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[ASK AN EXPERT] What is the Best Way to Acquire Donor Phone Numbers?

Bloomerang

Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have any tips for acquiring phone numbers? Dear Call Me Maybe, You’re certainly on the right track wanting to make phone calls to donors. A tried-and-true way to acquire phone numbers is to ask repeatedly, every place you can think of. We do ask on the remit, but often it’s left blank.

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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

It went from something that you almost never heard about just a few years ago, to the topic of numerous books , websites and conferences today. Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone. In-person conversations are better for collecting stories than phone calls, but they are not always possible.

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How BeSpeake Clients are Adding Fun to their Virtual Meetings

The MatrixFiles

FACT does Jeopardy during the morning break of their Workshop and Bootcamp conferences. AFPM asks attendees to send in photos of themselves attending the conference from their office or home office. Before the general session each morning, the photo roll is played to show members around the world attending the conference.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. The processing power of our mobile phones roughly doubles every 18 months as does storage capacity, as do Internet speeds with the advent of faster 4G and 4G LTE mobile networks.

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5 Ways To Incorporate Mobile Tech Into Your Volunteer Program

TechImpact

In fact, most Americans have a cell phone, smart phone, or tablet that they use to keep their schedule straight and stay in touch with their large and diverse networks of colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. So why not engage volunteers where they spend most of their time–on their mobile phone.

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How To Get The Heavy-Lifting Nonprofit Board You Deserve

Bloomerang

This is a person who comes to one meeting a year, and doesn’t return the CEO’s phone calls, or leaves a 6 am voicemail in response saying, “Tag, you’re it.” They don’t solicit their personal contacts. If you’d like to talk about these issues, join us on Nov. Anatomy of a light-lifter What’s a light-lifter? I’m on your board.

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Feeling Inspired Thanks to NTEN and the ConnectingUp! Conference

NTEN

Conference, to network with and learn from the Australian nonprofit technology sector. Many of the conference workshops helped in making me more aware of how to become a technology leader, not only within our organization but in sharing what I've learned with 211s across North America. The whole idea of ConnectingUp! 211Ontario.ca

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