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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention. Board members are personally responsible for the organization’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Make your reporting easier for the experts to explain and for the novices to understand by— Using clear, concise language and avoiding financial jargon.

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How to Tell Non-Profit Stories With Emotions and Details

The Storytelling Non-profit

I continue to evolve my thinking about how to tell non-profit stories. This is natural in any line of work, but in non-profit storytelling I find that it mostly impacts my process for writing and telling stories. I also read a lot of non-profit stories that are simply just the facts told chronologically.

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Essential Grant Writing Tips for Your Nonprofit

The Modern Nonprofit

You will need to do your research and gather the correct facts and figures pertaining to your work in order to make an informed case for your application. Using this research to tell an impressionable story, you can create a convincing grant application that will get your nonprofit the resources it needs.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number.

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How To Increase Board Fundraising Without Having To Ask for Money

Bloomerang

Use the power of a story to highlight the organization’s accomplishments I am a huge believer that board members don’t need to be subject matter experts to be good fundraisers. Board members can practice telling the story of one person helped by the organization, or the story of how they came to be on the board.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

We fed the many hours of conversation into an application called Dedoose, which helped us to sort and flag themes in the focus groups. We heard many stories detailing the aftermath of the abrupt transition to virtual work, or the shuttering of programs entirely, beginning in spring 2020. Here’s what they had to say.

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Mapping the Donor Engagement Cycle: A Visual Guide to Stronger Connections

Neon CRM

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. Meanwhile, donors who have donated to specific campaigns or through social media may be more interested in beneficiary stories.

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