EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

When we flip the calendar to a new year, many of us become gripped by the desire to build some new habits. Make sure to include lots of “you” language—that means your news updates should not be framed as what you are doing as an organization, but rather as what your donors are making possible with their generosity. Drink more water!

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Make them stand out on the page and use language that inspires action, such as “Give Today” or “Support Our Mission.” Use concise language and engaging visuals to effectively convey your message and capture the interest of your audience.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Auctions are a popular event for nonprofits to put on their fundraising calendars , whether hosted as a standalone affair or part of a larger function, such as a charity gala. Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks. And there is nothing wrong with using a paper desk calendar, if that’s your jam.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Understanding who gives, why, and when can help your nonprofit make more sensitive and inclusive appeals at the close of the calendar year. Symbols and language to make your appeal more Jewish-inclusive: The menorah is the primary symbol of Hanukkah, a candelabra that is lit one candle at a time while blessings are recited.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

How attitude and body language will affect your success. tnpadmin 2021-08-17T11:56:20-04:00 3 Keys to Setting Up Your Fundraising Calendar for Success EXPLORE OUR RESOURCES Courses Podcasts Webinars Papers Guides. You will learn: •How to prepare for the interview. How to avoid common interview mistakes. How to follow up.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Don’t count on them remembering.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In our new book, The Smart Nonprofit , we use the umbrella term “smart tech” to refer to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and cousins, such as machine learning, and natural language processes. These technologies automate internal systems and processes, meaning they make decisions for (and instead of) people.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Take a look at your own calendar for a moment. Language and conversations that reflect the learner’s experience. Are they going to encounter accents, different languages, or unique dialects that are different from those in their home country? Your staff and volunteers don’t either!

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

It’s the idea that anyone in the world, regardless of location, language, disability, or platform, can participate or engage with something. Web accessibility is the idea that everyone can use all internet content, regardless of location, device, language, or ability. Accessibility by itself refers to the “ability to access.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

This annual publication documents legal, political, and social developments in 54 countries and four European institutions over the past calendar year. are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. Moving Forward and How Education Plays a Critical Role.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. Another thing I recommend: look at your calendar for the year.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Put together a master marketing calendar. To make your multi-channel marketing efforts successful, it’s important to implement a campaign calendar. Your communications across every channel you use should be included on the calendar. Next, here’s how to maximize the potential for some of the most popular marketing channels.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Additionally, WordPress-related keywords get 37 million searches each month; the program is available in 40 different languages; and 22 percent of new U.S. Edit Flow allows a site manager to get a handle on all their editorial content in one place, helping to create workflow strategies, create and sync calendars and more.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Language about your annual campaign or broad fundraising goals won’t cut it. Instead put some fundraising ideas on your calendar for the next few months. Don’t force one if you already have a full calendar, but sometimes the opportunity is there for an additional campaign. Can you put a wine and cheese event on the calendar?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. This might involve browsing your event calendar, reading your blog, donating through your online giving page, or using your contact form to get in touch. Make the language of these buttons and phrases inspiring and specific. Simple navigation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2021

I’m going to also recommend you count gifts by a donor within a fiscal or calendar year towards their total giving that year. In this case you’d simply add a footnote at the bottom of your Honor Roll with language like: *includes a memorial or tribute donation. It sets up an awkward competition and may make some families feel bad.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Include your ad campaigns in your content calendar to maximize their return on investment. People usually just skim through posts while scrolling on Facebook, so use language that will make them stop and read. Knowing the best times to post ads throughout the year will increase your chance to gain new donors.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

If it’s an annual event, update the calendar with the dates and information for the following year (or a TBD notification) as soon as this year’s iteration ends. This includes the type of language you use, the message you send, and the visual representation of your organization. Event dates and information. Engagement opportunities.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Effective digital navigation paths truly support the brand by picking up key elements in language used, terms emphasized, styles of animation, and so on. What markers and language will most resonate with them? This is the minimum, though. What do they most want to find? What are things they most want to avoid?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

You should also work to develop your brand’s voice and language across your social media profiles. Develop a social media calendar. A social media calendar helps you keep track of what you’re posting and when you’re posting it across all of your social media platforms.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

When making your ask, be precise, respectful, and keep your language easy for the donor to digest. The goal for a Zoom meeting is simply to get it on the calendar. This technique is appropriate for donors who have a track record of giving to your organization or when you want to make a multi-year ask.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Automation can turn minutes, hours, or days of busy work into a second or two, freeing up a fundraiser’s head space and calendar space for truly creative work. Being bogged down with busy work creates an obstacle to collaboration, making it harder to brainstorm the next big idea for a fundraising event, a campaign, or a partnership.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, you might fill your calendar with various recurring and one-time opportunities based on your program’s needs. Use your volunteer calendar or communications platform to share event logistics like the start and end times for each opportunity and their locations. Be clear about shift times and locations. Track progress.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Block off time on your calendar for fundraising planning. For example, if you have “Spring Campaign” on your calendar for April, and you plan to raise $8,000, how will you raise $8,000? Give them sample language to include with their email to friends and family members. Will you have an online campaign?

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Others have started incorporating hybrid events in their calendar where there are both digital and in-person elements to the event in order to keep everyone engaged. . For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Others have started incorporating hybrid events in their calendar where there are both digital and in-person elements to the event in order to keep everyone engaged. . For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Be sure to craft your language and tone so that you're focused on engagement and cultivation. The language should focus on the importance of new supporters, volunteers, and donors, and how these individuals help grow and enrich the organization. It's your unique opportunity to strengthen your relationship with someone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I was lucky enough to be working with the digital strategy coordinator, Maria Rubi , from the Mexico office. She is not only fluent in English (and four other languages in addition to her native Spanish), she is also an excellent trainer and facilitator.

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BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

while your calendar permits…in between deals? Are they a former Boston Consulting Gropu consultant who later in life decided to start a nonprofit, in which case you can feel confident you’ll speak the same language? Are you someone who has an idea and wants to act on it immediately….while

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

He recommends building a promotional calendar that engages members at all points of their journeys, especially younger generations. “A With a little restructuring, your digital content calendar can become a revenue generator that will also attract diverse audiences.” Tone—The advice above also applies to tone and language.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You might even offer a small branded item, like a t-shirt or calendar for the coming year, to motivate your supporters to give. Here’s what their donation page looked like: Notice how the language on the donation page encourages donors to take advantage of the opportunity to increase their impact! Plan a trivia night.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And yet the most charitable giving that happens in all of the calendar year is December 31st. Does the calendar year matter to you? I want you to ask them questions, “Hey, so does the calendar year matter to you in your charitable giving?” ” “Does the calendar year matter to you in your charitable giving?”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

No doubt that's a simplistic view of a complicated process, but what really concerns me is the perpetrators were able to access text messages, calendars, address books, phone call logs, real-time GPS of where people were at any given time, and any other data that was saved or backed up to the cloud.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

provides cloud-based file sharing, file storage (10 GB), content management, task management, collaborative calendaring, reminders, meeting organizing, discussion boards, plus a bunch of other things. It is usable with PCs, Macs, and mobile devices, and is available in 15 languages. To get down to specifics, Huddle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Create a content calendar and plan for Monday to be videos, Tuesday featured fans, etc. Be flexible with additions to your calendar, but use it as a guide and plan as far ahead as you feel comfortable, either by topic or actually writing out the full text. This helps you focus when writing and makes planning ahead easier.

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