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Your Nonprofit Should be Using Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some radio stations cannot demand listeners to do something such as ask for donations or recruit volunteers – rather the “call to action” has to be softer such as “visit our website to learn more”. . Once you map this all out, write the PSA out in script fashion word for word. Step 2: Decide on the format.

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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

sgEngage

You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. I went to school for music education and, up until this point, had a long-winding road learning how to write code in Google Apps Script. What am I talking about?

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

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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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now another important aspect of our strategy for enhancing Bookshare’s new language capabilities is developing the capacity to handle non-European scripts and languages so that the content may be presented in its original form in our members’ native languages. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program.

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Nonprofit Donor Retention 101: Always Do This

Bloomerang

Send something donors can feel great about right away, and that they can also file away for tax purposes. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. Also email or text simple gratitude message. The landing page is no substitute for a prompt, personal, powerful thank you. Check out these examples you can email.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits.

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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

Kindful

They don’t follow a script. Why spend a bunch of money on a retreat if the outcomes sit in a file and collect dust? If you’re in the hunt for one of the best , it would be a privilege to learn more about your board and organization, and the aspirations your board hopes to achieve as they work to propel your noble mission.