sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Our agenda is packed with actionable strategies for schools to enhance their daily operations and improve student outcomes. How do diverse voices and experiences strengthen a community? Learn how to set up new student checklists and use them to onboard new families seamlessly.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether it’s an emailed donation appeal, social media post, or old-school flyer on a bulletin board, the best nonprofit communications help your audience relate to and position themselves within your mission’s story. But what about some of your highest-impact communications— grant proposals ? Be mindful of passive voice.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But communicating with your supporters can be intimidating. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization. Those factors can make it hard to communicate authentically and effectively. That tip sounds kind of goofy, doesn’t it?

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

For example: I want you to act as an average college student in the Midwest. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. Here are a few use cases we’ve seen (and used ourselves): Brainstorming content topics. What are some environmental issues that are relevant to you? Copyediting.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Generic communications like mass emails sent to everyone in your organization’s donor database do little to form meaningful connections. Vs. “Donors’ tireless support and the generosity of our local community helped get 100 laptops into the hands of local students interested in pursuing computer science careers.”

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Leaders must be able to communicate each of those points to both staff and volunteers and to present risk within a cognitive framework.” Giving employees voice and recognition are a high priority. requires the courage to never stop being a pioneer, a student, and a risk-taker. Stepping up to Association 4.0

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

approach to communications and fundraising strategy that is at the heart of how I do my work -- authenticity. So much of that authenticity manifests itself through the way they communicate and their voice. The problem with this is that it rarely lends itself to a memorable voice or an enticing brand. I get that.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. Data gives us context.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

But to truly understand how nonprofits can best engage Gen Z on social media, we thought it was important to bring my generation’s voice into the conversation. We received 38 total responses from university students, young professionals, high school seniors, and members of the military, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years old.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

To understand more about how we can tackle the challenges and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, we spoke with Aifric Ní Chríodáin, executive director at ShoutOut. Listen first, use inclusive language and create a space where everyone can feel comfortable sharing their voice. Solving The Problem. Advice for Teachers and Educators.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Due to high demand, CLI quickly expanded, and now offers an expanded service model including recurring workshops in literacy instruction and personalized, job-embedded coaching to help educators create a lasting love of reading in their students (of books like Where the Wild Things Are!). Star Wars: Force for Change. Greenpeace.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

More resources on briefs and organizing your appeals before you write: How to Write Fundraising Emails that Hook Readers How to Create Project Brief for a Fundraising or Communications Project Step 2: Outline Your Fundraising Appeal Now you’ve got a brief put together for your fundraising appeal, we can get to outlining the appeal itself.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 30, 2009

But I’m talking major mind shifts here, stay with me… No longer is the world of independent schools separated into segments of online/offline communication.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 30, 2020

When you’re communicating with a group of people over zoom or on the phone, you can get your message across, but it feels less personal than a normal conversation. Communication, communication, communication. Making sure your team feels like they have a voice is extremely important.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. They also see how you present the array as a point of communication from you, much like how body language communicates in real life.”. decrease in revenue.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Since it’s impossible to know which communication channels your supporters prefer simply by guessing, it’s prudent to ask them. Check out what to listen for in donor onboarding from the Agitator-Donor Voice blog. This is part three in a six-part series.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In this session, the two cover the fundamentals (including definitions of important terms), provide examples of famous NFTs, provide examples of fundraising successes, and highlight voices from sector experts. They also discuss and explore the risks and common concerns. Wendy started a jellybean business during university.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here at Double the Donation , we’ve compiled a number of tips and tricks to effectively communicate with your donors about matching gifts and raise more in phonathon revenue overall. Every dollar you donate will go to scholarships for students in financial need!” —and pursuing those corporate matches to completion.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

As a rule of thumb, nonprofits should start preparing and building their year-end giving teams when students return to school for the fall semester, usually three to four months ahead of the campaign period. Ensure all of your marketing materials reflect your organization’s brand by incorporating your logo, fonts, colors, and tone of voice.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

It is home to the School of Earth and Sustainability, which gives students and faculty a hub to study and research topics related to the environmental sciences and sustainability. Liz is passionate about using clear communication to influence positive social change. Just Recovery Gathering , April 9-11: Join 350.org About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Be A Voice for Darfur is an excellent example of multi-channel campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur. Here's the call to action from the email messaging: Can we ask you to add your voice? Most importantly, you can influence others to stand up and be a voice for Darfur. Darfur Voices.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Plus, branding your campaign will create a more authentic and effective voice. A $50,000 gift will build the library structure, and a $20,000 gift can supply all the desks our students need.”Helping With donor management software , collecting data and managing communications is easier than ever.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Volunteers help nonprofits connect with the community. There are likely a number of interested parties in your community that want to make the world a better place. Students make great volunteers!

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

It allows them to have a voice in your message. This is not the time to discuss the administrative minutiae about how the food was transported or the intricate process you go through to match volunteer tutors and students. It gives dignity and context to the beneficiaries and connects their lives to the donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

In 2005 the principal of Hadley-China, Rongqiang Xia, contacted Hadley students and staff who spoke native English to see if they would like to teach Chinese Hadley students English over the internet. Hadley-China students, support staff from Hadley-China, and native English speakers log onto a website at the same time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The discussion goes on and whichever side your organization takes, there is the perception that there is a line of students just waiting to work long hours, with no pay to gain experience. as I call out to the line of students waiting out in the hall to be assigned. Students pay tuition for the class credits.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

That etiquette trick is the simplest thing that one can do on the phone, but it goes a long way in aiding communication partner’s retention and appreciation of your call. When issues arise, it is best to prepare your students with a manner to evaluate the issue and determine a course of action, in order to best respond to the issue.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

The organization’s unique approach fights against illegal wildlife trade by reducing demand for wildlife products with world-class communications campaigns. Because We Love Where We Live allows donors to play a vital role in the fundraising efforts that provide environmental education to thousands of students.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Plus, we wanted to share all the winners in one video, created with Adobe Voice, a free tool from Adobe. LSW shared with us: "Effective communication is crucial to the success of any nonprofit mission, and this is especially true when you serve a population that struggles with reading. Check out their submissions below.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Most people you work with, from students to volunteers to Board members, will already know how to use them. There are many free and low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) options, which can be used through your computer and your phone. Google Voice is a great place to start for as low as $10 a month.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

As a professional communicator, you face a smorgasbord of challenges online. I’m going to give you all the same facts, and I want each of you to write the ‘lede’ of the story if it was going to appear in the student paper.”. In this case, students care far more about getting a day off school than a teaching conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Also new this year, we established headquarters in our offices that served as our communications hub. The principals brought their students to celebrate the moment and show their school spirit. They are enthusiastic and positive voices for us. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

By Abby Jarvise , writer, marketer, and speaker at Neon One – software built for small and midsize nonprofits to help them manage fundraising, communications, events, volunteers, and more. Retaining your donors requires building relationships with them, and those relationships will rely heavily on effective communication.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Cat Monaghan, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Idealist Consulting. Facebook is no longer the exclusive territory of too-hip college students; the implications of the @ harvard.edu membership requirement haven't applied for years. The Social Network as a title lets us assume the movie is about Facebook, which it isn’t.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

In this webinar you will learn: Why early communication with a new supporter is so important. A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. Dane is a seasoned online communications and fundraising professional with more than 18 years of experience.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge.

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