Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Considering doing a donor cultivation event ? According to fundraising expert and author Penelope Burk, 67% of respondents attending a donor cultivation event credited it as the reason why they made their gift. . Donor cultivation events allow you donors to experience firsthand how they can make a difference. Smart decision!

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

A live streaming event is one great way to connect with a virtual audience, and in these times, making a genuine connection (or an attempt at a connection) with anyone, including your audience, is of the utmost importance. . One way to do that is through live events online and live streaming. Basics of Running a Live Stream.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. This is an opportunity to give your brand a personality.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

A live streaming event is one great way to connect with a virtual audience, and in these times, making a genuine connection (or an attempt at a connection) with anyone, including your audience, is of the utmost importance. . One way to do that is through live events online and live streaming. Basics of Running a Live Stream.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Specific personalization When sending an appeal letter, thank-you note, or email to a donor, always include a note at the bottom and say something about the impact their gift has made and something very specific about their kids, dog, family, home, job, favorite sport, hobby, alma mater, volunteer work, or latest travel adventure.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter to receive monthly content and resources specifically for event fundraising professionals. As the busy summer event season continues, eventually your boss or committee will ask, “How can we increase participation next year?” Team captains are the lifeblood of fundraising events.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

One best practice for ChatGPT is to never share any personally identifiable information or financial details about your organization. And of course, don’t forget personalization! Leave room at the top of your appeal to insert your prospect or donor’s name or other personalized details to make your supporters feel properly appreciated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold. In the meantime, using Periscope to report live from your events is good practice and live streaming is different from other types of content.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Include the opportunity as a call to action in a newsletter and/or stand-alone email, or even make personal asks of your board of directors, young professionals group, or other engaged volunteers who you know are passionate about your mission. Offer a couple of suggested scripts they can pick from or modify. And ask on Facebook!

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Making donation appeals over the phone is an interesting middle ground between asking for donations in person and making appeals through more anonymous methods like email or on your website. But on the other hand, you can’t see the person, read their body language, or establish a face-to-face connection with them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

One of those conferences would be the Personal Democracy Forum. The next best thing is to have colleagues who have attended amazing conferences like Personal Democracy Forum and share what they learned. I’m grateful that Kate Wing has offered up this guest post about her experience at PDF 2013. Well, a girl can dream, right?

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

2) Personality. As you move forward through each element of your brand guidelines, continue to return to these words to confirm that all of your other design decisions reflect this brand personality. This will help you avoid relying on personal preference and instead force you to always go back to deciding what is best for the brand.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New in her role, with two new staff persons reporting to her and an already-packed end-of-year schedule—including appeals, a holiday catalog, events, and concerts—Melissa felt torn. Staff got into the spirit with personalized doodles and videos. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

As entire countries move “in person” conferences and events to virtual ones in the time of COVID-19, I want to help out. If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you. When we present in person, going over time by 5-15 minutes can be common.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Podcasts feel more personal and enable you to connect with your audience in a new, fresh way. For example, an individual in the nonprofit event planning industry might create a podcast on event-planning best practices, helping to build their audience and potential clientele. Become a thought leader. Plan your content strategy.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Do you have supporters who show up to every event? . The Engagement Meter looks at giving history (recency, years given, upgraded gifts), interactions (event attendance, volunteering, communication preferences, website visits), and e-mail (subscribes, opens, clicks) to give you a temperature reading on each donor in your database. .

