Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Phonathons are a tried-and-true resource for all sorts of nonprofits and higher education institutions to engage donors and raise money effectively. Here at Double the Donation , we’ve compiled a number of tips and tricks to effectively communicate with your donors about matching gifts and raise more in phonathon revenue overall.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With fewer people picking up their phone for unknown callers, phone-a-thons appear to be waning in effectiveness. Create your script Thank-a-thon calls are simple, but it still helps to provide callers with a script to follow when making the calls. Expect this to happen, but know that these messages are still effective.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather, we see effective teams being able to turn their attention to new ideas and approaches they didn’t have time for before. Effectively integrating AI into your work means being clear-eyed about the challenges. We’re seeing many organizations employ AI strategies and policies that guide integrations across departments.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

In the old days, getting data out of one system and moving it into a data warehouse or central data store required ad-hoc scripting, couldn’t accommodate real-time connections and updates, and was really difficult to manage over time. How can you get data into your platform for future analysis?

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Have a script when you ask for the donation…. When they are the ones making donation appeals, the asks are more genuine and sincere as opposed to scripted and stiff. Have a script when you ask for the donation… …But don’t read from it. Plot out your general scripts accordingly.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

As you get more comfortable with sharing videos on your website and social media channels, you will see how effective nonprofit fundraising videos are at bringing in donations. For a longer video, consider writing a script. Scripting: Even if you don’t plan to read from a script, you still should write a script.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We’ve seen them, we’ve taken them…but #GivingTuesday is all about flipping the script and focusing on others. Use this opportunity to share how your supporters can make a difference on #GivingTuesday! Share the giving spirit with an #UNselfie Ah, the ubiquitous selfie.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Often, your mindset is influenced by what you’ve been taught to believe through your own personal experiences or “scripts.”. These are three mindsets you can have surrounding your script—the dialogue you have in your mind about yourself, your history, and your future. You can learn more in this TED Talk from Jane Carson-Sandler.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

40+ Ways Empower Your Board Members for Fundraising Season Inform Hold a fundraising season kick-off dinner Give board members the option to give rather than fundraise Share 2021 Giving Tuesday Stats Stay in touch on fundraising goals and progress Share: How Nonprofits Build Donor Trust – Be Transparent Train on new fundraising software (like (..)

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

Here are four steps for making your planned giving program even more effective than it is in a normal year. Effective nonprofit fundraising leaders know that “wait and see” is not a plan, and many are moving much more quickly and nimbly than ever before. You see a sample phone script for this call here. can get involved.”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Their dedication, passion, and contributions form the backbone of your organization, enriching your mission and amplifying the effect of every donation. She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s built on a neural network architecture known as a transformer, which enables it to handle complex natural language tasks effectively. Bard is able to generate different creative text formats, like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, email, letters, etc.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

Elevate Your Impact: Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of effective fundraising. Review the event night timeline and script in detail at your program rehearsal. But where do you begin? Remember, a successful fundraising plan is a dynamic document.

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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. They also have the effect of differentiating your organization from others – in a good way. I would caution against hiring an outside call service center to do this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

What you are looking for here is a list of three to six adjectives that effectively describe your organization. For example, if your logo typeface is a script, you’ll want to select a san-serif typeface that works well as body copy. Try to avoid using synonyms since you only have a handful of words to represent all that you are.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

While your audience probably receives marketing materials and updates from your organization, these communications aren’t always the most effective at fostering close relationships. Do a few tongue twisters or practice reading parts of your script to warm up your vocal cords. Connect with your audience in a new way. Stay hydrated.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

Do this by writing a bullet point script before, covering every point you want to make and add slides to match the main points. If you have speakers, schedule a test run before to ensure they are effectively communicating their points. But virtual events are harder to dip in and out of, and should really stick to the script.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Instead of over-inserting yourself every time you have a conversation, allow the dialogue to flow between what they can do for your organization and how your nonprofit can effectively utilize the resources they’d be willing to give you. Donation Request Script for Recurring Donors. Meet them where they are.

