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How to Send Engaging Follow-Up Emails to Auction Guests

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Whenever possible, include photos or video content to show supporters, or suggest recipients share their photos from the day using a dedicated hashtag on their social media. For example, elementary school fundraisers might share how total funds raised impacted technology updates or furthered classroom improvements.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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When you send a prompt, well-written, moving, and informative receipt, you demonstrate to the donor that you are a well-organized organization that values professionalism. Photo or video of how their gift is being used. The right photo or video can really hit the donor squarely in the heart.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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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. Your gift can get a child back into the classroom where they belong and on the road to a brighter future.”

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. For webinars, the platform is your classroom setup, so it important to understand how the Q/A and chat features, whether everyone can see everyone else’s chats or just the presenter. You also want to document your training.

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For every online social network training we do, we actually present the ning site and demonstrate ways participants can create and customize profiles, syndicate RSS feeds, post blogs, photos and videos and more. Users can import their Flickr photos from their account and promote their profile pages and widgets on Facebook.

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What is rapid attention shifting?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo in Flickr - CC "by/nc" license - Mr.GluSniffer. It made me think of the Berkman lecture I heard called " Legal Education in the Networked World " where there was a hot debate about whether laptops in the classroom were a good or bad thing. Read the post from Brian Lamb. s get back to the question at hand.

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Making Media Connections: Ning Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For every online social network training we do, we actually present the ning site and demonstrate ways participants can create and customize profiles, syndicate RSS feeds, post blogs, photos and videos and more. Users can import their Flickr photos from their account and promote their profile pages and widgets on Facebook.

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