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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

Bloomerang

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

Get Fully Funded

Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. They may tell you a story about a Development Director who was super nervous or a friend who asked for a big gift on the golf course. Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. Phone or In Person?

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TSDigs: Creating Impact & Effective Storytelling Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Joining the chat were experts behind some memorable nonprofit videos Christina Samala , Director of Online Strategy & Media for The Story of Stuff Project ; Kirthi Nath , Media Producer and Filmmaker at Cinemagical Media ; and Mike Bonifer , co-founder and CEO of GameChangers, LLC. Share Your Concept with Stakeholders.

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7 Top Nonprofit Crowdfunding + Peer-to-Peer Website Examples Of 2021

CauseVox

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. Executive Director Andrea Buchanan said “Our Duradash fundraisers are really loving the CauseVox platform! The ease of the platform is everything.

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The GRANTS Writing Formula To Secure Awards For Project Grants

Bloomerang

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. A PostgreSQL database can, like MySQL, be accessed via APIs written for just about all programming languages, JDBC, and ODBC (which I have quite a bit of experience with.)