Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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. Most Executive Directors in the network make regular calls to their top donors, a practice encouraged by the national office.

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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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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Your mailed welcome kit could contain: A holiday-themed letter from the Executive Director, signed and with a short, handwritten personal note, such as: We thank you for choosing to give to our organization! It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones! . Just say thank you.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. Thank you phone calls for first-time donors, major donors, monthly donors, and other targeted groups to offer immediate gratification, establish trust, and demonstrate the need for the just-received gift.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

So whether you’re a frustrated social media manager or an executive director unsure of how to leverage the capabilities of the supporters you already enjoy, consider these strategies. These tools can be simple, such as examples of fundraising emails, social media posts, phone scripts and even official logos.

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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. Send your executive director and host committee a template email invitation that they can personalize and send to their networks. It’s also a great idea to send along a call script and encourage folks to get on the phone to make personal invitations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Get a clock that counts seconds, like your watch or cell phone. Your role, and the executive director’s role, and even the development officer’s role is to make sure that the donor has a relationship to your organization’s purpose, not your organization’s people. The fundraiser is akin to the director of a play.

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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. The Executive Director added personal handwritten notes to these appeals, and they yielded significant high returns. If not, give these donors a phone call pronto.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

For some volunteers, a personal “thank you” from the Executive Director is all they need. Just use your phone. A simple script might sound like this: “ Hey, I heard from our Executive Director that our program would not be successful were it not for you, and I wanted to say thank you.” Don’t make anything long or fancy.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

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. They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone.

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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. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. I put phone number here.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2011

Have your Executive Director call and thank the donor within 48 hours. Give each board member a handful of phone numbers to call and a thank you script if you like. I prefer the phone call approach. Have a mini thank-a-thon at your monthly board meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

Nor I have been able to find his phone number or email to ask him directly. I'd love to know: How much scripting does he do prior to the interview? There is a third option - which is expensive - is to use a device like Telos to record from the phone directly into the computer. maybe he'll leave a comment here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Use a script: Write out your questions in advance and this keeps you on track. This video also incorporates some cell phone movie footage taken by Michael Marcotte, a news director at a public tv station. And, with a tiny camera and I need magnifying glasses to read the controls. That way you know what you're going to capture.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So the role of the board, every nonprofit has a board of directors, which as we know provides strategy, oversight, and participation. And so I think it’s really important for executive leadership, and development directors and board chairs to understand that being an effective board member is not just asking for money.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And I started my whole company in support of founders, CEOs, executive directors that are out there. I use CEO, executive director, and founder interchangeably. executive director of the nonprofit organization, you have to embrace this. People ask me all the time, “Why do you include that in there?”

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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. Sign up here to be the first to know when the latest Benchmarks is released. ———— Amanda Person is a Managing Associate Creative Director at M+R based in Nashville, TN.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But the governor became a friend and then I took my skills to the nonprofit sector, and I’ve been executive director, development director, board member, you name it. And this is their founder on the left, Julie, and their assistant associate director, Bree. And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

Depending on the clout of your brand, you may want to carefully control the speaking portion with scripts. . So if you need to use your phone camera in a pinch, you can still shoot high-quality video and even broadcast it to social media platforms like Facebook Live and still get great attendee reception. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Follow Up Phone Call. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. Then, ask your executive director or development officer to personally sign the letter. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Follow Up Phone Call. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. Then, ask your executive director or development officer to personally sign the letter. .

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

Depending on the clout of your brand, you may want to carefully control the speaking portion with scripts. . So if you need to use your phone camera in a pinch, you can still shoot high-quality video and even broadcast it to social media platforms like Facebook Live and still get great attendee reception. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

To help us learn more about how to apply Lean Start Up ideas to nonprofit causes and organizations, Meg Rulli is the Social Media Director for Lean Impact and her colleagues will be contributing a regular blog post covering different aspects of the Lean Impact practices. Patrice Martin, IDEO.org (Co-Lead & Creative Director).

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

In the last two years, I have secured more asks using a virtual platform versus email or phone. I have gotten to the point that I do not make phone calls. Now, in the beginning of my career, I was always on the phone. See, we’re talking 15 years ago, so I was always on the phone. My cell phone. Expression.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. Just get on your phone, do a little video and send it to them, I can tell you that will make a ginormous difference.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. Pick up the phone and ask. ” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2007

As Elaine points out in her essay, there are butchers who sell phone cards, barbershops with de facto day care centers, and bookstores that resemble cafes more than libraries. More and more, museums are designed to give visitors scripted experiences, and each space conveys its use (and, therefore, its misuse) clearly.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

There’s writer’s block, competition for our attention in the form of social media or our phones, and who can forget about the 50 other responsibilities we have on our plate. This isn’t different in the realm of nonprofits as donors say they want to receive regular updates from the CEO/Executive Director.

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