical. The Google Translate gadget is something that I often use for web content that can translate phrases between over 50 languages, but I had never seen it used on a smart phone in the way it was demonstrated.

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

When a donor is checking out on their phone, the corresponding payment option will appear. Remove and edit any templated language on campaigns and emails. . Within Classy’s campaign templates, we include templated language as placeholders. Remove and edit any templated language on campaigns and emails. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this entertaining video of the keynote, they explained these complicated technologies in simple, easy to understand language. Richard Socher and his team of researchers introduced new AI functionality features (called Einstein ) integrated with the Salesforce platform). You can watch the keynote on YouTube. Hat Tip to Tal Frankfurt). ?.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Doare built the platform, both multi-language and multi-currency, so people can donate anywhere. Before you ask for a donation, have a clear strategy and a strong voice. We’re in the 2nd edition and last year we had people donate from more than 13 different countries. 45% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

And, more importantly, Kenyan citizens will have a place where their collective voices can be heard as they push for a safer, more transparent democracy. Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2014

” But it is also important to just turn off the damn computer and mobile phone and spend time with your loved ones or your own thoughts. I’ve written a lot about mindfulness and managing your attention in an age of distraction , including the use of “ conscious computing tools.”

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Their team of digital volunteers, already trained in public affairs and talking to the media, used specific language to represent themselves as Red Cross voices online. FEMA updated their Facebook account with survival tips, like how to navigate around a flooded city, and information on how to access FEMA on your mobile phone.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In that program, I learned many manners in which I could properly present myself in front of the customer, how to effectively summarize the purpose of my existence within a corporate entity, and most importantly a phone etiquette trick that has stayed with me until this very day. Communication Strategies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

I'll have a ton more to say about Indian languages over the next few days! and people start getting access to English language books in 2007. Leaning almost entirely on India's technology skill base, the work needed to make the other 22 official Indian languages accessible starts.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

You need to encourage your constituents to talk to their state representatives and voice support for the bill. Many companies like Twilio and Tropo offer APIs to integrate phone call and text message features into your web applications. Using APIs for Political Advocacy. Let’s take the first example above: political advocacy.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It helps to write out the language you’ll use to help your tone and voice be consistent across your messages. It can help to start from a template so that all you have to do is drag and drop the language and design elements in. Your communications across every channel you use should be included on the calendar.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Its team had figured out a way for people in a crisis area to send SMS information (text messages) from their cell phones or computers to report an outbreak of catastrophic conditions. Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. Creative Digital Inclusion Work.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Your phone and email chirping in the background. Clearly you are missing out on a lot of body language and other non-verbal cues. Rapport and trust will be lost if a person in the group does not feel like their voice is being heard. Distraction, Distraction, Distraction. Then add technology and distance. Building Rapport Online.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Mobile phones. Voice Recorders. Computers and phones require power, and whether batteries or electricity, if you don’t have it, you can’t work. A check of a YES or NO box or an ON/OFF voice capture or a tap of a few keys on a keyboard or a finger on a touchscreen and you’re done! Tablets/Touchscreen devices. Wikis/Blogs.

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Careful testing allows you to fine tune your language to fit what your audience wants to read, and increases your messages’ likelihood of being opened instead of deleted. Because phones are with us everywhere, social media has also become ever present in our lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

” She typically “fits in” twitter during down time during the day, tweets from her mobile phone. Member Voice Proxy: How will you make it memorable? How will you get their voice? They revised the language to fit their organizational style. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? The right of publicity prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of the individual's persona, including the person's voice. You can indeed.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. The doll takes a child's words and sends them over the Internet to cloud based voice-recognition software that can create the perfect response. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Capturing Voices from the Field in Tanzania.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The moment that they get your communication, whether that’s over email, if it’s a phone call, if it’s a text message, if it’s a voice memo, if it’s a personalized video, whatever it is, this is a chance for you. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. ” Right?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2015

He is also a regular speaker at nonprofit technology conferences and a public voice for Veterans in the Pittsburgh area. It’s likely that you’ll have a few meetings, in person and on the phone, before you get around to the ask. Stock language just won’t resonate. Major gifts don’t appear out of thin air. Don’t rush the ask.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2016

Sometimes this means providing participating fundraisers with stock language to use in emails, sample social media posts, reminders to send asks to friends and family and more. Then she hung up the phone. But then I thought about the tone of her voice and the tears she was crying, and all I could to was cry. I was stunned.

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