Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

Whether it’s sending out an ask, an update on a project, or a thank you letter, a nonprofit’s message isn’t effective unless it reaches the right donor at the right time. Reaching out to a selected group of donors can sometimes miss the mark and not make it to the intended audience. What is Donor Segmentation?

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). Organizations that engage with the right audiences, at the right times, with the right content, and in the right places enjoy greater loyalty, retention, and positive word of mouth. What should I look out for when using AI?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here are a few 2021 key findings from the report to help us retain and upgrade nonprofit donors: . Giving was unevenly directed; donor perceptions of greatest need had an impact. Giving was unevenly sourced; wealthier donors were more insulated from pandemic effects. New donors were up by 18.5%. adjusted for inflation).

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Thanks to YouTube, videos can be raw, without heavy editing, and still strike the right chord with audiences. “We Virtual tour: A peek behind the curtain at your organization will engage your audience, especially those who are curious about your work. For a longer video, consider writing a script.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

By focusing a little extra energy on your mid-level donors, you can raise more money and create a quality pipeline for your major gifts officers. Successful mid-level donor programs are all about providing donors with a personal touch while maintaining the analytic discipline that allows you to scale your programming.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2020

If they offer a match this year, don’t make plans based on getting any of it, but know that it makes donors more aware of Giving Tuesday and may still help you get more dollars! After all, you know for sure your audience there has a Facebook account. Offer a couple of suggested scripts they can pick from or modify.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

increasing donor base by 20%). Attract 100 new individual donors and secure corporate sponsorships from 5 local businesses.” Review the event night timeline and script in detail at your program rehearsal. These goals should be both financial (e.g., raising $10,000) and non-financial (e.g.,

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Thank you’s.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires. Focusing on donors as partners instead of focusing on money can make a huge difference. When I focus on donors, it’s a matter of which program they want to support. Donors give to causes that matter to them. Y’all.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. Allows your audience get to know you a little better through the stories you tell. Inspires potential donors to give. It’s boring to the donor and doesn’t inspire them to give.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

It also gives you a platform to include a compelling call-to-action that prompt your audience to take the next step – visit your site, fill out a form … – without seeming too “ salesy.” For that, you can use meaningful animation, unexpected script turns ( narrative ), and adequate characterization.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Thank you’s.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of creating a meaningful message when a nonprofit wants to engage with their donors. With the captivating visuals and persuasive copy that come from the work of a nonprofit, these messages are naturally compelling and have the potential to motivate donors to act. The Awareness Video.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Paid social is, in simple terms, paid advertising that takes place on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, etc with specific targetted audiences in mind. 2 Audience Engagement: Getting the hang of Social SEO is all about creating content that clicks with your audience.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. This can also be a good place to add your brand voice or donor personas to describe who you are talking to. Build a tool for your audience that helps with a task. Build large training guides on a given topic.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Events are a staple in the nonprofit sector, helping to meet various purposes like fundraising, donor acquisition, and supporter engagement. Common ideas for in-person nonprofit events include fundraising galas, donor acquisition lunches, and community engagement events. Multiple audiences. Logistically complex.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

With strong relationships, Carousel Ranch’s “[donors are] friends now and they believe in [her]”, making them more likely to donate. Having a number in mind provides a reference point for the donor in terms of a decision rather than having them think through how much to donate. Providing A Dollar Amount. Storytelling.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

All you need is a basic script of questions you’ll ask and 6-8 participants. Ideally, your participants will represent different constituent groups: donors, volunteers, new registrants, event participants, etc. Examples: Do our donors respond better to an inter-generational photo or one with only children?

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Achieve

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In our experience, year-end direct mail appeals perform best when they hit donor mailboxes just after Thanksgiving. Now’s also the time to get your donor data to the printer for the mail merge. The beauty of social media ads like Facebook is that you’re able to try different things to different audience groups in short amounts of time.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? Your campaign is only as strong as your data, so review your donor database now.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

I think of a logo as a gatekeeper that helps the audience decide if they want to learn more. Telling your whole story with your logo is not truly necessary to reach your audience. If you design modular furniture, a logo featuring Victorian script and flowers is going to be misleading. It truly doesn’t need to do all the work!

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 2) Educate. 5) Acknowledge.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Lapsed donors : Members who have donated, but not in the last year. 7 Online Fundraising Ideas (That Actually Work): 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

Charity:Water created a bot called “ Walk with Yeshi ” as a donor engagement tool. You also need to think about its voice and tone and how it can be relevant and engaging to your target audience. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. There are two design tasks. Conclusion.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

From knowing your target audiences to getting them to donate, there’s a lot you need to know as a fundraiser. Once your logo is applied to your donation form and it reflects your organization’s color scheme, you can then focus on adding images that show the impact your donors are making. Steward donors with an email campaign.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. You may also want to give separate prizes for corporate teams, an important audience for increasing participation.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Typically about one year of that time is spent focused exclusively on major donors (this is called the silent phase). That will help you to target specific donors at each level. There are a few helpful hints that can get you started: Look at the donors you have and identify the largest donation you believe any of them will give.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But success in an online fundraiser goes further than just getting the attention of potential donors. AuSM had some additional elements that let them take those audience members from “interested” to “donor”. Being where the donors are: the foundation knew that most of their community spent a lot of time online.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Think about Board members, employees, volunteers, donors, and social media followers who can serve as ambassadors. The goal is to get 10 new donors from each ambassador. And if each donor gives $100, that’s $1,000 per ambassador. Do they think your new message will resonate with your audience? What do they think?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

And how can charities, like hospital foundations, use it to increase donor loyalty and generate higher return on investment (ROI)? In most hospital foundation annual giving programs, all donors regardless of donation trigger (e.g. Lapsed donor (< Thank you for your previous donations that have saved lives>).

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Acquire new donors. When you have the support of your local, federal, and private community decision-makers, your organization will appear more legitimate and authoritative for prospective donors. This relationship-building experience will help your organization retain more donors over time. Acquiring new donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Your donors are the ones who make your organization’s mission possible. Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Our team has studied the effectiveness of retaining donors rather than acquiring new ones, and that research guides our entire approach. Why Does Donor Appreciation Matter? . Ideas for New Donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Your donors are the ones who make your organization’s mission possible. Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Our team has studied the effectiveness of retaining donors rather than acquiring new ones, and that research guides our entire approach. Why Does Donor Appreciation Matter? . Ideas for New Donors.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

It also makes it difficult for your donors to understand how they fit into the big picture. And when donors can’t see themselves as a part of a real solution, they’re less inclined to give. But before you toss out a dollar amount or donor acquisition target, go one level higher to get to the root of what you’re trying to accomplish.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

It also makes it difficult for your donors to understand how they fit into the big picture. And when donors can’t see themselves as a part of a real solution, they’re less inclined to give. But before you toss out a dollar amount or donor acquisition target, go one level higher to get to the root of what you’re trying to accomplish.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

As charities, we tell stories all the time—it’s how we show our donors their money is making a difference! Start with your audience. If your team doesn’t understand what you’re going for, neither will your audience! Try writing a script with a two-column approach. This will broaden your audience.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Solid Face-to-face fundraising requires: A true understanding of your donor. Understanding Your Donor. A face-to-face solicitation comes at the culmination of you gradually deepening your relationship with your donor to understand his or her passions and interests. We know our donors want to feel special. Be curious.

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