Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

Thank you phone calls have the effect of closing the loop, helping to keep alive the warm glow people experience when making a gift. You want an insider, who lives and breathes the mission (as opposed to simply reading a script), and who can make a personal connection. Someone donors could call back with questions if they wanted to.]

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There were two instances this year where I made gifts over and above what I had intended and they both involved personal contact from someone in the development office (director or gifts officer). If the gift was made using a smart phone, text the simple gratitude message. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

When you’re managing an understaffed development team, you’re always rearranging your to-do list. Once you’ve identified your mid-level donors, it is time to start developing a mid-level donor program. This program will borrow from the strengths of your development team as a whole. Get on the Phone.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Founder John van Hengel developed the concept of food banking when he was a soup kitchen volunteer. Taking a multi-pronged approach Feeding America advises using a multi-pronged direct marketing approach that includes and integrates direct mail, personal phone calls (including telemarketing), texting, and video.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Don’t use noreply@ or development@ for the sender email. If someone wants to reach you by phone or email, it should be easy for them to do so. Here’s a sample script you can use: . “Hi! I know it’s a busy time, and hopefully I can make it easy by taking your pledge or even your credit card payment over the phone.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world. The second principle is sourcing locally relevant content.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Use my Kitchen Table Exercise to develop your conversational writing voice. Create a brief script for everyone to follow, then give everyone a few names to call. You can shoot the video with your phone and edit it on your computer. Then continue to thank donors with personalized videos and phone calls. Write that.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Would you be available this week or next for a phone call? I like to suggest both a phone call and a coffee date, and see which one the donor feels more comfortable with. For a phone call, you can literally have these in writing in front of you. Phone or In Person? Or, even better, would you like to meet for coffee?”.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

This means you must develop a donor love and loyalty plan. direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. You can find a sample script here. You can shoot these on your own cell phone; they don’t need to be long. Most folks need to be rewarded by you. .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number. Grantmakers could develop a "common core" of application/reporting questions that could be auto-populated from shared data repositories, requiring less effort from nonprofits. Research funding. and Catherine T.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Develop content. Develop two or three case statements that include compelling stories of the work being done coupled with evidence of the societal benefits and the efficient stewardship of donor resources. Consider email, handwritten notes, and phone calls. Don’t pick more than that. Keep it tight. Decide on a campaign theme.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). Ask for, and share, stories of involvement and success.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If not, give these donors a phone call pronto. You can learn how to make this call by grabbing my free Thank You Calls E-Book + Script. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

You simply point your phone's camera at text and have it immediately translated into your native language. It tends to choke on cursive and other fancy scripts and it will not work with handwriting. Visit Quest Visual's page (Word Lens' developer) for more information on downloading the apps. Bottom Line.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 3, 2017

Thankfully, WordPress is a very “lightweight” script and is nicely compatible with nearly all the top hosting companies out there, and most of them offer very convenient one-click installation processes for WordPress users. Will your customer’s information be protected from hackers? Managed WordPress Hosting.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Try writing a script with a two-column approach. Like all good stories, your final script should have a clear beginning, middle, and end. A phone tripod or tripod app (to prevent shaky filming). First, you’ll need to import your clips into a video editor app like iMovie or WeVideo (for an android phones).

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These campaigns may involve phone calls or occasional events and demonstrations, but most advocacy work will be conducted through virtual means. . Script-branching. Even with scripts and designated canvassing areas, your volunteers are likely to still encounter both unexpected opportunities and challenges. Real-time reporting.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

If your job description doesn’t include the words fundraising, development, or advancement, then why should you care about any of these things? Get a clock that counts seconds, like your watch or cell phone. The director tells the actors what to do, where to stand, and how to deliver the script. Try this exercise.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Whether your ambassador communicates with their friends and family via phone, text, email, or social media is up to them. Make working with fundraising ambassadors a key step in developing every campaign. Involve your fundraising ambassadors in strategy development. Will you join me in supporting these young people?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

Smart fundraising professionals can be kind, thoughtful, and effective in this challenging time with a few key tactics that we’ve developed. may have extra time on their hands and can participate in making phone calls to steward and check in on your loyal donors. You see a sample phone script for this call here.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 28, 2018

Talk on the phone or in person to make sure you're on the page. It’s also a great idea to send along a call script and encourage folks to get on the phone to make personal invitations. Not everyone is comfortable asking for money over the phone, so be sure to prepare your host committee. Send Reminders.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Many companies like Twilio and Tropo offer APIs to integrate phone call and text message features into your web applications. To go the extra mile, you could even combine APIs like Twilio or Tropo with the elected officials’ phone numbers from the Cicero API for phone banking and other types of call-in advocacy campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2016

Developing a set of project descriptions to guide your funding research can help with this process. Create a Script. As you develop the script, make sure you: Do introduce yourself, your role, and one or two sentences about your organization. Don’t go off script! You need to fund a project.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

One day, after I had explained the costs and the number of donations required to make a traditional text-to-donate campaign lucrative to a very frustrated development director of a grassroots organization, she said, "This is outrageous! And although people can make multiple donations, they can’t give more than a total of $25 per campaign.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’ve been a development director, and I’ve had over 12 years of experience being a fundraiser. And when I started my development career, I honestly just needed a job. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

For folks who are unfamiliar with webinars, they are online classes where participants watch the speaker's presentation on the web, while listening to it via their phone. Write the script, then create the PowerPoint. chat, raise hands), and how to mute phones. Below are the webinar presenting tips I found.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

For that, you can use meaningful animation, unexpected script turns ( narrative ), and adequate characterization. As you work on developing your explainers, you’ll see how many of these elements play off of one another, connecting the whole process. They teem with creativity: Or at least should, when done right!

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

47% of donors say they consume 3-5 pieces of content prior to engaging with a sales/development person. To add this code you’ll need access to place the script in the header or footer tags of your website. If you have a developer they can set it up in as little as 10 minutes. This is where remarketing comes into play.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

There will be times when you feel discouraged and also times when you feel a thrill when your phone dings, letting you know someone donated through your website. And you may as well put them in place from the beginning so you can develop good habits now and so that the nonprofit runs the way you want it to down the road.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. How smart are my phones? While Windows-based phones are the most vulnerable, the other operating systems may be "light" enough to be affected eventually. developers of low-budget modern campaign websites. " 'Nuff said.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly. And so this is one of my favorite graphics which really shows your development office, your board members, they’re effectively being multipliers that leads to greater revenue.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2009

You have to coach constituents effectively so they don’t end up stuttering and confused at the moment when they suddenly find themselves on the phone (thanks to you) with their Congressional office. Plus it’s difficult to measure results, because there aren’t many good reporting tools.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Frankly, I believe developing a robust gratitude program is the most important thing you can do if you want repeat gifts. Phone Calls. If you want to deliver your thank you promptly, the phone can be your very best friend. You can get my free Donor Thank You Calls E-Book + Script by joining me at clairification.com.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

After plenty of brainstorming, we decided we wanted to give mobile subscribers an option to donate over the phone through an inbound call center after they received a text message promoting the call. We partnered with telemarketing firms FineLine and Share Group to manage the toll-free line.).

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M+R

MARCH 6, 2024

We developed mobile-first concepts for Planned Parenthood , which appeal to younger audiences who are primarily using their phones for online browsing. One of the best examples we saw of this at year-end is this poignant connected television creative we developed for USA for UNHCR.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

online exhibit developed by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Ideum. I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list.

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