Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” In this post, I’ll explore the third strategy. .

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Of course what you ask for in a grant depends on the specific program or project you have in mind, but this is a good rule of thumb to start with. No one wants to do it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Collaborative overload is defined as the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Between all the events , phone calls and mailings your plan can bring you and your team back to the most important activities. We have found that the process of listing your resources in a clear, organized manner can help you wrap your brain around how you can go about raising the funds needed. Prioritize Using a Fundraising Plan.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

He will seriously blow your mind. If you're looking for a new mass e-mail platform, you should check out Groundwire's precisely named " E-mail Service Provider Comparison Report 2010 " Wired recently declared that the Web is dead. Them's fightin' words to a lot of commenters.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build a Website That Can Grow With You Like any good investment, a nonprofit website should be built with longevity in mind. Images are an important part of keeping online visitors on your website— 91% of consumers prefer visual content to written content, and the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

When I signed up for her mailing list in the fall of 2010, I received a PDF of the first chapter of her book-in-progress with the working title, The Team: How to Live an Abundant Life by Healing Yourself and the World. Finding Your Own North Star , The Joy Diet ). She always delivers good advice with a healthy dose of humor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Today i use it effectively with maybe another handful of lawyers spread over the country who communicate via mails and help in their own small ways. Going back to my under graduation days i can say social media helped me bring together people for a cause time and again. Megha Bhagat. LLM student, NLSIU, Bangalore(Human Rights), India.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Still, end-of-year gifts and donations account for a substantial amount of the money raised by nonprofit organizations, which, in an effort to capture every bit of potential support before January 1, typically kick off the end-of-year fundraising season with a series of direct-mail appeals and then move on to email solicitations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

Supplement Annual Revenue – deferred giving is revenue over-and-above traditional fundraising efforts such as direct mail/annual fund, special events and individual giving. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

After years as a donor, she started getting every mailing with her husband’s name spelled wrong. It was certainly embarrassing to the donor who told me he finally called – weeks after mailing – to see why it hadn’t been cashed. I’ve changed a few details to protect the innocent (and/or guilty).

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian. He didn't know he'd be diagnosed with brain cancer just five months later. Test them out to see what works.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

When a donor reads your year-end appeal, their brain is working fast to answer this question: “Is this for me?” The more personalized your year-end appeal is, the better chance you’ll keep the donor’s mind and heart engaged. From Julie Cooper, fundraising copywriter, strategist, coach, and trainer at FundraisingWriting.com.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Keep these tips in mind the next time you refresh your website to develop a more compelling user experience and generate the support your nonprofit needs.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Keep in mind that the type of event you choose to host will also influence the kind of venue you select. Keep the following questions in mind as you consult your calendar: Are we planning far enough in advance? Print ads in local newspapers.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. Fear is hardwired into our brain, and everyone feels it whether they like to admit it or not.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

specifically recommends finding a CRM solution that can automatically fill out message templates with personal information for both emails and traditional mail. However, the human brain naturally has some difficulty grasping exceptionally large numbers of exactly what percentages mean. CharityEngine’s nonprofit CRM guide. Tell a story.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So just keep that in mind. Many mail houses and data systems. Now, 50% of people pay more attention to direct mail than to any other marketing channel. We pay attention to our mail.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Disabilities like dyslexia, vision loss, or a brain injury or physical disability that gets in the way of using a printed book. Before we started, blind people were read to, or had tapes of people reading the book sent to them in the mail – they physical snail mail.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. Fear is hardwired into our brain, and everyone feels it whether they like to admit it or not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . I will be co-presenting with Emily Riley , a senior analyst from Jupiter Research.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. The three primary channels used by nonprofits are email, social media and direct mail. Content Format What media form will your content take?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As you review these best practices, remember to keep your donors’ needs top of mind. How did our donors respond to social media posts/text messages/direct mail/emails about last year’s campaign? Direct mail: Who doesn’t love getting snail mail around the holidays? Optimize your donation form.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’s how my brain works. And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. We’re going to mail you your pre-addressed cards with the donor’s information. And you read my mind on the retreats thing because I was thinking about orientation as well. Very linear thinker over here.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2017

Drop a buck slip into a mailing that you’re already sending, like a little third of a page that says, “Include us in your will, here’s our tax ID, legal name and address. When you have the right person in the room, when you’re mailing to them or emailing them, you’re not talking about a gift at death. It doesn’t cost you anything.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Here are additional benefits of an online fundraising strategy for your donors and your nonprofit: Benefits for donors Donors want to be able to give the second they’re inspired, so asking them to physically bring their donation to you or to send the donation via mail will likely mean you miss opportunities to secure much-needed revenue.

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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. And no matter how awesome you think your nonprofit’s mission is, if your cause isn’t one they like, you’re not going to change their mind. Start writing words and phrases that come to mind.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 28, 2011

Actually I’ve found that in most cases people would rather you say no and then change your mind to yes then the other way around." Recruit a volunteer or get an intern to help you" Effective Time Management for Nonprofit Managers by Joe Garecht of The Fundraising Authority " Cut Back on E-Mail, Voicemail, and Social Media.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. And again, this idea that death is as natural as birth, it’s inevitable sooner or later, we’re all hoping for later, of course, but, at times in life, it’s more top of mind. So, Claire, I will pipe down here. Here we go.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . It was sent to the matriarch of the foundation within a half an hour, 45 minutes of receiving their mail.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are mailing out dope boxes today, y’all. Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? So when I think about back to work as a manager, these are some of the things that comes to mind for me. If you’re like me, you might also have half the conversation in your mind before you have it out loud.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. You manage them separately, that’s great, but if you manage them together, the return on investment for both products is going to rise because my fundraising database has to work well and be set up in a way that works well with my mail tool. We don’t mind.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. So definitely, that’s been top of mind and something that I’ve seen quite frequently. . So before I go into ARPA, are there any questions, Steven, that I should be mindful of?

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Here are additional benefits of online fundraising for your donors and your nonprofit: Benefits for donors Donors want to be able to give the second they’re inspired, so asking them to physically bring their donation to you or to send the donation via mail will likely mean you miss opportunities to secure much-needed revenue. Direct mail.

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