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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students. Or all three?

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How to Convert Your Nonprofit Website Visitor into a Donor

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Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. For example, if your photo and accompanying story show a young person in your program delivering groceries to an older person, go with, “Older people count on our students to bring their groceries.” Give donors a reason to donate.

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10 Ways to Find Monthly Donors for Your Small Nonprofit

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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. For every four monthly gifts of $25, we are able to enroll one student from that list into our Learning for Literacy program – empowering them with vital knowledge and skills to change their futures!

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. I promise (!)

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. I promise (!)

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Promote this donor appreciation page as the generic response to the info@ general email inbox or all general email inboxes. Use warm values-based language and feelings into your messaging. Consult with an attorney if you plan to do this.

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[VIDEO] The Science of Philanthropic Psychology

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The whole pack is designed to speak to the reasons of why supporters give in their own language. It’s like you are sharing with them things that they do like, and you are talking everything in the language that they like so they feel if they give, it is about what they care about. We send each other books. I just love her.

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