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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention. Developing a consistent format that allows for easy comparison across months and years. But a poor web design won’t get anyone on the bad side of the law whereas ignoring those important statements might. Is that even possible? Eliminating unnecessary details.

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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

You’ve only got a few brief seconds to engage attendees as they browse item displays, making item descriptions one of the best ways to catch their attention. Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.)

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Seven Tips For Making Better Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Vary your voice to capture attention: modulate volume, rate, pitch, pace, and tone. Comparisons and analogies are powerful. Gladieux , author of the new book, Communicate With Courage : Succinct stories that illicit emotional response are great hooks. Ask questions, such as, “What does what I’m sharing remind you of?”

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

Candid

1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. The data gathered shows that funders are continuing to pay attention to current events, including the pandemic. .

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Is Your Nonprofit Half Way to Your 2020 Fundraising Goal$?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When measuring your progress it’s important to know how much money you’ve raised, but it’s also critical to pay attention to how much money was dedicated to the fundraising effort. You also want to pay attention to what they term the Dependency Quotient. These assets can cut expenses for your organization.).

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Lessons From CEOs On How To Start Well And Perform Quickly As The New CEO

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It’s also a time where you have an intense amount of attention and focus on your actions, your performance, and even how fast or slow you walk. Finally, there can be situations when the outgoing CEO becomes a key issue to mitigate in your transition plan and consumes a considerable amount of your time, energy, and attention.

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Amazing AI Images for Impact: AI Generators for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

And with AI image generators, you can create custom visuals that will grab attention and convey complex information in a simple way. These images could be used for a wide variety of storytelling and attention-grabbing hooks for content. Are you working on a report or presentation? Generate Imagery for Fundraising Materials.

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