Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month. Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Schedule tweets in advance.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Questions can have a significant impact on the relationship funders have with their grantee partners. Make small changes, perhaps tweak the language a little or edit the question into a simpler format.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. If you want examples, ask for examples. Look for ways to simplify your language and your structure to make your question easier to read and answer. As a grantmaker, questions are your tools.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, if your largest donations tend to be between $25,000 and $50,000, you might designate that range as your major gift range. Therefore, one of the best ways to encourage donors to make major gifts is by building relationships with supporters and focusing on donor retention and stewardship. Create a gift range chart.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

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. Here is an example: We recently met S., Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Barack Obama reaches over 100 million people with each tweet. For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 Natural-language processing. million alumni. Sentiment analysis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships. Customizing default social media language to display when campaigns are shared. For example, you can use what you know about your donor base to add suggested donation sizes to campaigns. Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

By marrying design principles with insights from behavioral science, nonprofits can create more engaging and efficient donation platforms that enhance the donor experience and boost conversion rates. Data from early adopters illustrates the tangible benefits of a seamless checkout process. Want to know more?

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. Jump to something more interesting: A Visual Example of Chat-First Search How to create an AI Chat-first search traffic risk audit?

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. Jump to something more interesting: A Visual Example of Chat-First Search How to create an AI Chat-first search traffic risk audit?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 28, 2022

Salesforce recently shared its vision for the next generation of Marketing Cloud, one that would help service teams and marketers create more personalized experiences that drive lifelong customer relationships. With these advancements in capabilities comes a need for new vocabulary to adequately encapsulate those capabilities.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Build personal relationships : Cultivate personal connections with your aging donors. This inclusivity can foster a sense of shared philanthropy and strengthen the overall relationship with your nonprofit. Use clear and simple language and include testimonials or examples relevant to their life stage.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

A well-written receipt gives the donor a reason to feel great, which strengthens the relationship. A warm, conversational tone: Your donation receipt, like all your donor communications, should have a casual, personal tone that makes the reader feel like they are having a conversation with you or reading a letter from a friend.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. For example, you can answer these questions: What communication platforms do these individuals use? Simple language free of jargon.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

One final bit of context: we recognize that language is subject to regional differences as well, meaning that even though we are sticking to English here, there are still undoubtedly many English words that we might have missed or not addressed. For example, in our experience as a U.S.-based Disappointed? Differently-abled.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. They’ve demonstrated a deep commitment to your cause and have developed a strong relationship with your organization. Our colleagues at FreeWill.com share useful steps and examples.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Solid donor engagement strategies help organizations improve their donors’ connection with their work, establish strong donor relationships, and retain their donor base.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Text marketing , also known as SMS marketing, can help your organization engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately boost your fundraising results. The more people you get to opt in, the more supporters you can cultivate relationships with over text. Write tailored messages for every occasion.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Use real-life examples, bring your impact to life with heartfelt testimonials. Speak Clearly, Speak with Conviction Steer clear of that murky pool filled with jargon and overly elaborate language. Cultivating Relationships with Funders You know that secret ingredient in the best of recipes? And what’s more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2018

The next disruptive technology phase is already upon here and it includes a technology designed to emulate human conversation – chatbots programmed with artificial intelligence. More recently, Woebot , an AI therapist bot designed to help humans with mental health issues , has had over 2 million conversations since is launch last year.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Based on the conversation with these grantmakers, here are four ways grantmakers can make sure all stages of their funding programs include the voices and perspectives of women. Build Trust Through Relationships “There have to be conversations about who philanthropy, as a sector, trusts and who we don’t trust,” said Natanja.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Give each persona a name and story Assign each donor persona a name and create a brief narrative that describes their background, motivations, and relationship with your organization. For example, you might label a segment “Young Environmental Activists” or “High-Income Arts Patrons.”

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

TechSoup's Senior Online Community Manager, Lewis Haidt, introduced me to Vendor Relationship Management (more commonly shortened to VRM), which is sort of the converse to Customer Relationship Management. Vendor Relationship Management is meant to serve as the customer-side counterpart of CRM. VRM: A Quick Explainer.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . Craft a powerful caption with descriptive language, and consider asking donors to leave a comment with a few reasons why they support your organization. Watch these five examples to get started. . Custom swag.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Plus, you'll likely also enjoy reading Stallard's examples of well-known leaders who created a connection culture , including: Bono of U2 Alan Mulally of Ford Coach K of Duke men's basketball Ed Catmull of Pixar and Disney Animation Stallard is co-founder and president of E Pluribus Partners.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In her new book, Rising Together , Sally Helgesen draws on three decades of work with leaders and aspiring leaders around the world to offer practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams and workplaces. can feel empathetic, but doing it repeatedly interrupts the flow and tends to make the conversation all about us.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

Below are some of our major takeaways from the conversation! When making your ask, be precise, respectful, and keep your language easy for the donor to digest. For example, “ So Diane, would you consider a gift of $15,000 per year for three years for a total of $45,000 to support [Nonprofit or restricted project]?”. Negotiating.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

The book's two authors awhile back shared these insights with me: A Conversation with Henry Evans and Colm Foster, authors of Step Up What is a “leadership moment”? In our research and work with clients, we observe that the intelligent use of emotions like anger can lead to better business outcomes and stronger relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas. One area that was identified was how to build cross-department relationships. These are just a few of many examples of using technology to facilitate staff relationships and encourage workplace wellbeing. And, of course, there is a pizza ordering slack bot.).

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 29, 2016

Today, we’re talking about relationships and how your communication plan can make or break the connections you make with your constituents. She also emphasized the importance of writing and communicating in a conversational style, using clear and easy-to-interpret language that the donor will understand and relate to.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

Example RFP for a larger website build (PDF). Example RFP for a smaller website build (PDF). See our ultimate nonprofit RFP guide with examples and templates. In your initial conversations about the aesthetic you’re after, does the agency staff communicate in language that you can understand? Considering a Rebrand?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Plus, you'll likely also enjoy reading Stallard's examples of well-known leaders who created a connection culture , including: Bono of U2 Alan Mulally of Ford Coach K of Duke men's basketball Ed Catmull of Pixar and Disney Animation Stallard is co-founder and president of E Pluribus Partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Take for example, the mundane and time-consuming task of culling the donor database to create a prospect list. For instance, NeonMoves, a mobile application, is designed to help fundraisers spend less time trying to figure out whom to contact and more time in conversation with donors. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

The book's two authors awhile back shared these insights with me: A Conversation with Henry Evans and Colm Foster, authors of Step Up What is a “leadership moment”? In our research and work with clients, we observe that the intelligent use of emotions like anger can lead to better business outcomes and stronger relationships.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I also tried out a lot of math jokes on her - check out the video to see how they landed, or read on for the highlights of our conversation. If your goal is to engage + build relationships with your audience (hopefully it is!), Goal: Conversions Metric: Response Rate, Total Responses.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, chatbots can answer frequently asked questions, provide donation options, and even help donors set up recurring gifts. Tools like GPT3 can be built into Google Spreadsheets and then used to write functions or clean up data, add context and a lot more. #4 This can lead to increased donor retention and revenue.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

In their research project “Exploring the Love Language of Fundraising,” Jen and Adrian are uncovering how often the nonprofit sector focuses on money within their messaging – “Your gift can” or “Thank you for your donation” – which establishes a transactional relationship with them. It’s a conversation. The outcome?

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