Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you. People are watching our hand movements and our body language. Do this by writing a bullet point script before, covering every point you want to make and add slides to match the main points. Practice and prepare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

What does this mean for the nonprofit sector in the future? She said that in a world of connectivity where individuals can do their own crowdfunding for services, bypassing nonprofits, that nonprofits will still have the advantage because of the human relationships. Designing an Effective Nonprofit Chatbot.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Your audience, on the other hand, is mostly full of normal people. Fair enough.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Unfortunately, most nonprofits thank the donor as an afterthought. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

If you Google “nonprofit logos,” you’ll see some common themes. Many nonprofit leaders really want to take every opportunity to help you understand that they are helping people. I think of a logo as a gatekeeper that helps the audience decide if they want to learn more. Remember these six words: Your logo is not your story.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. AuSM had some additional elements that let them take those audience members from “interested” to “donor”. Thanks, coronavirus. What did they do that made their campaign unique?

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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? Engagement Level.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Strong and effective body language. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and Effective Body Language. Body language can betray you. Asking is part art and part science.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The time has finally come to demystify Search Engine Optimization ( SEO) for nonprofits. Why nonprofits should be investing in SEO. Chapter 2: Nonprofit Marketing Strategy. Chapter 4: SEO For Nonprofits. Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. Last year saw a 7.9%

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When you think of fundraising ambassadors, you might think of celebrities who use their fame to mobilize support for their favorite nonprofits. Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: . But, I wouldn’t assume.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

2) Know Your Audience. Knowing your audience is critical. If you know whom you want to consume your infographic, you’re able to tailor the language, imagery, focus, and key points used to appeal to this target audience. So I ended up with a less then optimal small screen viewing experience for you – our audience.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

You’re looking for folks who: Are recognized and connected within the community Have experience in the nonprofit sphere Will work hard and contribute over the long haul Are not afraid to ask for a donation. You’ll want to craft some specific language for your board early on to let them know what their role is and how they can help.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It’s the goal of every nonprofit that creates a video – creating a video that has impact. During the hour-long chat on Twitter, nonprofit video experts and audience shared thoughts on what makes powerful videos, technical aspects of creating video that leads to action, and techniques to ensure a video gets shared.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy…. There’s a new normal.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

If you want to move away from transactional one-time gifts, and towards longer-term, transformational giving, here is the single most important thing you need to know to keep nonprofit donors: RESOLVE to rock the power of thank you! to Nonprofit Donors 1. Begin by making donor retention a priority. Or give more. Not a canned receipt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy…. There’s a new normal.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. As nonprofits, we have the missions of our organizations. Really thrilled to be here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

By Melissa Russom , a communications strategist who helps nonprofit organizations clarify their brand and message to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to them. Finally, your social media ambassadors will enjoy some influence with a particular group of people you are targeting as a current or desired audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget? What problem does a widget solve?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since most nonprofits rely on events as part of their income strategy each year, it’s critical that you take the time to set yourself up for success and do your best to prepare for incidents that could negatively impact your mission. We know the ultimate goal of any nonprofit fundraiser is to raise as much money for the mission as possible.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If you’re like any of the nonprofit clients we work with, you are committed to making the world a better place by furthering your organization’s mission. Video marketing, in particular, can be a great way to educate your audience about the problems your organization is working to solve. and further that ever-important mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Kaushik's thinking is based on " Occam's Razor Principle " (which boils down to a poetic way of saying " KISS ") The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization's web site, the Idealist , is using the software in practice. What follows is a very rough draft for a script.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Note: This is the fifth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. If we decide to do moderated usability tests, we’ll need to start by recruiting 6-8 participants that are representative of the site’s target audience groups. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And I’m grateful beyond words for all the things that you’ve done for the nonprofit world and for Bloomerang, you know, great software, great customer service. And he’s been in your shoes he’s actually founded eight nonprofits. Let’s look at the nonprofit environment and why that’s so important.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. I want to talk about how you can inspire your audience using imagery and creative communication. Not everyone feels this way but some still do, some nonprofit organizations are still waiting. And speaks all over the place, she’s got a lot of clients.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

In this article, I’m going to share a strategic marketing process that, when followed, will help you create content your audience will love. However, despite this shift in audience platform preferences the strategic marketing process itself hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years. Work smarter, not harder.

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