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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

Board members, donors, coalitions partners, and folks who have signed a national list but have not taken a local action are all good places to find some of your best volunteers. Their diversity in experiences, skillsets, passions, and viewpoints ensures that good missions get the brains and heart they deserve.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records. Write with meaning.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Could you add an attachment to the phone that could sense the pollution? Of course, we’d have to focus on local language content. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya. Will such an app work? If it worked, would it lead to behavior change that would save lives?

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Answer these 6 questions to frame your fundraising plan structure

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Set up a table at community events, your local farmer’s market, and festivals. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Automate your online donation system so the donor gets an automatic acknowledgement , one that includes warm appreciation language and details about how their gift will be used.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. Microsoft is developing a Mandarin-language version of something like that for the Chinese market called Xiaolce.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So she talks a lot about how you can actually use better texting language to create a sense of community and an offering of listening. Use the same language, just like when you’re applying for a grant.

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How to Source Great Year-end Stories

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Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently. Your brain naturally becomes more skeptical when you hear facts first. Your brain gets absorbed in the story and it drops its guard. Typically, that’s a phone call. But stories have the opposite effect.

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