sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. To improve your planning process and get the best results, use these tips: Align your campaign message with the holiday.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

It’s about telling your story in an authentic way that fans the flames already burning in people’s hearts. This is why stories are so important. Good fundraising stories are full of emotion and draw people in. It’s not about convincing people that your mission matters or that your nonprofit is worthwhile.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

AI makes the process seamless and easier for both contributors and the organization. Yeshi provides emotional and visual ways of telling the nonprofit’s story and helping people understand the major challenges. It operates in many languages via access through the low-band internet. . Resolving food and water crises.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding. Here are some of the highlights: Five Weeks to “A Miracle”: The Ukrainian Red Cross’s Story. Rewatch this session on Salesforce+.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading. However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. To get this reaction from more visitors to your site, you first need to tell the right stories in the right way.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

To provide some background, Invest in Kids is a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of young children and families across the state through a wide spectrum of services including prenatal care, social-emotional learning, and in-home family therapy. With CauseVox, registration is a short five step process.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Donor Engagement Cycle The donor engagement cycle is a process that every donor goes through and includes four steps: Ask, Thank, Report, and Repeat. Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Ditch the industry jargon and formal language when writing or speaking with your supporters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

As our understanding of the problem has evolved, the language we use has evolved too. They realize they need a more robust digital infrastructure to process every donation coming their way and allocate the money to their 200+ food banks and 60,000 agency partners. Food insecurity. Nutrition insecurity. About the Author. Cristina Jones.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Many will say their children are their proudest accomplishment. They may tell you a story about a Development Director who was super nervous or a friend who asked for a big gift on the golf course. What’s your process in making a giving decision?”. “What are you most proud of in your life?”. Awesome, right?). Phone or In Person?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Along with Ed Walz, myself, and Liane, we spent a lot of time at the beginning mapping out program level outs and used a modified theory of change process. This prevents getting to tactical too quickly and places results in a larger context. It also connects the social media technical assistance to results.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. ” You know, we’re going to talk a little bit about how SMART goals drive impact reporting processes. Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? Why is it important?”

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

CST represents pre-scheduled donations that were processed at that time. After a short review process that mainly consisted of whether she liked the pictures the nonprofit put on their website , she settled on donating to Texas-based nonprofit Animal Rescue Connections. That spike in online payments at 3:00 a.m.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If you spend any time working with foundations, you’ll notice a central thread in the stories told by their leaders, in the content posted to their websites, and in the information they share with the news media. Most foundation stories start and end with money. That thread is money. That’s a shame.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

With a platform for shared understanding of outcomes definition, how to measure progress, and a standardized language for giving, foundations and nonprofits are able to collaborate for change more effectively. This is just one story of how data is at the center of fueling greater collaboration and outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This was not the answer they might have predicted, yet it is a critical service to provide particularly given that close to 40% of partner agency clients served are children under the age of 18. When asked, though, what clients said would most help them was having access to dental services at the food bank.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. Ideally, you’ll want to have your plans in process during August and September, with October as your final prep time. Here is a list of ways you can cover more ground for your year-end campaign: Share Your Story.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

Because the letter didn’t include an inspiring story that touched donor’s hearts. Why You Need a Great Story. Humans are hardwired to respond to stories. Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently. But stories have the opposite effect. Don’t forget the narrative.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Some of that impatience has to do with all the numbers and statistics I’m asked to process. A few of the letters include language I haven’t heard since my high school economics class. So try to avoid language such as: “We know how important our organization is to you…”. You support our mission because…”. Did you thank me?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

How can you describe user participation in a shared language that helps your team make the right decision for your project? When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method. Science has an answer.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In the process, TechSoup learned just how much work goes into volunteer coordination (a lot!), The staff have to be very flexible; they talk with the kids in adult language, but always explain as needed. During the move, techsoup.org was unavailable — but our stalwart Client Services team was not.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

On the international front, Catholic Relief Services has strong imagery and a simple message, “Help children and families around the world.” These examples are similar in that they let images tell the story, including real-life examples of donors as well those who benefit from services and a clear call to action.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The Foundation Center has several specialized publication like: Grants for Information Technology; Grants for Arts, Culture, & the Humanities ; Grants for Children & Youth , etc. Visit their website, read annual reports, success stories of previous grants, staff biographies, current guidelines. Research Grant Guides.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

International grantmaking is a highly complex process as-is, and approaching the SDGs is uncharted territory for many grantmaking institutions. IDP’s pilot program in Ghana started with initial enrollment of 27,000 children and now is expected to reach a total of 150,000 children by July 2017.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

” And you’re inviting them to join that process. And if you don’t have a recruitment process in place, I’m going to encourage you to have a recruitment process in place. And they don’t have a process. They don’t have a process where they sit down and say, “Okay.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

Because of that community support, we are able to provide 125 families each month with the food they need to feed themselves and their children. . Their parents didn’t have the opportunity to go to college, and they don’t know how to help their kids navigate the complex admissions process. I call it “Who-How-Story.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

He mentioned that they will be sharing the work process and issues around adoption of social media. Her organization is a storytelling organization, so the goal is to get people to share and tell their stories. A Different Kind of Story. Have also worked a lot in video because stories need a visual medium. Experiment.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2018

The benefits of this approach are obvious: It eliminates at least one mouse-click from the donation process and, thus, speeds it up. Some users may be irritated that they’re being asked for money before you tell your story and impact. Meals on Wheels Central Texas kicks off the donation process on their homepage.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2014

First, whether we realize it or not, our standard job descriptions only tell part of the story about the demands we face at work. And, when children enter school, they have to master the educational standards in their curriculum. Sostrin : Beyond the Job Description represents two fundamental truths about the world of work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

First, whether we realize it or not, our standard job descriptions only tell part of the story about the demands we face at work. And, when children enter school, they have to master the educational standards in their curriculum. Sostrin : Beyond the Job Description represents two fundamental truths about the world of work.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here, we outline a six-step process to define your organization’s unique value proposition. RMHC provides comfort, care, and support for families with children who are sick around the world.” We’ve outlined a six-step process to help you uncover the “why” you share with your core audience. Even when they can’t be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've even taught my children about creative commons (check out Harry's screencast - What A Second Grader Knows About Creative Commons that earned him a feature story in the School Library Association Journal) All of this assumes that people really bother to look at the license, understand it , and respect the rules.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

It's a small space that features stories of recent and current genocides and encourages visitors to "take action" via an interactive pledge wall. I watched several visitors as they went through this process, which ends with your card being reproduced digitally, letter by letter, on the large projection wall in front of the kiosks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

Joitske Hulsebosch, who lives and works in Netherlands, writes a blog called " Communities of practice for development " where she writes about topics related to her work of facilitating processes at different levels; teams, groups, organizations, networks, and communities of practice. PersonallyI see a huge potential for web2.0

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