The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. They saw organizations using best practices in ways that weren’t producing results, and decided to do something about it. And just for fun….

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Provide opportunities to practice and role play. Gather your class of fundraising ambassadors to practice making Asks. Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

In the meantime, using Periscope to report live from your events is good practice and live streaming is different from other types of content. In general, it’s a best practice to limit the number of hashtags for your event. Don’t be too scripted and embrace the unexpected. nonprofitorgs and Twitter username.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. s Ning site began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning site?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2014

Double the Donation recommends using a standardized script with some key components (introduction, statement of purpose, first ask, gift confirmation or answers to objections and non-pledge close). More often than not, people will tune out callers who are overly scripted, “salesy” or unauthentic. Don’t over-polish. Stay Organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What I liked about this activity is that it is fun, creative, and people aren’t sitting down, but walking around. And, I always bring a set of fun materials, but it is time consuming to put them away. Defining Roles. When you have four facilitators, you want to make sure that you choreograph each activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. It can help apply improv to our work in social change by practicing what it means to have a networked mindset.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2013

It is a challenge for me to not judge someone who doesn''t believe in gun control, or not be angry with the corporate customer service rep who can''t answer my question because he needs to keep to a script, or not be selfish when I''m worried about finances, or be collaborative when I''m sure I know the best way. It''s a practice.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

We'll discuss the question, and we'll have a little fun, but we'll also give practical answers and advice. He did this by: Scripting a short introduction that kicks off each episode. Urging the guest experts and me, as we recorded each episode, to have fun and to be conversational. Are you interested?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?”

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Super fun branding: they wove the theme of brunch throughout all of their materials and graphics to help it stand out and to give participants a cohesive feel. Beyond personalizing the event type for their audience, MDLT also used some best practices in the way they ran their peer-to-peer fundraiser. Who wouldn’t want to watch?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

They could be a fun way to do trainings for volunteers, fundraiser table captains, house party hosts, and concerned citizens who want to learn more about the issues you are working on. They aren't that different than best practices for face-to-face presenting. Write the script, then create the PowerPoint. for ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. Be prepared to improvise more and drop the script if it isn't working with the audience. I had sooo much fun creating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

The big challenge with training is the challenge of transfer - after people go through a training - do they actually put the knowledge and skills into practice? And then the fun really started! The “game show” conceit made it all more fun. They spent the next 24 hours refining the pitch.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. Not only will this ensure a fun event experience, but it’ll help you know what you need to communicate before and during the event to attendees. Not sold yet?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. This is very, very practical. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. It’s just the most fun ever. This script will help you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

s Ning online strategy began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Developers who are more experienced can create customized scripts and widgets on their site to accommodate the needs of their users. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter where you are, but we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. If you’re going to share this with a board member, that’d be kind of fun too. And so this is where it gets kind of fun. The next role is the askers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. What is a Widget? Benefits and Considerations.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Work up a simple script and practice it. You can script out what you want to say and it’s easy to refer to your script, because you can have it right in front of you! Share your script, your email, and your letter and encourage them to adapt your messages for their own voice. Make your story concise and powerful.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then we’ll hone in on some best practices that you and your teams can apply specifically to leverage your board members in your fundraising activity in a way that excites and energizes them. Four is considering the level of depth of our DEI practices and challenging ourselves to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector. We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. We got a fun panel and a moderator for you. So thanks so much for being here. I’m Steven.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. And, of course, we’re going to be quite practical. So that was really fun to see. Or they were in the paper.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. So this is a super practical presentation. So this can take practice, but what I find as we take action and do this work, despite our discomfort hearing no, actually, it does get easier. Emily was wondering, Emma, any daily practices to help combat negative energy?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. So this is a super practical presentation. So this can take practice, but what I find as we take action and do this work, despite our discomfort hearing no, actually, it does get easier. Emily was wondering, Emma, any daily practices to help combat negative energy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

Marc kicked off the presentations sharing some thoughts about best practices for social media infused campaigns, I talked about effective social media for nonprofits , Bobby Jones gave a fantastic presentation talking about generations and young people, and Ryan Wilson shared some thoughts about prize Philanthropy. .

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Emails. If you want to plan the best peer-to-peer email campaign for maximum impact, there are a few best practices you should keep in mind. If you’re not able to fundraise, we’d still love for you to be a part of the fun! Create a communications calendar. Let’s get started! Sign-up button].

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So this is all the fun that we’re going to be having today. Because I work really hard at it, and I have a lot of fun with my subject lines. ” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for. Susan is in my program. ” I love it.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

Fun and immersive content that invites audience participation, like quizzes, polls, and interactive infographics, boosts engagement and interaction. It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. You should explore any platform you’re currently invested in to see the video formats it supports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. Here's the script from the screencast written back in October. Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public web site and describing them with tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2012

I have also been studying and practicing “unpresenting ” with Heather Gold, plus improv and stand up workshops with others. What are some of the processes and practices in the for-profit (or already exist in the nonprofit sector) that nonprofits can embrace to be more innovative? Practice, Practice, Practice.

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