The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll find articles about: Opinions on Industry Trends, Topics in Behavioral Science, Whitepapers and Case Studies in Philanthropy, and Direct Mail and Online Fundraising. In this blog, you’ll learn about: Business and Technology Planning, Fundraising, Website Management, and Innovations in the Social Sector.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your donor software should allow you to insert the donor’s name into the thank-you in either email or snail mail letters. It creates two pieces of mail or email for the donor to open and read. It’s confusing, and it’s too much for donors who all lead busy lives, which is all donors. I don’t like this approach.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Every welcome packet and handwritten thank you note should include their business card. For this group, make between two and eight solicitations a year, mostly via mail. Make sure to go through a quick training and provide a script that folks can use when they reach a donor’s voicemail. Make Fewer Asks. This one is simple.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Email is a critical business tool for nonprofits. Unfortunately, nonprofits face the same threats to their email security that other businesses and organizations face. For instance, by converting a Word file to PDF, any potentially harmful scripts can be removed. Stop Spam & Phishing Emails. Check Internal Emails.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Although they are essential in most businesses, email attachments can be used to spread malware infections, gain access to systems, and leak confidential information. For instance, by converting a Word document to a PDF file, any potentially harmful scripts can be removed before they can do any damage. Block Dangerous Attachment Types.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

I firmly believe nonprofit fundraisers are in the happiness delivery business. direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. You can find a sample script here. Moving donors from their first gift to their second continues to be a chronic issue for the sector.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

One of the interesting side effects of the widespread shutdown is that most people are getting fewer commercial emails and direct mail than usual, as businesses like hotels, restaurants, music and sporting venues, and travel agencies all put a halt to their marketing. You see a sample phone script for this call here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. It’s brill — it gets rid of all the ads on Facebook. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s awesome to see a full room when it’s such a busy time of year. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. I’m Steven.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

You’re starting a business after all. You really are – your business just happens to be not-for-profit.). If a prospective donor encounters an obstacle while trying to donate (like if your donation process is cumbersome or if they can’t find the donate button or if there’s no address for them to mail a check), they may give up.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

However, given that most annual giving programs are vestiges of heavy direct mail programs where costs are tied intrinsically with the cost of printing, this has deeply influenced how we view personalization. Johnson box, multiple use of “You”). Lapsed donor (< Thank you for your previous donations that have saved lives>).

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

Securing donors only to lose them is just silly business. Mail The gold standard is a prompt and personal mailed thank you letter. It’s why I advocate mailing a thank you letter to donors who give online, in addition to the immediate email receipt. Begin by making donor retention a priority. to Nonprofit Donors 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

The business world has recognized the power of word-of-mouth testimonials, turning them into an almost $10 billion industry known as influencer marketing. This is where companies turn to people with large social media followings and niche credibility to advertise their product, paying as much as $1 million per post from Kylie Jenner.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

If you want to build a transformational business model that moves your organization steadily forward (not two steps forward; three steps back), then you simply must put more resources into your donor retention strategy – more specifically, your gratitude program. Whatever you do for supporters who give via mail. Personal notes.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nice to see a full room, especially and during such a busy and hectic time of year. And, dang, you’re busy and you’re a super-smart person. You know, pre-COVID, we really encourage board members to host a parlor meeting in their home or business. I’m so excited for you all to be here. I’m Steven.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When companies do good, it not only benefits the nonprofits receiving aid but also the businesses themselves. While matching gifts are beneficial for contributing companies, many businesses don’t spread awareness of their programs to their employees. How do matching gift programs work? Integrate matching gifts into advocate training.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

They do the mailing. Maybe you send one email, and you don’t do any direct mail. Maybe you do like, you know, five emails and like four direct mail pieces. Just choose in the poll how many appeals mail and email you sent. You’re going to be scheduling your emails and your social and your mail drop.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Every piece of collateral that you create – be it a video, blog post, or direct mail piece – needs to feel like it’s coming from the exact same place. Pay close attention to the language and the tone of voice you choose to use in your script and make sure it aligns with your copy elsewhere.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. That’s why we’re all in this business. People like to do business with people they like, trust, and know.

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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. . It was sent to the matriarch of the foundation within a half an hour, 45 minutes of receiving their mail. But I worked on a couple of political campaigns. She called. This is another Bit.ly

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So first for me in fundraising and now probably even more so actually in my business as an entrepreneur. “Oh, you know, I’m not even going to try because he’s going to be way too busy to meet with me.” Let’s say you want to read more for whatever reason, business, pleasure, personal development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

Brian admits, “As you can imagine, His Holiness is a busy man and when you have time with him, you only have so many requests you can make. Because most of our donors give during our mailing, Giving Tuesday doesn’t really impact those donors one way the other.” They re-purposed their content for different audiences.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So first for me in fundraising and now probably even more so actually in my business as an entrepreneur. “Oh, you know, I’m not even going to try because he’s going to be way too busy to meet with me.” Let’s say you want to read more for whatever reason, business, pleasure, personal development.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And so my mission with this presentation and really with my whole business is I want to provide you strategies to empower you to be confident in your next virtual ask. And also, when you type in someone’s name, it pulls up all of their business information, where they’ve worked. And so I’ll do like a script with them.

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