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How To Overcome Doubt In Order To Better Serve Your Nonprofit And Your Community

Bloomerang

Identifying your scripts and the stories you tell yourself. Scripts are the beliefs we’ve formed about ourselves that lead us to think and act a certain way. If you doubt yourself often, you’re probably listening to scripts that reinforce a negative opinion of yourself. The Inner Critic. This voice can come from several places.

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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End

Bloomerang

Arts, culture, and humanities fell 7.5% (-8.6% The good news is that data reveals that you’ve got a lot to work with at every level of giving. . You can find a sample script here. Foundations grew 2% (0.8% Health organizations fell 3% (-4.2% Giving was unevenly sourced; wealthier donors were more insulated from pandemic effects.

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How to Nail the Soft Skills of Fundraising: The Face-to-Face Ask

Connection Cafe

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The great news is you can use your body language to intentionally project confidence. Pretend you are a cultural archaeologist. That is a lot happening at once! Jerry Panas recommends your visit should be 25% talking and 75% listening.

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10 Soft Skills to Nail the Ask

BoardAssist

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The great news is you can use your body language to intentionally project confidence. Pretend you are a cultural archaeologist. That is a lot happening at once! Jerry Panas recommends your visit should be 25% talking and 75% listening.

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How to Nail the Soft Skills of Fundraising: The Face-to-Face Ask

Connection Cafe

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The great news is you can use your body language to intentionally project confidence. Pretend you are a cultural archaeologist. That is a lot happening at once! Jerry Panas recommends your visit should be 25% talking and 75% listening.

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How To Tap Into The Hidden Wisdom Of People Around You

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Ask Approach™ is neither a cookbook recipe nor a script to follow blindly. For many, ditching the distractions will be challenging simply because of the culture we live in. But the good news is that attention is a muscle that can be strengthened and lengthened with practice – and the effort is well worth it.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. The donor video, I don’t know, Julia, I’m not going to give you a script for that.

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