Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

For a longer video, consider writing a script. Interview: In an interview video, someone from your organization interviews someone who has received services or has expertise in your cause. Avoid an overly sweet or flowery language or imagery. Keep your message simple and straight-forward with a goal of inspiring viewers to give.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. But it turns out that identity-focused language can be even more powerful. Thank you’s.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Like going to hackathons and wish you could get paid to work on a good cause full time? Interest or experience with other technologies we use, including Java, LaTeX, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, bash scripting, make, SWeave, BibTex, Weka, svn, Django, and xml processing. Want to help assemble evidence used to convict dictors of war crimes?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. But it turns out that identity-focused language can be even more powerful. Thank you’s.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned Giving Is Accessible to All Planned giving flips the script on the traditional donation structure because it does not disrupt a supporter’s current cash flow. Planned Giving Benefits Planned giving programs provide increased opportunities for existing and potential donors and encourage long-term growth.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

I would love to learn how you became interested in XYZ cause. Many donors are happy to talk at length about their reasons for supporting their favorite causes and organizations. Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

BikeMS organizers arrange kickoff events, meet-ups, cycling safety clinics, social hours, and other non-scripted events that have no agenda other than building the BikeMS culture and helping supporters make personal connections. Build unique partnerships that amplify the lifestyle. It could be tips and tricks via email.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs. You need to become comfortable asking people for help in supporting your cause. You’re connecting people with causes they care about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah Owyang , founder of Crowd Companies , describes it as drones, robots, chat bots, and AI. He should know, having tracked and observed the disruption caused by online technology over the past decade. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. What is the “autonomous world?”

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

How Automation Can Help You Retain Fundraisers Automating business processes saves time and resources so your team can focus on support for your cause and the more challenging elements of the job, instead of the repetitive, monotonous tasks that sap energy and so much of a fundraiser’s time.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Angelina Jolie, Elton John, and Scarlett Johansson use their star power to bring attention to their favorite causes. Who are the people who wear their love for your organization on their sleeve and who radiate passion for the cause? You might think those dance friends would only want to give to dance causes.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Consider using wealth screening on other potential donors as well: your board’s connections, event attendees, or those who give to similar causes. If they historically have given to youth-oriented causes, connect your pitch to youth. But sometimes you don’t know who is poised to make that large gift unless they’ve already made one.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

We also recently made enhancements to our OpenVPB phone bank organizing tool to allow users to set a default script and up to four alternate scripts for their phone banks. and improving the quality of these recommendations, we can help supporters get connected to new causes and organizations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A good call to action is simple, feels valuable to the cause, and opens the door for further engagement. Creating a video with impact requires developing a story concept and turning it into a script. Captions make video accessible to the hearing impaired or those who speak different languages.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. You need to get clear data and statistics on the need for your project and cause area, and include the sources and citations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

As a beloved cause to many, you can find willing and effective influencers among your own ranks and volunteers. These are people who want to help amplify your message to increase your impact, share their passion, and recruit others to join the cause. . Do you use “they” in the singular to avoid binary language?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. A PostgreSQL database can, like MySQL, be accessed via APIs written for just about all programming languages, JDBC, and ODBC (which I have quite a bit of experience with.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. A PostgreSQL database can, like MySQL, be accessed via APIs written for just about all programming languages, JDBC, and ODBC (which I have quite a bit of experience with.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

At the beginning of your presentation, it’s wonderful to tell your own story that relates to the organization’s cause or mission. The goals of any online presentation are for your key takeaways to (1) be cemented in the minds of your attendees, (2) be shared with other interested parties, or (3) inspire action in support of your cause.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. Donors are shifting their preferences to online giving as their preferred method of donating to causes they care about. While it may sound like the logical thing to do, it will cause issues with search engines. With search engine optimization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

At the beginning of your presentation, it’s wonderful to tell your own story that relates to the organization’s cause or mission. The goals of any online presentation are for your key takeaways to (1) be cemented in the minds of your attendees, (2) be shared with other interested parties, or (3) inspire action in support of your cause.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The language that we use is vitally important to our fundraising efforts. A peer-to-peer fundraising toolkit is not only useful for giving fundraisers the resources they need to promote your cause and successfully participate but also to ensure that you maintain your cohesive brand identity while they do so. So what is a toolkit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" It's good piece, although for nonprofits, it doesn't include "causes" in the "Make Connections" step 2. Mobile MobileActive.org has released a new resource for mobile activists in the Spanish-language according to the AFP blog. Rashmi Sinha offers some thoughts on how to do it. It's recently been updated.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

It is important that people have empathy for your cause. You’ll need to help your audience understand what makes your organization different and what makes your cause worthy. 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 20, 2021

But, and here’s the key, cause me to feel something when you do that. When you match our first half million,” notice the language there, “we will make another grant of a half million.” So creatively causing your organization to have a system for your thanking. The video alone brought us to tears.

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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. Where maybe they’re not, you know, super preferential to a specific cause or anything like that, or maybe the opposite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also learn professional and language skills in order to enable them to find meaningful employment. .” Christie George of New Media Ventures and Akash Trivedi of Kiva.org will discuss key Lean Impact approaches. Linda Robinson, Gateway Green (Board Chair).

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And it’s really how to communicate your cause in 2021. So the question, “How do I communicate our cause in 2021?” What’s your body language? So you want to focus on info and stats about your cause, rather than your thoughts, appearance, or external factors. Absolutely. Great questions, you guys.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Flip the script from “ Look what you made me do ” to “Look what you did.” They also tailored the language of the body text to focus on supporters versus the organization itself: “You blocked the Muslim ban. Regardless of your cause, now is the perfect time to say, “Thanks for giving.” You saved our health care.

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