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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

sgEngage

I went to school for music education and, up until this point, had a long-winding road learning how to write code in Google Apps Script. I’d never coded anything before diving into Google Apps Script a few years earlier. Over the years, simple scripts took shape that developed into more complex scripts that became indispensable.

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It’s Not Too Late: 3 Strategic Year-End Fundraising Tips

Bloomerang

Did you know that nearly one-third of individual fundraising happens during the month of December and 12% of giving happens in the last week of the calendar year ? . If someone wants to reach you by phone or email, it should be easy for them to do so. Here’s a sample script you can use: . “Hi! Try three times.

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Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

Bloomerang

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. . Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. Please put it on your calendar for next year as a ‘must do.’

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It?s Never too Early to Start Your Annual Campaign

NonProfit Hub

Set an operations calendar. We recommend building a content calendar that outlines which messages you want to communicate on each day leading up to your annual campaign. Consider email, handwritten notes, and phone calls. Choose two or three goals you’d like to achieve and build your strategy from there. Keep it tight.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

Get Fully Funded

Would you be available this week or next for a phone call? I like to suggest both a phone call and a coffee date, and see which one the donor feels more comfortable with. For a phone call, you can literally have these in writing in front of you. Phone or In Person? Or, even better, would you like to meet for coffee?”.

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Advocacy Campaigns: 5 Essential Tools to Support Your Cause

DipJar

These campaigns may involve phone calls or occasional events and demonstrations, but most advocacy work will be conducted through virtual means. . Posting calendars. Establish a posting calendar, whether with manual or automatic uploads, to help you schedule and coordinate your content. Script-branching.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

And yet the most charitable giving that happens in all of the calendar year is December 31st. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. Does the calendar year matter to you? It is not too late. Everybody cares about Giving Tuesday, right?

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