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How to generate advocacy calls from your supporters to elected officials

EveryAction

Write the script Your supporters are much more likely to make a call if they feel adequately prepared—they’ll want to know who they are calling, what they should say, important background information, and logistical instructions about how the calling process will work. Send and track your advocacy calls!

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Create a standardized script. Include matching gifts in call scripts. Track and incentivize successful conversations. To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign.

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10 Simple Strategies for a Successful Year-End Giving Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Your organization has the inside track on how to help people or animals in a meaningful way. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. Contact them and let them know you need to raise a specific dollar amount by the end of the year to fund a specific, urgent need.

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Being Human: Google’s New API Solves an Internet Annoyance

Byte Technology

And so frustration ensued, all in the name of protecting your favorite blogs, shopping portals, subscription and contact forms and news sites from abusive scripts and dangerous malware. Too often the letters were so distorted, so fuzzy and so unreadable that it was impossible to enter them correctly on the first try.

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. By tracking what pages your constituents pay attention to on your website, you can send emails targeted to their interests. Thank you’s. Peer to peer. Responses to website behavior.

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How Advocacy Fits Into Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Strategy

NonProfit Hub

Therefore, contacting them about local issues is a great way to further your mission by getting governmental attention. . You can provide them a script or outline points for them to follow to be sure they hit the important bullet points on these calls. . Bill-tracking. County or City Managers. State Officials. Online petitions.

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. By tracking what pages your constituents pay attention to on your website, you can send emails targeted to their interests. Thank you’s. Peer to peer. Responses to website behavior.

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