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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

Others give impulsively when they see something on Facebook that moves them. You’ll be tempted to share a ton of info in your welcome kit – don’t. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. They are free to veer from the script, but they can use it to get started. That would be me!).

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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It’s a great idea to prepare an outline to follow, or a script to rehearse, so that you’ll be confident, clear, and determined! Answer questions and provide more info as the donor needs it. Every request for donations should include the same elements: Small Talk/ Warm-up. Transition. Connect/ Discuss/ Educate. DETAILS/Q&A.

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Raising Awareness of Matching Gifts

Connection Cafe

Ensure that your telefund callers have a script for verifying and asking for employer information and reminding alums and donors alike of the possibility of matching gifts; input or import matching data into phonathon software. Check out some sample messages that can be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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7 Top Nonprofit Crowdfunding + Peer-to-Peer Website Examples Of 2021

CauseVox

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. They share tips, updates, and info so that everyone stays up to date and excited.

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How to Succeed in the First Year of Fundraising for Startup Nonprofits

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Use info@yourwebsiteaddress.org as a general address and firstname@yourwebsiteaddress.org for personalized communication. Set up social media accounts: Get established on Facebook and Instagram at a minimum. Work up a simple script and practice it. If you don’t communicate with your donors, you will lose them!

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. For more info, web search for: hacking "inside job" (As of late, the China/Google scandal commandeers at least the first three search pages. See [link] ) Check your new IT staff or contractors out very well. How smart are my phones?

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[VIDEO] The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication

Bloomerang

I won’t do it on Facebook. So there is a social media caveat that I say when it comes to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. And I want everyone to remember this, that Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, and LinkedIn is formal. Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, LinkedIn is formal. So tips for introverts.

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