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

The Storytelling Non-profit

It’s the difference between seeing cook Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people on your to do list and seeing create guest list, send invitations, collect rsvps and food allergy info, create a menu, etc. For direct mail, you might want to start more like 8 weeks before the mail date because of additional production time.

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Windows XP Will Be Supported by Third-Party Anti-Virus … Sort Of

Tech Soup

Info Security Magazine quotes them: "the effectiveness of anti-malware solutions on out-of-support operating systems is limited." The idea is to replace several major components of Windows XP with alternative software. Use alternative web browsers rather than the Internet Explorer browser that is native to Windows XP.

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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

Get Fully Funded

An alternative is to use stock photos, but this too brings challenges. Put your contact info in the footer and on the Contact Us page. And be sure to include a mailing address. Can you afford a professional photographer? Or do you have one amongst your Board members and volunteers? Stock photos can look staged and generic.

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What 1.9 Million Donors Can Tell Us About Fundraising on the Web: A Cliff Notes Tour of The Online Giving Study

NTEN

But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. So keep your organization’s profile up to date (contact info, mission, etc.) When we talk tech, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle, or widget for fundraising. Work hard to win them over.

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Top Do’s and Don’ts in Using Online Donation Forms

Connection Cafe

If you absolutely have to collect certain info, it is best practice to break the form in multiple pages. A good alternative is to send an initial thank you email for the donation and after a couple of weeks send an informative newsletter so that the donor can see an actual purpose to its gift. 3. End blind mailing .

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

For more info, web search for: hacking "inside job" (As of late, the China/Google scandal commandeers at least the first three search pages. I also use [link] as an incoming mail filter proxy. Yes, if there is keylogger malware that made it into a computer, you could be tracked that way, but this is a viable alternative.).

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4 Ways to Improve Your Annual Report

Roundtree

Here are some other generic alternatives to the phrase “annual report” worth considering: Impact Report. The annual report can have more uses than as a single mailing or a document you post online. Here’s a few ways to get the most mileage out of your annual report: Send it as a dedicated piece of direct mail. Gratitude Guide.

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