Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

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. Share it everywhere!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

We tell stories. Stories are the most effective form of communication available because they immediately engage the reader on an emotional level and in a way that is interesting to them. Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. 6 steps to telling your nonprofit’s stories. Act one – Set Up.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2016

The pressure is on when it comes to keeping the visitors on your website long enough for them to not only find out about what you do but also, hopefully, become more involved with your mission. Keep in mind that not all of your visitors come to your website with a specific need.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Or maybe you have a great story to write up for your website. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Or maybe you need to create a case statement to send to major donors.

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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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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Her primary interests include website production and social media. Christina has presented across the country about topics including social media, multichannel marketing, and website management, most recently at Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits. . Have a Brain-Dumping Session.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

5 Core Values at Work for 2016 by Kathy Naylor, VP of HR and Talent at the MIND Research Institute shares the core values that will insure your happiness and health at your nonprofit career. Aliza Sherman: Practicing Mindfulness and Tech Wellness. Train the brain to deal with chaos. 7 No Cost Self-Care Actions by Lori L.

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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. 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. Be mindful of remaining “strategic” (have we used this word enough?),

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How to Be a Mindful Techie Speaker Speaker: Meico Whitlock, Senior Manager, Communications, NASTAD. Take a deep breath and come into the present moment to learn how to become a mindful techie. They are created from stories we tell about ourselves, and stories affixed to us by others. Let’s revisit them publicly.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In this guide, we’ll highlight the following tips to help you improve your nonprofit website’s emotional appeals: Tell compelling stories. Along the way, we’ll review some examples of effective emotional appeals pulled from Kanopi’s roundup of best nonprofit websites. Tell compelling stories. Understand your audience.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

She opened up the fundraising email template she had downloaded from her nonprofit’s website, but an hour later, she was still staring at what now seemed like gibberish. Fundwriter further trains this AI using nonprofit-specific writing samples from websites to appeals to proposals to social posts. To put it simply, Fundwriter.ai

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Take your fundraising game to the next level with a dedicated fundraising website. Fundraising websites are powerful tools to help you raise more money; it’s the rallying point for all of your planning and messaging. The best weapon against apathy is a compelling story. 1) Visual Storytelling. Consider this. see above).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So check that out, if you’re interested, if you need software, if you’re just curious, all kinds of good stuff on our website you can check out. I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. But don’t do that right now because, dang, Lindsay Simonds is back. . You doing okay?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2016

They’ll probably zoom straight to your website to get an instant sense of who you are, what your stand for and the cause you support. So what can you do to be sure your group is on the leading edge of website design? Here are some tips to keep in mind and implement whenever possible. •

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. This same theory can translate to how copy is positioned on our website, take for example Charity:Water: Their tagline currently reads, “9 in 10 people have access to clean drinking water.” Play to Emotions With Identifiable Victim Effect.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As you know from our website…”. “As You are appealing to the analytical side of my brain and ignoring the side where my compassion and empathy are located. And I won’t mind if you thank me again.) As you may have heard…. You think everyone loves your cause. This is a pretty common mistake. That’s the side you want to appeal to.

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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. There was no letterhead or style guide.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So check that out if you’re interested, if you’re curious, all kinds of good stuff on our website, videos you can watch. How do you relate to my story? I see a lot of folks identify with this story as well. So these are some of the stories we tend to tell ourselves, right? So I want to know from you.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Visit our website, there’s all kinds of free resources, videos there you can watch. And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. You have fallen into a new story. Do not confuse the beginning of the story with the end.” And you can learn more about us.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We’re pretty easy to find online, you can visit our website. You can get a demo, you can watch videos, all kinds of cool things on our website. And then the bottom left box, the easiest way to do this, and it’s also the most compelling way to do this is to share your personal story. It’s how my brain works.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Then, determine how you’ll reach your goals, such as by hosting a peer-to-peer campaign before your annual event or by adding donation pages to your website. Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Social media.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So check that out if you’re interested, if you’re curious, all kinds of good stuff on our website, videos you can watch. How do you relate to my story? I see a lot of folks identify with this story as well. So these are some of the stories we tend to tell ourselves, right? So I want to know from you.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you are curious about that, or maybe you’re shopping before the end of the year, check out our website there’s all kinds of great resources. Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. So these things are floating through our minds all day long. . no, no, no. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Visit our website. 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? . So emails, social media, your website. ” Okay. .

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

Website visitors only need 50 milliseconds to form an opinion about your website. Visual appeal is the most important aspect of how visitors assess your website upon their first visit. That’s why you must choose your nonprofit website’s images carefully. Reflect diversity. Set quality standards. Leverage A/B testing.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Now that you’ve identified your top picks, go to their websites and ask for demos. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Pursuing a paid Google ad strategy can be a great way to supplement your organic search engine optimization (SEO) efforts on your website. Social media.

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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. Include a QR code so people can access your website.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Visit our website. And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. 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.” Think about it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Visit our website. And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. 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.” That’s what Bloomerang is, that’s what we do.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Reiterate Your Story and Case for Support People who land on your donation page will have varying levels of understanding about who you are, what you do, and what their gift can accomplish. If you don’t have a proprietary image you like, try using a free stock photo. Adding a few lines of copy (or even a lot of lines!)

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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. How effective is your website? Take this short assessment to find out! Take the Assessment!

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You know your organization’s blog isn’t the most exciting resource in the world, but that’s okay as long as the rest of your website is engaging, right? Compelling images The human brain can process images as quickly as 13 milliseconds. You scroll through your blog roll and see post after post with long text blocks and little else.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell. Twitter and Facebook serve different functions, but two things should always be consistent: your ask and your story. bonus: she includes video and slides}.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

You can visit our website. So these are key things you want to keep in mind. Well, a brand is those images, impressions, and ideas or beliefs that are held and formed in a person’s mind. They’re top-of-mind ownership. Tell a story. That’s what Bloomerang is. They’re your identity.

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