Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. We love how they showed the lineage of that $25.1

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

Audience: Think through who you picture visiting your site (you might even have some site data to inform your thinking). Tone and language for web content: Do you want your NGO to come across as fun-loving and laid back? If it isn’t, you could be missing out on opportunities to engage a larger swath of your audience.

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Design Websites NGO Strategy 81

CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For example, you can learn how much money you need to raise to sponsor a client, fund a meal, conserve an acre, etc. This webinar will teach you all the essential elements of a winning fundraising appeal, including how to use compelling language to draw readers in and craft effective calls to action to convert more donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Get creative.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AuSM had some additional elements that let them take those audience members from “interested” to “donor”. Flexibility: this was particularly important for the audience that Spinal CSF Leak Foundation was trying to reach because many of their participants are bed bound. What did they do that made their campaign unique?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Consider your audience and the main demographics that will be attending. When planning your event, you’ll most likely be working with vendors for tents, sponsor signage, logistical signage, food, and more. Overall, flexibility is key in addition to managing expectations with sponsors, guests, and event committee members.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Using the Right Kind of Message to Get a “Yes!”

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Plus, you’ll get free publicity for your campaign and tap into a whole new group of supporters—the news station’s audience. Pro tip: Get as many of your sponsors involved as possible, whether that means donating items or providing a venue for the day of. This is also a great time to acquire sponsors and seek auction items.

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Campaign Ideas Giving Tips 98

Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

One of my biggest aha moments while writing The Art of Relevance was moving away from the idea that there are "traditional" audiences and "new" audiences and instead thinking about people in terms of "insiders" and "outsiders". When you are on the inside, this doesn’t sound like inclusive language. We need to be more inclusive.”

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

And your messaging must be clear and inspiring, supported by an image or video that tugs on heart strings. Instead of asking people to help you reach your arbitrary goal of $10,000, tell them that for $77.80, they can sponsor a child in your program for a year and you have 150 kids who need to be sponsored. See the difference?

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

Here are some things to keep in mind when designing your form: Create custom images: Because your giving day form is separate from your year-round form, it’s a great opportunity to create new banners and background images. Social media : The immediacy of social media can help you reach a broader audience for your giving day.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you write too formally, write in 3 rd person, or write about how great your nonprofit is using ego-centric language, it doesn’t feel connecting at all. Your newsletter’s audience Who you should sent your newsletter to? It’s a bad idea to try to combine every possible audience into one simply to make it easier for you.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Reach out to potential sponsors. Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. Segment your audience by new versus existing donors. Up your storytelling game. Find more major gifts. Look for grants.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In this image, runners’ legs are tied with pink ribbon to symbolize support for a cause. Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. In this image, three women sit in a field watching a charity concert. In this image, volunteers pick up trash in a forested area.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

A dance-a-thon is a type of peer-to-peer fundraiser where fundraisers commit to dancing for a certain number of hours in exchange for donations and pledges from sponsors. Those connections could help when you start searching for corporate sponsors down the road. Seek out corporate sponsors. What is a dance-a-thon fundraiser?

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 17, 2020

At a physical event, it is easy to scan the venue and look at attendance numbers or monitor body language for attendee enjoyment. If event registration is low, it may mean that you should revisit your event marketing strategy to redefine your target audience or increase your spending strategically across certain platforms.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 17, 2020

At a physical event, it is easy to scan the venue and look at attendance numbers or monitor body language for attendee enjoyment. If event registration is low, it may mean that you should revisit your event marketing strategy to redefine your target audience or increase your spending strategically across certain platforms.

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Classy

AUGUST 23, 2021

Step 1: Upload a custom image to use as your headline. . Use a headline image on your landing page instead of a simple text headline to add visual appeal and give you more control over how your page looks. Use a high-resolution image or engaging graphic with a customized description in each block to reflect what’s being shown.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Your organization’s cause may be hard to understand emotionally or conceptually, and graphic design can help spruce up the material to appeal more to your target audience. Hopefully after viewing your brand frequently, they will feel increasingly attached to your image and mission thus be more prone to giving. Website images.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. Audience members can even continue to give as the show is happening with text fundraising!

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both its appeal language and its CTA. Identify corporate sponsors , grant matches , social media advocates, and peer-to-peer (P2P) advocates. Release profile photos & banner images, social feed photos, Facebook/Instagram story images/GIFS.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So you want to change the world, and you know that using images and other visual content is an excellent way to convince people to support your cause. This guide to data visualization and image selection is packed with strategies, tips, and concrete examples. It leads audiences to look behind the dominant narrative, at the details."

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So you want to change the world, and you know that using images and other visual content is an excellent way to convince people to support your cause. This guide to data visualization and image selection is packed with strategies, tips, and concrete examples. It leads audiences to look behind the dominant narrative, at the details."

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both their appeal language and on their CTA. Identify corporate sponsors , grant matches , social media advocates, and peer-to-peer (P2P) advocates. You can always adjust the goal higher later if you reach it too quickly! Why – THE STORY.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Create Amazing fundraising thermometer blends in perfectly with their minimalist black and white site theme, as well: The website also conveys a sense of community and stewardship with its donor call-out section By adding filters to each image, Create Amazing stayed on brand, highlighting their attention to detail and strategic design approach.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 15, 2022

Successful events depend on having the right skills, the appropriate resources for planning and managing events, and the ability to market the event effectively to your target audience. Have corporate sponsors co-promote the event. This is determined by the attitude, language, and behavior used by the attendees, staff, and volunteers.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

As part of the session, Tom led live drawing ( click for high-res image ), and we invited the audience to add their own “can’t dos” to a large map of things that are “safe,” “iffy,” and “no way”--more on that later. Focusing on youth audiences can lead to heavy and sometimes inappropriate self-censorship. The audio starts noisy.

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