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#NailYourPitch: Make an Amazing First Impression

Greater Giving

This isn’t a powerpoint presentation—it’s a dialogue between you and the prospect. This cause is important to both of you, so make them feel like collaborators. Sponsors and donors give because they want to be a part of something special—and true, lasting passion for the cause comes from feeling like their contribution matters.

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Pecha Kucha

NCE Social Media

Pecha Kucha is a variation on your typical PowerPoint presentation. How it differs from your traditional PowerPoint presentation is that the speaker uses 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide to speak. It causes the audience to pay attention. I gave a talk yesterday explaining Pecha Kucha to a group of nonprofit executives.

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7 Tips on Asking for Donations — It’s Intimidating, We Get It [Updated]

NonProfit Hub

At its heart, fundraising is helping others connect an existing passion directly to your cause. Once donors believe that your cause truly matters, giving almost becomes an afterthought. Are there other causes they are a part of? In addition, we have the ability to survey our donors and examine how they talk about our cause.

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DIY Social Media Management

Amy Sample Ward

Track your organization and your cause. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. The goal of this webinar was to provide some baseline tools to help manage the incoming and the outgoing content across all channels an organization may be using to communicate and connect. Listening Dashboard. Why create a listening dashboard?

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Elements of A Successful Fund-A-Need Appeal

Greater Giving

A well-executed fund-a-need appeal creates an opportunity for attendees to spend time with one another while discussing their favorite causes and ways they can help. Use video, PowerPoint, or other visual aids to help tell the story of why your cause is important. Same with stories and examples. ” Make Giving Easy.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Digital Video, Social Media, and More

Tech Soup

use of PowerPoint. Social media : See how your organization can get started with social media. Get inspired by other organizations using social media in intriguing ways, from sharing local knowledge to managing volunteers and events. Presentations : Tips and resources for engaging presentations and one really cool (non-presentation!)

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Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps and Social Media for Social Causes at GSP next week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working on a brief presentation for next week at Graphing Social Patterns called " Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps and Social Media for Social Causes." Presenting (and putting the stream of learning into a powerpoint) is an opportunity for some reflection and storytelling and learning after the fact.