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5 Strategies for Building Long-Term Donor Relationships

DNL OmniMedia

Donors want to see their support making a real difference, and nonprofits that want to improve donor retention will need to demonstrate impact and form long-lasting relationships with their supporters. Call them on the phone. Create a script that your callers can use to keep these conversations short but impactful.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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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. Create a brief script for everyone to follow, then give everyone a few names to call.

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18 Ways of Thanking Volunteers So They’ll Feel Appreciated and Stick Around Forever

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And it will demonstrate to volunteers that you see them and their contributions, no matter how busy you are running your nonprofit. Use a photo that reflects the heart of your organization’s work. Just use your phone. Framed photo: Take photos of your volunteers in action with a goal of getting a frame-worthy shot.

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The 7 Keys to a Donor Retention Strategy Full of Thanks

Connection Cafe

Consider this: We humans yearn to belong.When we give, we demonstrate that we’re joining a community of like-minded folks who share our values. It lets the donor know they made a good decision and it demonstrates that you’re efficient. Certainly a photo! Phone Calls. Photo cred: Flickr. You can’t afford not to.

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Top 10 Ways To Keep Nonprofit Donors

Bloomerang

POWERFUL demonstration of gift’s impact. TIP: Attach a brief video or a photo showing how their gift will be used. Phone Call This is your secret weapon, perhaps the most under-utilized ways of thanking donors, and probably the method that has the most lasting impact. Or give more. What was this holy trinity?

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Demonstrating that you have values in common will assure them that they can trust what you are saying. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. It’s not your script. Design thinking uses empathy to make an emotional connection with target audiences.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.