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Inspire Generosity with a Better Online Donation Form

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This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. The future of online giving is bright, and by leveraging these strategies, organizations can enhance their fundraising efforts, forge lasting donor relationships, and drive better outcomes for their causes.

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Writing for Fundraising: Fundraising Appeal Writing Tips for Non-Profit Professionals

The Storytelling Non-profit

Understanding that I’m not merely trying to achieve an outcome like a fundraising email, but instead I’m completing milestones on the way to an outcome significantly changed my relationship to writing. Being process oriented in writing allows you to see the baby steps you need to take to get to a writing outcome.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. I saw this image from the I Love Science Page that is a spoof on what is happening in the brain when someone isn’t learning.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alternately, you may feel so good about it and say my job is done. I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. It defines the outcomes of training in four different areas that you can measure.

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Words to Avoid—2023 Edition

Candid

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). While not as succinct, a potential alternative to “brainstorming session” could simply be an “idea generation session.”.

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Putting the Public Back in PR - New Book from Brian Solis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have a hypertext brain. Mentions an alternative tool to Feedburner - Pheedo. This is not new for nonprofit folks - looks like some of the items we track in our logic models - at least short-term outcomes for efficiency and effectiveness.

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Guest Post: Rearranging the Fossils - Using Museum 2.0 to Get a Stuck Innovation Process Moving Again

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Please share your own experiences with alternative strategic planning processes in the comments! The staff concentrated on museum operation and just did not have time, energy or brain space to seriously explore the challenges of a new permanent exhibition. Providing images of objects for the screens of ATM's. Buying a train.

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