Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Evaluating your shortfalls can be hard because often, when you’re smack dab in the middle of a nonprofit, you can’t be objective. Are you sharing heartwarming stories that stir their heart and soul, moving them to donate? Do you make it easy for them to contact you by putting your email address and phone number in plain sight?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission. Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Whether you’ve collected the audio over a video call, traditional phone conversation, or a recording of an in-person event, you have numerous transcription options. How to take text from scans and cell phone photos of documents. If you’re using an Android phone or tablet, find the photo with text then double-click on it to expand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I cried after my first big film was released,” she admitted, in hushed tones over the phone. But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. The first step is identify what impact might look like as this post explains. “I

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Kindful

MARCH 22, 2021

When people subscribe to your email list, you can send fundraising appeals, updates about programs, stories that show how you’re fulfilling your mission, and more straight to their inboxes. Evaluate your current strategy for collecting email subscribers. Evaluate your current strategy for collecting email subscribers.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Every new phone, new software-as-a-service, or a new program will claim to do many wonderful things that have never. Do you have other tips on evaluating new technologies for nonprofit techies? story on how a new technology worked or didn't Share it with us in the comments. How, then, should a nonprofit. Here are some tips to.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Give each persona a name and story Assign each donor persona a name and create a brief narrative that describes their background, motivations, and relationship with your organization. Share stories of the individuals or communities your organization has helped and how their lives have been transformed through the support of donors.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to evaluate those annual appeals before you publish them so you know you’re sending out the best possible ask. . Once you’re ready to look at your appeal again, you should evaluate it by asking the five questions below. I stick by them as a place to begin. Our Incoming 1L class.”

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Luckily, after a few COVID-19 Zoom phone calls and a bunch of trial and error, we got the “Success!” Magic, I tell you! authorization screen!

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets. Optimize existing strategies: Fine-tune your existing fundraising strategies by incorporating lessons learned from your evaluation. Develop a story that highlights your nonprofit’s impact and the importance of ongoing support from donors.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When your website showcases your organization’s impact and tells your story well, visitors will want to know more. Use these four means of communication in conjunction with other personalized outreach like phone calls for the best results. Refresh your website with recent pictures, fundraising updates, and results of your work.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Personal stories, donor benefits, time sensitivity? Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Stay in regular contact with newsrooms and pitch stories to help the organization reach a larger audience. Help uncover compelling or creative stories of impact to use in fundraising. Set up face-to-face meetings or phone calls to ask contacts to donate. Offer to help write (or edit) fundraising emails or letters. Miscellaneous.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s the story you tell potential and current donors. You can break this into a few separate steps: Evaluate your current fundraising strategy. When was the last time you didn’t have your cell phone on you? Text fundraising : People are on their phones all the time, which makes text fundraising a no-brainer!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

It has 10 easy-to-follow worksheets that help you evaluate your website and figure out how to make necessary improvements. Your website's "About" section doesn’t exist or doesn't tell your story clearly and make it easy for people to contact you. is a pretty quick way to do an informed evaluation.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Miscellaneous (3 percent). Project Demographics/Orientation/Status (2 percent).

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. Between all the events , phone calls and mailings your plan can bring you and your team back to the most important activities. The best fundraising plans are not ones that sit within the top drawer of your desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re considering creating a TikTok account for your nonprofit, it’s important for you to evaluate if you’ll be able to reach your target audience on the platform. Watch this story from @jimmydarts #GivingTuesday ? Determining if TikTok is a tool you should use. Does the tool help you reach your target audience?

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . Share stories and testimonials from the people you help! You can also make sure your marketing material includes case studies and real stories from the people you help. . Phone calls. New, lapsed, or at-risk donors. .

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. Ensure you have active, agreed-upon communication tools with your remote guest speakers, such as phone, instant messaging, or email. How to Measure Success. “ Media will always want to hear from the experts.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 29, 2021

Many of the LCRM customers are evaluating whether they move from LCRM and Luminate Online at the same time or take a more phased approach. You download the app, and everything you’ve built on the desktop version of NPSP is right on your phone. Can we stay on Luminate Online with NPSP?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Evaluate external threats and opportunities. Follow up with a phone call, thanking them for past engagement and discussing what they love about your mission. Make one last phone call. In fact, 42% of donors said that hearing personal stories from a nonprofit’s beneficiaries impacted their decision to give.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Take a look and cast your vote so that we can share some pretty spectacular and helpful insight and stories with you next April! We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. Forum One and friends have five great submissions for next year’s #23NTC in Denver.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision. Instead of purchasing smart phones for everyone in the office, purchase for just a few staff members. Were the projected costs accurate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, there was a wonderful piece on a Marketplace segment called “ Economists go pro bono ” that shared a story about a nonprofit in the UK that matches economists with nonprofits: Economists are a notoriously self-interested bunch. What’s your story? “A big U.K.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

mailing address; phone number; tax identification number). These can range from saying a simple “thank you” to giving them delightful “wow” surprises to telling stories to offering useful information. . Setting key performance indicators (KPIs) around customer service lets employees know you’re evaluating performance objectively. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2015

The Culture Map is filled with engaging, real-life stories and anecdotes from around the world. What you learn from the book will be useful to you when your work on a team, email a colleague, participate on a conference call, communicate on the phone with an international customer, or travel to a foreign country.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

This month, I wanted to share some stories from my last two years as a strategy and content consultant. I thought I would kick off my tenure around here by sharing stories and reflections about my visits. They are written for a populace that is largely non-existent, people without Google on their phones and infinite attention spans.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2014

The Culture Map is filled with engaging, real-life stories and anecdotes from around the world. What you learn from the book will be useful to you when your work on a team, email a colleague, participate on a conference call, communicate on the phone with an international customer, or travel to a foreign country.

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Forj

MAY 18, 2021

Gone are the phone screens where one knows two minutes in the candidate is not a good fit for the open role. Interview Evaluation. We’ve all heard horror stories about technical failures on video chat services, and even video conferencing services aren’t much better. Support You’ll Love.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

Review your donor files to evaluate the giving histories of your donors and identify your most loyal, faithful donors. Follow up with a phone call. If not now, ask for permission to spend a few minutes on the phone within the same week. Find out how you could be doing a better job of telling your story in the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

So, this is the very important information that the Seafood Watch Program provides people like me, someone who loves to each seafood, but wants to do it in a responsible way. Before we relied heavily on our cell phones, the program offers small paper guides. Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Step 1: Evaluate your organization and see if you’re ready to apply for grants. Tell a story. Engage with the grantor before submitting the application – use social media, email, phone and ideally an in-person meeting. Now your job is to show the grantor that you’re the perfect match with a persuasive application.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

He began by sharing his own story: as an American, he found himself wanting to immigrate to Canada and used storytelling to land a job. The lesson: you can achieve goals by "showcasing the intimate stories of your organization.". He delivered his message in the form of a Web site and a video. How can you learn about your audience?

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

In a survey of 200 nonprofit organizations, Freewill found that nonprofits using virtual technology plan to steward major donors as follows: Phone conversations (21.6%). At a minimum, try a mix of three channels (email, social media, phone, etc.). When evaluating your virtual platform, does it support real-time donations?

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