Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Those conversations led to the Washington Area Women’s Foundation ’s (WAWF) report Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. This pattern of recruiting talented leaders only to question their authority and capabilities can lead to feelings of tokenism, insecurity, and exhaustion. “If

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

With the ability to continuously learn and adapt to new information, ChatGPT can remember past conversations and constantly iterate based on user prompts. Due to the vast amount of data that goes into training and optimizing ChatGPT, the AI-enabled tool can summarize ideas and answer questions with general accuracy.

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Media Cause

JUNE 2, 2024

Content Considerations Here are some questions you can ask yourself when creating your content strategy. Once you have determined the purpose, craft your content so that it meets the goal, speaks in your brand voice, and can be easily understood by your audience. Are you telling a story? Make it easy to understand quickly. #5

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And yes, earlier this year, Sesame Street’s Elmo broke the Internet when he asked the simple question, “How is everybody doing?” For people who are new to your organization, invite them to start by contacting their members of Congress and/or voicing their support for a bill or policy position.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

That tip sounds kind of goofy, doesn’t it? 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. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone. Encouraging conversations. You don’t have to write perfect 3.5

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I share this to invite a conversation and hopefully tap into the collective of this team. In a world where we celebrate diversity, we need to find ways to connect through our common humanity while honoring and being open to other voices. For me, it starts with a smile, empathy, asking questions, and active listening.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Be fully prepared to answer the questions your donor probably already has in her mind. It’s time to begin steering the conversation to the organization and the point of your “meeting” even if it’s happening on social media or in a letter. Keep the conversation flowing for 15-20 minutes. Leave out the acronyms and jargon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Note from Beth: How often have those of worked in nonprofits asked the question or been asked the question by funders, “What’s the impact?” ” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. Who are we trying to reach?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” ” Any of that sound familiar? Questions about minor issues can be handled in those calls. Then, they want to leave early.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” It isn’t a matter of finding the time, it is a matter of making the time and starting with some steps. Have a conversation with your social media team and ask these questions: What do you spend time doing now that you could do better via social? It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Use my Kitchen Table Exercise to develop your conversational writing voice. Invite questions. Provide the name and contact information for the person the donor should contact should they have any questions.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2014

Seems like a good question to ask yourself once in a while. Better yet, it seems like a good question to ask your donors once in a while! Sometimes it’s a long conversation. Sometimes it’s the underlying tone of her voice. Let me ask you a question: how do you like to be treated? Immediately.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This might sound easy, but sharing an idea with your board, boss, or team can be tricky, even nerve-wracking. Ask if anyone has any questions. Whenever the group is not open to what you have to say, or reacts negatively to your idea, try using open-ended questions like What if? … Or you’re stuck. Now… you’re ready to begin!

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Byte Technology

MAY 6, 2015

So the question is: what elements of your website are most crucial to engaging visitors, to making them understand your message and to become vested in your cause to the point where they’re willing to support you with their time, their talent or, most importantly, with their money? Is your mission clearly stated on your website?

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But, it’s time to face the music for the opportunity to share what, in short, as cliche as it sounds, has changed the trajectory of my career, and life. That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me? What I Learned from the RiseUp Fellowship.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you put your question in there, it might have a little bit more visibility. But no matter where you ask that question, we’ll see it, and we will try to get to it before the 4:00 Eastern hour here. You can also tweet us those questions and comments, we’d love to hear from you there. Does that sound good?

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but mental health in the nonprofit workplace is a topic that calls for an honest conversation all year long. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . Get Registered Now for Free.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

If you want to win at the game of building donor relationships, your communications with donors should invite a response — showing that you welcome their questions, comments, and feedback. Which sounds better? They push info out to donors and they forget that communication is a two-way street. Not the “together we can.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

If this sounds familiar, you won’t want to miss TechSoup’s free online event and webinar: Basics for Beginners: Getting Started with Social Media Tools. Following the webinar, TechSoup will host a free, day-long online event, where you can post additional questions to the expert event hosts in the TechSoup Community forums: [link].

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Recently, I had a conversation with Annaliese of NTEN , and a couple of Community TechKnowledge (CTK) staff members. After the CTK team and I had compiled a list of frequently asked nonprofit technology questions, I started emailing and calling some of my favorite colleagues. Are you interested?”.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I'd ask questions on Twitter before. Read Fierce Conversations. Book group, conversation, whatever. Find ways they can get their own voices out there, either by encouraging them to go to conferences (and financially supporting that) or helping them find publishing opportunities. Make it predictable, make it regular. .

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Making and sustaining eye contact with them makes them feel as though you are speaking directly to them and that they are the most important person in the room during your conversation. Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Break eye contact with them and you’ve instantly broken that connection.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

My husband would swear it's because I love the sound of my own voice, but really, I like it best when I get to hear the questions and comments from the crowd. We had a bunch of brilliant folks in the room who were really excited about the idea of participating in conversations, not just shouting from the rooftops.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2020

She passed them out and the sound of shredding and crinkling paper filled the air. We see and hear the conversations that play out across platforms and between audiences. Over the years I have developed the ability to communicate those “gut checks” and voice it in a way that can sometimes lead to change. You never stop learning.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Ask yourself some key questions about each type of program on the agenda: What result are we looking for? Sounds simple right? Like this one: At Gather Voices , we are asking people to our online events to pre-record questions. And then we present those videos in the middle of our live streaming conversations.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 9, 2017

Hosted by a sound art collective, Ultra-red, the 2015 event promised "to investigate listening as a political activity and to interrogate the stakes of participation in neoliberalism." I imagined an academic conversation stuffed with arcane, impenetrable vocabulary. When should you turn down the invitation to share your voice?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

s book club on Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions , a collection of essays edited by Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean. Over the past three weeks, we’ve looked at the energetic conversation embodied by talk-backs, the intimate gift of personal experience, and the collaborative effort of co-expression and co-creation.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Making and sustaining eye contact with them makes them feel as though you are speaking directly to them and that they are the most important person in the room during your conversation. Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Break eye contact with them and you’ve instantly broken that connection.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. We’ve got an awesome expert here that’ll answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 hour. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. .

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Thanks for giving us a place to hide from reality, to question our assumptions, or to escape into a fantasy world, depending on the day. But as the world appeared crumbling, and the 45th president was taking to Twitter every 15 seconds, Obama’s voice felt grounding and wise. So THANK YOU to the Books that Changed Us in 2020.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Making and sustaining eye contact with them makes them feel as though you are speaking directly to them and that they are the most important person in the room during your conversation. Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Break eye contact with them and you’ve instantly broken that connection.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart are the authors of the new book, and Espinoza was kind enough to share his answers the following questions about topics he covers in his book. Question : Millennials have been labeled as “the entitled” generation. Espinoza : Great question. They are relatable. They have a fresh perspective. “The

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 9, 2016

But instead of making you sound informed and authoritative, heavy jargon use can be off-putting or, worse, fail to get your message across. Tailor your language based on the answers to these questions. Your voice, conviction and story can set you apart. This applies to how you use your language too. Don’t bury the lead.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2015

Whether it’s a gift of time, talent or treasure this group of prospects is ripe for conversion and it’s up to you to make it happen. While I could write blog after blog and do webinars for the next 6 months on the topic of engagement and conversion, let’s get started with 5 tips you can implement this year. Have a Voice Online.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In this post, I’ll share 5 principles of “humanized” email fundraising that will help you increase donor conversion, average gift, and lifetime value with your donors. Together with the TSHA team, we devised a treatment that sounded more like something a human would write. But the subject line sounded grandiose and possibly hyperbolic.

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