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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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A Quick Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Podcast: 5 Steps

Achieve

You’ll use your computer to record, edit, and publish your podcast files. Do a few tongue twisters or practice reading parts of your script to warm up your vocal cords. Drink lots of water beforehand and during the recording session to ensure you’re hydrated and your voice stays strong. Computer or laptop. Stay hydrated.

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

Candid

We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021.

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

Kindful

Look for a facilitator who uses tactics to control hijackers, manage disputes, give everyone a voice, create buy-in, and build consensus. 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? Anyone can ask canned questions that lead to canned responses.

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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

Tech Soup

While not every nonprofit needs to invest the resources to make scripted videos, we wanted to try the new format to better serve our audience, particularly the different learners coming to our site. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. Processing and Production.

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Video Blogging in Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was actually quite liberating not to be carefully scripted and staged. right now two reasons: Sometimes pictures and people's voices are a better way to tell a story than text alone. You need to add Cambodia's voice to the global conversation happening on video blogs. I should do that more often. Am I missing anything?

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

NTEN

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. The ID3 tags help identify the file when it is being played.

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