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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

sgEngage

You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. I went to school for music education and, up until this point, had a long-winding road learning how to write code in Google Apps Script. Now what do you do?

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Create a standardized script. Include matching gifts in call scripts. To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign. Create a standardized script.

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Community Solutions: Just What the Doctor Ordered!

VisionLink

Last year, 11,000 hospital and clinic patients received prescriptions for food and heat, along with scripts for their medicines. The Advocates are college students who are recruited, trained and placed by Health Leads. Lori Warrens Senior Director of Community Solutions' How does it work?

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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

Another example of engagement is when Feeding America asks its volunteers to sign cards to include in a new student backpack that a pantry is distributing. Most Executive Directors in the network make regular calls to their top donors, a practice encouraged by the national office.

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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. The Executive Director added personal handwritten notes to these appeals, and they yielded significant high returns. If you’re a school, ask students to help. 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. But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer.

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Free and open source tool #7: Firefox

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Right now, I’ve got AdBlock Plus, Greasemonkey (which is a scripting platform that allows for lots of other interesting addons,) Tor (allows for anonymous browsing,) a bunch of google toolbars, some great web developer tools, etc. It is certainly better and more secure than IE.