Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

See if you can get spots on local radio shows, news affiliates, to advertise your event. Local businesses can also be helpful in advertising your event. Lots of local businesses have windows and cork boards where flyers for the event can be displayed. When marketing your event, use compelling stories.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Look to Past Campaigns for a Fuller Picture It’s also helpful to analyze past year-end campaigns for insights. Using tools such as GivingDNA helps your organization gain a fuller picture of who people are and what they care about – and this alone can ultimately help nonprofits better drive year-end giving campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

We had goals to increase total giving to the NMSU system, increase alumni giving rates, see participation of 1,000 donors, add endowments for colleges, departments and units across the system and establish communication partnerships with local businesses. Our biggest takeaway: make it all connect. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

For example: Do they share a passion for a specific cause, religious affiliation, or prefer local vs. international causes? This will give you a picture of where there is overlap with your current and prospective donors and show you specific places where your new donors may be unique. Write those down too. If so, write those down.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2011

Two recent advocacy victories this week by PETA and my former colleagues at Defenders of Wildlife are a great reminder of a little practiced truth: organizations are seeing greater (and often easier) success in leveraging online advocacy to change policy at the state and local level.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. Or, maybe you weren’t interested in the stories being told.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Tell stories about how lives have been changed and show powerful images of your work. Use powerful images to tell your story. If you’re raising money to purchase a vehicle, show a picture of the one you want. Ask a local partner or business if you can have an in-person event at their place to coincide with your online campaign.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Or a note that thanks you for your gift, tells you that he spent it on a new video game, mentions how hard and fun the game is, and includes a picture of him while he’s playing the game? In your letter, tie the donor’s impact to your GivingTuesday appeal and the stories you used to support it. The same goes for your donors!

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

Consider a Local Partner. If you’re not sure where to start, look within your local community. Giving to local nonprofits shows customers that the corporation cares about their community and the issues that affect them. Set the tone for a potential partnership by telling your nonprofit’s story. Nail the Initial Outreach.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Local giving day. These could be a local giving day that’s already being sponsored or promoted, or you can come up with your own internal campaign. Using this cycle of message themes, donors can see the whole picture of what your organization does, what it needs to do those things, and what specifically their money has gone towards.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

There are lots of reasons why this approach is not good in the big picture. Sharing your stories makes people want to get involved and help. The local restaurant wants to host a chicken wing night and donate 20% of all sales to your nonprofit! What should you do if a local business approaches you to do a fundraiser?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. Part of working in the social impact space means thinking about the big picture, the long-term goals, and the multi-year strategy. Hulhumale Maldives.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. So how can social good organizations take advantage of an innovative tool like this?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

While most major gifts folks would probably tell you that nothing could replace the value of an in-person visit or phone call, the real magic of those activities comes for the opportunity to tell the donor a story. A story about a need, a story about someone who has been helped, etc. Start a thank you letter with a story.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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CauseVox

JUNE 16, 2023

We’ll show you some ways you can use our platform to its fullest potential, sharing success stories from Greek organizations just like yours. Picture this: your brothers or sisters showcasing their hidden talents, mastering choreography, and bringing the house down with their unforgettable performances.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

By sharing Snaps to your Story , you are asking your Snapchat Friends to take time out of their day to view your Snaps and you want to avoid your new Friends thinking to themselves ‘ Lame Snapchatter ‘ after viewing your Snaps. Share your first Snap to “My Story.” To begin, share your first Snap to your Story.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. Kate is a big picture thinker and strategist on the Salesforce Ignite team, based in the West of Ireland. About the Author.

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CauseVox

JUNE 26, 2023

Picture Sarah, a donor touched by the compassionate care her grandmother received at a local hospice center. Let’s say that when Sarah visited the hospice center’s website to make her donation, she discovered an online forum where individuals can share stories and memories of their loved ones.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Invite people to send you stories about why they got involved with your nonprofit. When a donor shares a great story, consider asking them to let you use it in a future fundraising appeal. Asking about donor motivations.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A nonprofit elevator pitch is a very brief (about 30 – 60 seconds – the time it takes to take a typical elevator ride) compelling story that communicates who you are, what you do, why you do it, and the impact a donor’s support can make. What is a nonprofit elevator pitch? Every day, we strive to [specific goal or target].”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There, they welcome local hunters to donate specific, legally tagged, wild game meat, including deer, and they’ve designed an FDA-approved butchering process to package the meat for community members who select that food option. Share success stories and accomplishments, demonstrating the impact of their contributions on your clients.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can even reach out to your local mall to see if they’ll allow you to set up a booth so shoppers can head straight to you after they’ve made their holiday purchases. Pictures with Santa. For some families, pictures with Santa Claus are a yearly tradition. Need inspiration for your organization’s holiday cards?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Once you identify the message of your fundraising email, you can add the stories, photos, and videos that drive the message home. The thing I am most excited about is we are partnering with some local companies to offer our moms priority for jobs. Your list might look something like this: Andrea’s success story. Time to Write!

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

For example, if you’re hosting an event and looking for local supporters who could attend, use location as one of your target demographics. Creating compelling ads involves choosing the best ad format for your campaign and using your ads to tell a story that encourages people to click on your advertisement.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

For example, you might create an email list of supporters who live in your local area and send them messages about ongoing community projects they could easily join or see the results of. You can do this by: Sharing your beneficiaries’ stories. Many supporters give to nonprofits because they feel an emotional connection with its work.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

Ideally, monthly financial reports should include a memo and data visualization that helps convey the nonprofit’s financial story in ways that enable nonfinancial readers to quickly understand complex information.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

A nonprofit self-audit is a chance to back up and look at the whole picture, to see how your marketing efforts are performing and where you can improve. Your story library: These are the stories that get people hooked on your mission. Stories are the fuel that propel your marketing forward. Capture your stories!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

From Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol , to the Chinese New Year just after the western one, the three kings of the nativity story, the secular tale of St. When it comes to nurturing these relationships, a great point I have learned is to give them the full picture. Telling a mission success story. This is my preference.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Eligibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. It is impossible to tell a story about someone else being affected by Climate Change as well as the authentic voice of the person who is living with Climate Change.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

Sometimes, a company may have an in-kind request form that you can submit but it never hurts to personally reach out to local businesses. To make things easy on your fundraisers, we recommend including a fundraising toolkit with social media graphics, logos, pictures, and pre-templated text. Top Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Tips.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

—– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. Revisit your Story. What’s your organization’s story? This is my guest post on Care2′s Frogloop blog. You have one.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 29, 2023

If you were to close your eyes and picture a traditional nonprofit event, what would you see? According to NXUnite , “Videos give you the opportunity to tell your story in your own words, using compelling imagery and footage to explain your mission and impact.” Ready to learn how to take your next event to new heights? Let’s begin!

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