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

This could mean, for example, more in-person events with small groups of highly engaged donors: a development team freed from repetitive tasks like email and CRM management could focus on “high-touch” experiences like this.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 28, 2018

Nonprofit fundraising events are a great way to raise money and increase your organization’s profile at the same time. Not only do they allow you to land big donors in person, they also provide a chance to make an impression on important members of your community, enabling you to grow your brand along with your dollars.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Promo video: This type of video gets supporters excited about an upcoming event, fundraiser, or activity. Virtual tour videos are really helpful right now when people aren’t visiting in person. Let the person know exactly what you plan to do with the video. For a longer video, consider writing a script.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There were two instances this year where I made gifts over and above what I had intended and they both involved personal contact from someone in the development office (director or gifts officer). The landing page is no substitute for a prompt, personal, powerful thank you. Email a first-person story about the impact of the donation.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Getting into this mindset accomplishes a few things: It takes away any jitters about asking for donations because it isn’t personal. Supplies or other in-kind gifts Sponsorships for an event? ALWAYS explain your needs as if the person hearing you has no idea what you do. Pretend it’s another charity you choose to support.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

Online advocacy has a larger potential reach than traditional, in-person advocacy, but it can be more difficult to form the personal connections that come with face-to-face interactions. With the right best practices, video conferencing can allow your team to forge personal connections with supporters, no matter how remote.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2023

That’s as simple as saying something like this: “We’re hosting a capital campaign, which is our largest fundraising event in the history of our nonprofit. Reassure the person who is making the gift that you recognize how significant it is and then make sure to thank the donor accordingly.

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NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

Knowing that non-profit supporters around the world have been adopting the use of social networking in their daily lives we set out to figure out if the use of social networks had any impact on personal or peer-to-peer fundraising. The results we’re pretty amazing (though arguably not in any way shocking). A Holistic Approach.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 18, 2012

If you are depending on special event income to fund your mission, it’s likely you’ve noticed the last five years have felt like you are moving up the down escalator. Personalization. Create scripts and make the asks. posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Analyze, sort and prospect.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Feeding America’s donor thank you process Here are the guiding principles for Feeding America’s donor thank you process: Make the thank you as personal as possible, within scale. Make sure that the donation experience is both personalized and consistent for the donor, across Feeding America and its member agencies.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

Personal Relationship. When it comes to fundraising, it’s all about a personal relationship. Obviously, the dollar amount asked will depend on who the person is. Always encourage your donors and fundraiser participants to share their testimonials or personal connection with the organization if they have one. Make the Ask.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Whether it’s your first fundraising event, or tenth, helping supporters be great peer-to-peer fundraisers is always on the mind of successful event fundraising organizations. Provide peer-to-peer fundraisers with easy access to information and resources they can use to fundraiser for your event. 3) Involve. 4) Activate.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Instead, such events have intensified race, health, and wealth disparities. Identify a point person to be your team captain. Most nonprofits, however, are lucky to have even one staff person dedicated to major gifts. As development professionals, many of us see signs of an inequitable recovery in our daily work. Build your team.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

As we crawl into a new year, hyper-personalization is a buzzword slowly creeping into the charity lexicon and bound to increase its prominence as the year unfolds. In fact, some would state that hyper-personalization will be a real game changer for annual giving, aka the mass marketing portfolio, in the charitable industry.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT and The Grey Jacket Problem At a Fundraising event in NYC, George was on a panel to talk about AI applications for fundraising and was wearing a grey sports jacket with blue pants. As it happened another person, also named George on the panel was wearing virtually the same outfit. Brand Personality : XYZ has a fun and helpful tone.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

These committed donors provide the support you need to spread awareness about your cause, generate excitement about your events, recruit volunteers, and of course, fund your mission. Personalize communication. Personalization comes in several forms. Personalization comes in several forms. Call them on the phone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” In addition, if you’re personally facing these challenges, you can use the book to better understand how you can ask others for help and support. You simply use a bridge or the beginning of a sentence that builds on the idea of the person whose voice may not be heard in the room.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

All you need is a basic script of questions you’ll ask and 6-8 participants. Ideally, your participants will represent different constituent groups: donors, volunteers, new registrants, event participants, etc. We’d like to know: would you prefer an in-person walk, another virtual walk, or having both options available?

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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. Even though they get a lot of personal satisfaction in the work that they do, go the extra mile in thanking volunteers in ways that will make them feel truly appreciated. Set up an assembly line and have a signing event. Just Thank Them!

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