Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There are so many big things, scary, unexpected things that changed us as individuals, families, communities, and a collective human race in 2020, that as I was trying to write this blog post, it was hard to know where to start. Turns out that this last thing in particular—reading—didn’t just change me in 2020.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Be the change. Clear thoughts about tonight’s dinner or the report that’s due next week from your mind and live in the moment. Tone of voice, body language, and facial expression are clues to what or how people want to communicate. What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? Begin with yourself. Walk the talk—right?

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. Why Change Up Your Questions?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Here’s what the letter says in case you can’t read it: “What does it mean when we say you’ve changed a life? You have truly changed his life. You are changing each one of their lives with your gift, and we are so grateful for your support.” It doesn’t spew mind-numbing facts and stats about the need and their accomplishments.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry? They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. Adjust to changing circumstances. Instead of addressing the “how to,” they concern themselves with the bigger issue of “why.”

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Industry giants are investing millions to tap the large data sets that give them competitive insight into their customers’ hearts and minds. Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. How the organization’s value proposition needed to change.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Keep these trends and tactics in mind as you start to pencil in plans for the coming end of year (and no, it is never too early to start). Before we take a look at some of those examples, we also saw great results from the opposite approach: using plain text appeals with personal language to connect to donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Coordinating these channels cohesively – for example, telling one community member’s personal story over email, social media, and direct mail – promotes consistent messaging that reinforces the nonprofit’s brand in the supporter’s mind. 5) Accessibility Accessibility must always be considered in fundraising.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 29, 2022

This document ensures that everyone in an organization is on the same page when it comes to using language in a way that is respectful and accurate. The use of inclusive language can help reduce the incidence of bias and prejudice in the workplace. It should avoid jargon and overly technical language. What is a style guide?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes. We needed to change up our questions. By assessing our process and by changing our questions as a result, we received more thought-provoking and insightful responses.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

For instance, the front-end stack can be changed out without changing the CMS or vice-versa. Overall, Composable Architecture allows developers to use efficient and popular modern frameworks, tools, and languages. In practice, this isn’t perfect but is much more flexible than traditional architectures. for Drupal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. Looking for language to use to communicate potential in others ? Hedges recommends you use this language: "I see __in you." Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal. Be Passionate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

How can your organization embrace the speed and power of low-code development and still have the peace of mind that your data is protected ? How can you help low-coders keep security considerations front of mind? Maybe the organization was not prepared for change, or interdepartmental politics created roadblocks. The reasons?

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new year brings a commitment to change and improvement for many people. With that in mind, we’d like to kick off 2022 by actively questioning the use of certain words—and what is meant—so that we can continue to improve by phasing out terms that might be overused, harmful, or inaccurate. Reprinted from Big Duck. Disappointed?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. This is not new, but it was on the minds of our volunteer managers, and in a big way. As one CVA with a medical nonprofit explained: Our volunteer workforce demographic is changing. and Canada about their technology use.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. This model was developed by Open AI and is one of the few language models to pass the Turing Test. What is ChatGPT? Not all prompts are created equal though.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

An intangible feeling of change that arises each time we enter a new year. For others , the feelings are a bit more fleeting, providing only temporary change before slipping away in the face of familiar patterns and habits. For many , this led to changes in terminology and language used to describe the work.

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

If certain stories aren’t effective at motivating your supporters to take action, you may need to change elements in order to get them to further empathize with the person at the center of the story. . How can you help the audience change their perceptions about topics they think they already know everything about? .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Perhaps you’re worried about the response to a photo or language you used in your appeals. What if you have a disgruntled donor who is upset about something that you aren’t willing to change? If you’re one of those fundraisers who was worried about this, I hope this blog post eased your mind a bit!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. While all three approaches communicate the same story to the audience , the tone or language changes how the nonprofit connects or attracts the audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We found that what really matter divides into two broad areas: Numbers : Understanding how managerial decisions create value; how we measure value using financial analysis; and how we use the language of finance to communicate inside and outside the organization. And it gives you the signaling value of a credential.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2021

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. Looking for language to use to communicate potential in others ? Hedges recommends you use this language: "I see __in you." Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal. Be Passionate.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Donor-centric language. If you are talking more about your organization and not the donor’s role in making change, it’s time to update your email copy. Sending these emails over five days will help keep your organization at the forefront of your donors’ minds without being too repetitive. Let’s change that.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%. And because they use natural language processing, it makes it easier to use because you can have a conversation versus navigating menus.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. Looking for language to use to communicate potential in others ? Hedges recommends you use this language: "I see __in you." Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal. Be Passionate.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You should also be looking for diverse talent that can provide a new perspective or change the conversation. Use Inclusive Language. The words we use matter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. It can help apply improv to our work in social change by practicing what it means to have a networked mindset.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. It’s a community that takes a while to understand and adapt to.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Indentifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. Looking for language to use to communicate potential in others ? Hedges recommends you use this language: "I see __in you." Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal. Be Passionate.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . Craft a powerful caption with descriptive language, and consider asking donors to leave a comment with a few reasons why they support your organization. Download the 2021 Recurring Donor Sentiment Report. A Day to Celebrate.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Changing the world. What if you aren’t asking for money but asking someone to join you in changing lives? It changes the focus of the Ask to the work the donation will make possible. By changing your mindset around fundraising, you can make a better Ask because you’re coming from a place of positivity.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

At bbcon 2015, some of the top minds in the nonprofit industry came together to present Big Idea sessions. If you give us a logic model or a theory of change format, we work hard to not only embrace your words but to put them in the right rows and columns. At the level of language, there is not. Or an indicator.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

That change in language paints a more specific picture in the mind of the audience and helps hold the organization accountable. When I say impact, I don’t just mean a generic statement like “Help us save the animals!” I mean something along the lines of “Help us feed and shelter 100 dogs this winter!”

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 24, 2020

Keep in mind that screen fatigue is a real issue. Focus on updating your base on changes you’ve had to make to your organization. They also send emails if there is a change in the way business works. . In addition, make sure the language you use is clear, precise, and easy to scan with clear formatting.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Fatima is doing very poorly in school because she has no energy, and she is not consuming enough calories to keep her mind sharp. Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life? With your help, we can expand our shelter so that we can provide these life-changing services to more deserving families.

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