The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

Interview a donor Another non-profit newsletter idea if you’re trying to raise money through your newsletters, it is to share a short interview with a donor. You could ask a couple of questions and publish the donor’s answers. Grab a Free Copy Today! This is great social proof that reinforces peoples’ decisions to donate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The third section focuses on: The new patterns that women leaders are creating to break free from old male-dominated systems. Julia Boorstin Recently, Boorstin shared these additional insights with us: Question: How did you decide which leaders to feature in your book? Can you share your favorite piece of advice?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To help you maximize your fundraising efforts this month, I’m here with advice on how to tell stories that raise money in December. If you can, you’ll want to ask them questions like: What’s been happening in your life since we worked on your story together? You can also find some additional tips for story interviews in this post.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

The question simply becomes how much to ask for. You need to be able to answer these questions if you want to get into a donor’s heart: What kinds of words do they use? Note, however, that if you survey your donors or ask questions of a potential donor, you have to learn to read the answer behind the answer. Boring feels safe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

She set up a private Facebook Group to facilitate our support for the campaign. A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly. Click Image to see larger version.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

Here are some questions for digging into this activity. Another way you can do this activity and get your creative juices flowing is to interview yourself! Here’s my guide to conducting story interviews. Explain Your Non-Profit Impact & Get More Donations Sign up for our in-depth FREE storytelling training today!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be giving away a copy of the book for free to a reader! a cover letter that has generated many interviews for me and others who got nonprofit and government jobs. Free Book Giveaway. Want to have a chance at a free copy of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising?

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. And they give it all aways for free (except standard credit card fees or 3rd party costs like Stripe). Platform Fee: Free Transaction Fee: Free Setup Fee: Free Commitment: None Integration: PayPal, Stripe, Salesforce Podcast interview with the CEO of Give Lively: Givebutter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the most important pieces of advice I can give to growing nonprofits is something that I heard years ago from a business consultant: be slow to hire and quick to fire. Identify 6-10 candidates for phone interviews. Schedule 30- to 45-minute phone interviews . Ask each candidate the exact same questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. AI and ML is all about freeing up staff hours because they are spending less time on tedious, laborious tasks. . We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment.

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Twenty Hats

MARCH 9, 2021

The survey included just three question fields: a name field, an email address field, and a section with checkboxes where volunteers indicated which area(s) interested them. Based on the survey responses, I set up individual virtual meetings, or interviews, to learn more about their availability before matching them with an event committee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. They can answer questions about the wine to help diners navigate a wine list to make the best choice. The content curator does this as well, although with information. Robin has tested hundreds of tools – from free to enterprise level.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Fans and followers of the World Press Photo social media accounts will be the first to set their eyes on the World Press Photo ‘Friends’ program, which not only offers free entry to exhibitions and a photo yearbook but also supports the organization and their mission by having a steady income stream with a yearly membership fee.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Get Registered Now for Free. Read the full interview with our experts to get answers to questions nonprofit leaders may ask about employee burnout, such as: How has COVID-19 impacted employee burnout and individual stress management? Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. A: Definitely.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. For this screencast, I conducted several interviews lasting approximately 50 minutes. about his editing process for a screencast that uses this interview technique. So, I've been asking myself is there a way to make this process more efficient ?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2009

If these questions have crossed your mind and your answers are less than ideal, you should join us for our two-part webinar series on disaster planning to protect your technology. They experienced a flood two years ago and she'll be offering advice for other nonprofits trying to plan ahead. Join me on Thursday, August 20 at 11 a.m.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 10, 2014

Janna Finch is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and is the Managing Editor at Software Advice , where she manages all content related to the nonprofit software market and reports on retail and construction technologies, topics and trends. _. Using them is an effective and free way to research potential donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

We’ll be live tweeting insights, so if you want to follow along, ask questions, or share ideas about networks, follow the #netfunders hashtag on Twitter. What advice would you give to funders interested in supporting networks? A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. Here's my interview: 1. Why the heck would you ever want to give it a way for free by volunteering? Aye, what a question. There is a woeful dearth of women in both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. Many nonprofit social media managers shared tips and advice. She discovered a new free Beta tool called G’lerts (at [link] ) from Shonali Burke.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time. JP’s top advice for a successful virtual event production? Get a Free Virtual Fundraising Event Toolkit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. The interview went so well that I was offered a full-time web developer position on the spot. What’s your advice to nonprofit professionals? What is your advice about consuming the news these days and how to be an activist but also balance self-care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement. In a recent interview, John Hadyon reinforced this timeless piece of Facebook engagement advice. The real question for you to answer which images drive better engagement. The real question for you to answer which images drive better engagement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I know these posts are more about me than about providing you with have fun, do good ideas, interviews and inspiration (: Even if you don't have a blog, I recommend taking a little time to write/walk/paint with some, or all of the questions. Feel free to share your answers in the comments. I've really enjoyed the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". In fact, we gave away a couple of free copies. Don't hold all your questions until the end, take Twitter breaks and allow for questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2015

After quizzing my teenage son who is a fan of PewDiePie, I did a quick interview with Ettore Rossetti , Director of Social Media & Digital Marketing from Save the Children , to learn some insights about the campaign. That way, you can answer charity questions, address issues and even post updates if necessary.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post. Nonprofit board members should be asking themselves the same questions. Is your board one that is earning a B-minus, or worse? How can you improve that performance? Thanks BoardSource!

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? Talk to each other, introduce yourself in the chat if you haven’t already because we will save some time for some Q&A once we kind of get through our scripted questions. Sarah, I’m going to start with you in the first question. Ephraim: Okay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life. For example, I hold many meetings in-world with Second Life volunteers from all over the world and Second Life provides a great platform that is free to access and much more immersive than plain chat or email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment. What should you bring forward?

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2009

If you want the slides, I put them up on slideshare , so free to download them.). I had the chance to interview him about his upcoming NTC session , and that set me to thinking about just what we COULD do with the cloud if we were able to look beyond the bottom line. . Judi's really smart advice? You've noticed this, I'm sure.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

In a recent interview for a magazine I was asked, "What tips do you have for the unemployed who are seeking full time employment?" Each person gets a chance to talk about what they would like to work on until your next meeting, and ask for advice about challenges they are facing. Title your email, "Ask Britt: your question topic."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. Here's an interview with them about how they using social media part of their hospital's patient relations and communications strategies. Social media is two-way communication.

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