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CauseVox

MAY 27, 2021

Plus, as a special bonus item, you’ll receive Joe Garecht’s exclusive Asking Scripts Guide. If you’re uncertain of how to effectively plan and implement an effective major donor program at your organization, this is a great course for you. Bonus Item!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Effective storytelling requires distilling the message you want to get across without diluting its importance. Creating a video with impact requires developing a story concept and turning it into a script. Distill the Message and Invite Supporters to Join the Story. Share Your Concept with Stakeholders.

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Byte Technology

JULY 21, 2016

Because that sitemap helps Google and other major search engines more thoroughly and effectively understand your website while examining it and finding all of your pages that need to be indexed. Why is this important? All search engines—Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com etc.—use

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

Scripts and templates. While unique, personal messages are often more effective than pre-written ones, templates can help give your supporters a starting point for composing their thoughts. For example, here are a few ways that advocacy software can make campaigning convenient for supporters: .

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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. Your job is to make that process easy and effective. Go read it!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When creating an effective follow-up appeal, keep in mind that it should be: Shorter. Keep in mind that, per the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , ongoing donors renew at a much higher rate (60%) than first-time donors (19%). Here’s a sample script you can use: . “Hi! This appeal should be briefer than the first appeal. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

Designing an Effective Nonprofit Chatbot. To design an effective bot, you first need to figure its purpose and how it connects to your goals. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. I pulled together a curated list.ly of some really well-designed bots from nonprofits and beyond here.

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Byte Technology

MAY 31, 2016

Happily, there are some easy and effective answers. Using a combination of their free services—Google Spreadsheets, Google Docs and Google Scripts—you can actually construct your own uptime monitoring page to track any number of websites. So the question is: how can someone easily monitor their website to see if it ever goes down?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned Giving Is Accessible to All Planned giving flips the script on the traditional donation structure because it does not disrupt a supporter’s current cash flow. Broadcasting the benefits of planned giving and tracking responses offers an effective way to narrow down which prospects are most likely to be appropriate for legacy giving.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Adding personal stewardship to your major gifts program is one of the most effective ways to retain donors and engage fundraising allies from outside the development team. Start by creating sample scripts for thank-you calls, emails, and cards and ask your team to thank your major donors. Show gratitude. Keep growing.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

That said, let’s look at three effective strategies for growing participation. Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. Focus on team captains.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An effective advocacy initiative can result in a series of successful, sustainable campaigns , helping your nonprofit appear both effective and professional to supporters, all while making a difference in the world. Digital campaigns can be an effective way to spread the word about your cause quickly to a wide audience of supporters.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

The formula for Writing Great GPT Prompts The best formula for getting unique responses from GPT tools involves a combination of effective prompts, customized settings, adding contextual data, and iterative experimentation.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Or you could add an option to your direct mail response cards and telemarketing scripts for donors to make recurring gifts. Supporters like this method because it is quick, easy, cost-effective and better for the enviroment. It is among the most cost-effective long-term fundraising methods that exist today.

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TechImpact

MARCH 24, 2014

Some browsers do not support HTML, while some individuals may be running old machines, with out-dated software, who can not view advanced scripts and formats. It should not effect your HTML optimized version, take the extra 5 minutes to use shortened URLs, and keep the body simple.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. If you are producing a video (rather than just filming things onsite), prepare an engaging script or captions. If it’s a captioned/narrated video, the background music is very important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

As a beloved cause to many, you can find willing and effective influencers among your own ranks and volunteers. But, wait – before you go recruiting your most outspoken supporters to shout about you in their Instagram stories, make sure you know these 7 keys to an effective social media ambassador program: .

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When you add a cinematic touch via video to that message, it becomes the most effective method to draw in viewers and spread the word about the work than any other available option. They educate and entertain viewers quickly, feeding information to them in a comfortable, effective way. People love watching videos! Impact Videos.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The effective use of social media is both an indirect and direct SEO booster. Practical Implementation OPTIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL FOR SEO Social SEO is the implementation of SEO principles on a social media platform, but how do you effectively do this? Standing out in search engine results pages (SERPs) is imperative for reach and CTR.

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