Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

We probably sound boring to other people but we’re both genuinely interested in the nuances of Facebook and how it applies to marketing. The book offers lots of great advice on using many of Facebook features like Events. What is your best advice about moderation and dealing with spammers or trolls?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

And then, connect their existing passions and desires to our nonprofit’s cause, using the same language they use. Don’t worry, this is easier than it sounds if you follow the next six tips… 2. Ask for Advice — You’ll Usually End Up with Money. The old fundraising maxim applies here: “Ask for money, you’ll get advice.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Try reading your letter aloud and see if it sounds like you are chatting with your donor. Hero language: When you tell a donor that your nonprofit wouldn’t exist without them, you are speaking the truth. Hero languages reinforces the idea that they made the right choice and increases the possibility that they will give again.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

Think about the personal finance advice professionals dole out. Your nonprofit should take that advice, too. If even a few months of cash reserves sounds insurmountable, take a breath. If that number sounds too steep, start with 5 percent or even 3 percent, with a plan to increase the percentage over time.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

When I started digging into the Fascination languages and Sally’s research, I felt like I suddenly had a major permission slip to be more myself in a way that made communication WAY easier and more effective. Learning about my Fascination language is how and why I write emails the way I do. It’s what helps me show up authentically.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. List all languages spoken, honors and awards received, and publications. According to HubSpot Research , Linked Pages that have 100 followers or more earn a median of two clicks on the first two posts that a nonprofit shares on LinkedIn per week.

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Tech Soup

JULY 3, 2012

One of my favorite pieces of advice is to remember that your economy of language is incredibly important when creating your slides. What does "economy of language" mean? Some great instances of economy of language can be found in the examples included in our recap blog post as well as in the following presentations.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Sounds great, right? If I were working with her as an ambassador, I would look for ways to wrap an Ask in the language of dance so she could talk to her dance friends about donating. Use your fundraising ambassadors as a sounding board for messaging you are considering. And how do you get them busy, working on your behalf?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

This sounds even more ridiculous when we acknowledge that we’re working with human beings who are infinitely complex, and we are operating in a space to address systems, structures, and practices that in many cases have been intentionally designed for hundreds of years to limit the possibilities and success of huge segments of our population.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

In this week’s guest post, Rachel offers us all some great advice on how to nail the ask. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sounds scary? The generic piece of advice for taking online classes is that they're "only as good as the effort you put into them." " As somebody who has almost completed their Master's degree through an online program, here's my advice: online classes are only as good as you think you are.

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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. Before you hit send, use this helpful advice to get the most out of your email marketing for Giving Tuesday. Make sure that your emails sound like the rest of your communications. How to use email marketing efficiently.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. But it is particularly valuable when people don’t have access to behavioral cues, like body language, that are plentiful in face-to-face situations. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. Ask for help when it’s appropriate with clear language. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.” Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO NONPROFITS TO PREVENT BURNOUT FROM SPREADING?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2018

At the end of the day, it really comes down to making sure you take care of your communication skills—true listening, sharing language, and understanding your audience. Common language. Being connected as a team begins with common language. Ask your newest hire how long it took for them to decipher the office language.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

When you ask about their decision-making process, you’ll find out what factors they take into consideration, who else they involve or seek advice from, and how much time they like to take in thinking it over. Not only can you ask questions, but you can read body language which is very hard on the phone. Phone or In Person?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2017

2030 may sound like a far-off date, but it’s closer than you might think. As more and more individuals and organizations recognize a shared commitment to achieving the SDGs, it will be crucial that each participant across the spectrum of social good speaks the same language. The Global Goals are everyone’s goals.

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

At the time, those ideas sounded like a tall order. Remember Dan’s advice and multipurpose each production. Tone—The advice above also applies to tone and language. My goal with WorkerBee.TV But fast forward four years later. The cost and effort needed to create a video are significantly reduced.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This may sound like a no-brainer,but, the digital world is full of larger than life personalities and sometimes these personalities clash. From the first time you meet, try to get a sense of whether you speak the same language. Our advice for client is, if you don’t have a business strategy which is goal focused – get one, and fast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. Don’t attend a meeting wishing the meeting was over while stealing glances at your email on your mobile phone under the table, or trying to sound smart during the meeting. The choice is to participate with impact is yours.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. Colleen also made sure to create a robust template for her fundraisers with boilerplate language and images.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Does that sound good? If that sounds like you, put “me” in the chat. So I want you to tell me which one of these sounds most like you, related to getting 10k gifts. Number 1, if this sounds like you, put a 1 in the chat. If that sounds like you, put it in the chat. foreign language 00:48:50].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2006

Practice with a Video Camera This sounds painful, but you tape yourself and then watch it. What does your body language say? Do you exude strong, confident, and commanding body language? Master Your Material "Rehearsing means walking through your presentation exactly as you would when you deliver it -- out loud."

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders. TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Language that centers around how the donor can punch up their gift for your cause. Walkathons, for example, could benefit greatly from donations of water bottles or food, or even a stage and sound system for a post-walkathon concert ( Booster’s walkathon guide can show you exactly how this can play out).

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Whether it’s providing an effective guide to grant writing or delving into expert advice on digital marketing strategies for nonprofits, these free nonprofit resources provide invaluable knowledge to help you develop your fundraising skills.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In other words, should the elevator speech include language that refers to the role the donor plays in the organization? per day per family sounds reasonable for homeless women and children. Q: What advice do you have for a new non-profit who doesn’t have a building and needs to purchase everything? Telling your story.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. When you match our first half million,” notice the language there, “we will make another grant of a half million.” I know that thank you calls sound time intensive. They sound scary, because who wants to talk to someone?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2019

And then, we get to connect their existing passions and desires to your NPO, using the same language they use. Don’t worry, this is easier than it sounds if you follow the next six tips… 2. Don’t be scared of sounding weird or too forward by asking things like, “What do you think is the biggest challenge we face in this area?”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

What advice do you have for journalists right now? I'm curious what advice you have for panicked journalists who are worried about, "What's it all going to mean and what am I going to do? That sounds like a horrible way to die. That sounds really nerdy, but it can actually be really fun. That's very, very different.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So the general proposition or principle in fundraising, which I learned decades ago, but does bear repeating, is that if you ask for money, you get advice, and if you’re asked for advice, you get money. . ” And the volunteer said, “Oh, I’m not asking for money, I just want to get your advice.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Here are three examples of changes you could make: Change the language and presentation of comment cards. No one is going to volunteer advice to the museum if they don't think it will be used. This may sound strange, but Mini determined via brand monitoring that they had an extremely enthusiastic, Web 2.0-active

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And if someone you were working with said to you that the hardest thing about the organizing work I’m doing is the personal impact that the political has on me every day, what advice would you give them? It’s actually in three different languages, Chinese, Spanish and English. That sounds cheesy, but it’s true.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. The second step is talk to people in their language. for a while.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So one thing that you absolutely need to look at is, just like it sounds, when did they last give? Kari: We’ve got an example of this, because I know that some of you are going, “Well, that sounds confusing.” You can use your own language, however you want to do it. Makes sense? Jackie: Exactly. Kari: Cool.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

But I think it’s important for you guys to recognize some of these trends that we all see and just know that you are so not alone in doing these things or hearing this advice because you guys, the amount of time I wasted over 13 years waiting for a warm introduction or sending the wrong cold email. Sounds good. Steven: Yeah.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

But I think it’s important for you guys to recognize some of these trends that we all see and just know that you are so not alone in doing these things or hearing this advice because you guys, the amount of time I wasted over 13 years waiting for a warm introduction or sending the wrong cold email. Sounds good. Steven: Yeah.

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