NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. Almost every nonprofit experiences this, whether they’re applying for grant funding, asking for donations or recruiting board members. It’s been scientifically proven that reading and hearing stories can increase empathy, so use them to your advantage. Be specific.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

So in honor of Freaky Friday, here are 13 real supporter horror stories, none of which involve zombies. He wrote a sob-story email to the volunteer coordinator. (I I got the sob-story, too, and I agreed it was a good excuse.) And if you want that old ED’s brain back, ask yourself if you are a hungry zombie?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

Best Selling Author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take ” will be doing a big session called “ It’s About Science! Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” on June 20th. Points of Light annual Conference on Volunteering and Service kicks off today. Interesting food for thought.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Here’s some things she mentioned that I thought were useful: The new digital literacy is not finding the information, but being able to make choices when you had enough information flood your brain and take the time to synthesize. “Batch Concepts” – If you are working on five different stories, don’t jump around.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. For example, if your total operating budget is $250,500 and you have $25,000 in government grants, $20,000 in foundation grants, and another $50,000 in pledges already committed, you must raise an additional $155,500 through other fundraisers.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Grant Writers and Contractors – If you are a full-time writer, then Fundwriter will be a huge timesaver for you. You can let Fundwriter do the heavy-lifting of writing emails, punching up grant proposals, and more. I find the “ Thank You – Story Driven ” model. Let’s give it a try!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

But it’s during the walk around the block or staring out the window of the Acela to New York when we can thaw out the brain freeze and go for the breakthrough. No stories without numbers; no numbers without stories. People choose what data to accept or reject based on the story they have in their heads.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Entitled The Gift of Insight , the story recounts Viji’s personal journey and how it inspired her to work with members of our Bookshare service who have print disabilities that make it difficult for them to read traditional text. She was told that a brain tumor was pressing on her optic nerve and may cause her to become blind.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. NPR emphasizes how its “Muslims in America: A New Generation” series explores the multifaceted experiences of muslims living in a post-9/11 America, while its Hidden Brain episode “Why Now?” Donate Life America.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But H&I wanted to change that, and in 2019, as part of the Mighty Big Grant , they partnered with us to address one big question: What message would best move Americans to engage with Humanity & Inclusion? Our “Wardrobe” campaign on Instagram Stories. Our “Casualties of War” campaign on Instagram Stories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Leonard, GPC who writes the Grant Writer’s Blog writes about the importance of taking a real break from work and making it an unplugged vacation. ” We have been on the hunt for stories, resources, and examples and thought we’d share a few resource collections we compiled for a recent webinar hosted by Wild Apricot. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Some words and phrases that came up: Responding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The staples of Oz – courage, heart, and brains – are a good start. But there is also tremendous value in sharing learning with others, in leveraging our knowledge to make greater change than our grants can “buy.” Is Dorothy working solo, or are the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion also part of the team?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

And then we stopped talking and our brains exploded with new information and connections. The process will make us better grant applicants and give us – people outside – an opportunity to contribute to the services offered human trafficking survivors. What We Learned. Sharing equals shipping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

If you were to pay for the full cost of a ticket to attend a symphony concert, you'd be paying several hundred dollars given that it is impossible to make a ticket affordable without some subsidy (donations or government grants).

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Reading through 400+ session proposals made my brain hurt, but at the same time pumped me up. Great Stories Grant Wishes: Using Audience Personas to Update Make-A-Wish’s Messaging : Learn how to identify your target audience based on learnings from Make-A-Wish’s audience persona development. Nearly impossible. Social Media.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

There are annual reports, grant applications, website pages, blogs, appeal letters, policy docu­ments, procedure manuals, thank you notes, press releases, program reports, research papers, legal documents, advertising copy, board orientation documents, promotional material, and much more. It can cre­ate lasting, negative impressions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . Adam Grant, his book is right next to me. . Adam Grant talks about in his book, think, what is it? Tell me your story.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

You are appealing to the analytical side of my brain and ignoring the side where my compassion and empathy are located. You’re not applying for a grant, you’re asking me for a donation (of time or money). That’s the side you want to appeal to. percent of young people between the ages of 13 and 18 have reported…”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. It is not a book with pages, but it is about relationships. . He talked about the growth of wikipedia.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Through Spot.Us, the public can commission journalists to do investigations on important, and perhaps overlooked stories. Freelancers literally put their story ideas and their pitches up on our site, and they say, "This is the story I want to tackle." Just let us know what stories you're even starting to think of working on."

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . Be an ambassador but tell a specific story? . They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. ” Okay. . “Give.”

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. So, think about images that will tell the story all by themselves: A volunteer dishing up a plate of hot food. And the best way to do that is with stories. Lots of stories.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

You need to do this type of event now, or you need to do this type of activity or this type of programming or shift your programming this way to get this foundation grant.” So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. My brain just doesn’t work that way.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

You need to do this type of event now, or you need to do this type of activity or this type of programming or shift your programming this way to get this foundation grant.” So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. My brain just doesn’t work that way.” Take some water again, you guys.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Some people are really focused on grants that they’re not ready for, and they’re just kind of on this grant starvation cycle like, “We’re just hoping that that next one is going to save us.” Like, “If I just get this next grant, we’ll be saved.” ” Anybody been in that?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Include the key elements of a good story: Protagonist: This is usually the individual the campaign is helping.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. ” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Granted, it has been on the agenda of every executive ever since Henry Chesbrough’s seminal Open Innovation came out in 2003. " Transparency: Where the Stuff on the Internet Comes From – Transparency – GOOD – "Every day, thousands of stories are passed around the internet on blogs and via Twitter.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Plus, you can gain access to $10,000 per month in free Google ad spending by applying for the Google Ad Grant program. Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. When people read stories , their brains release chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Steven: because of the pandemic, true story. Robin: True story. Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. Hey, grants. It could be your grants category for 2021. This is a true story. Robin: I was, yeah. Robin: I’m back home.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Grant Howe is VP of research & development for Sage North America’s Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas. Make your point and discuss it, don’t tell a story. attention to an employee when your brain is fixated on another issue can insult them. in managing people. Trying to give your.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. I’m sure you’ve seen some horror stories. Maureen: I won’t tell the horror stories, but I’ll tell you from experience. Well, hopefully, you all can join us next week when we talk about grants. Be nice to your people. Like why is that valuable?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

I get to use my brain to think and figure things out. Student-led grant committee program with University of Central Florida. Through the three exercises and brand discussion, I wanted to show everyone that they can use their personal connection to the Foundation, combined with our brand language, to effectively tell its story.

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