The Storytelling Non-profit
OCTOBER 11, 2021
I find this portion of fundraising emails to be a real exercise in concise yet powerful copy writing. In this article I’m going to show you my approach to narrative and storytelling in email that has helped me raise just shy of $1m in a year for one of my clients. The First 120 to 150 Words of a Fundraising Email.
Get Fully Funded
JUNE 18, 2023
We all know we need to eat right, exercise, and get enough rest. I think because we take it for granted. I find that exercise not only helps my physical strength, but my mental strength, too. So why don’t we do it? Why do we have an epidemic of stressed out and exhausted people?
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Bloomerang
JULY 31, 2021
Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.
Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. A better way to plan for the future is to set up an account—You can still use Gmail— with your firstname(at)organizationname(dot)org. Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. What need will you address?
The Modern Nonprofit
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Increase in recurring donations.
Bloomerang
MAY 7, 2021
Not chasing those sponsors, not writing another grant. But I know some of you have done this exercise, you know, at your board meeting. . Who do you exercise with? We are going to do one on foundations here from grant research. So individuals, that’s what we’re after. People give to people. May I have that?”
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. On a related note, I think a benchmarking study might be a useful exercise for nonprofits.
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