The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

February is Black History Month and while there are countless ways to honor and celebrate black history throughout the year, we’re giving you a place to start by highlighting eight nonprofits that are making major waves in their communities. Black Public Media emerged out of a need for more stories from Black storytellers.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

We’re about to witness the largest wealth transfer in human history as the Baby Boomer generation passes its wealth on to the next generation. Regularly include a paragraph or a story about legacy giving in your print donor newsletter. Incorporate planned giving stories into your marketing mix.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

ChatGPT and Bard, its Google counterpart, can explain the ins and outs of SEO and generate a list of plausible keywords. Your website is a great source of information about your company, including its products or services, its mission and vision, and its history. The next generation will lead the way. Reading and note taking??)

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Embarking on Your AAPI Heritage Month Journey Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every May in the United States, provides an important opportunity to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Share stories that inspire giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Earlier this month, the Connected Generation conference brought lots of folks from organizations and direct services groups, as well as practitioners, educators, and researchers together in Bristol, UK, to talk about the use of social media in youth work.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do we make organizations so important that multiple generations of a family are invested? How do we provide value that these multiple generations see? Individuals with a giving history spanning five years get 10% off a membership for two years. How do we get kids to grow up and grow into giving to your organization?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focusing on experience leads to higher survey scores, more supporters inviting a friend or sharing on social media, greater reach, larger results, and most importantly, more impact generated. Understand Your Audience. Have a Robust Communications Plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Finally, there are more advanced donation forms available currently that are able to pull in a combination of donor giving history, demographic information, and wealth indicators to generate a custom ask amount for every donor. The donation receipt includes the Donation ID, Serial Number, Organization Name and Address, and Signatures.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

You carefully analyze and map your legacy data, populating your new system until it’s full of your organization’s history. More detailed change tracking can be supported via Change Data Capture, allowing you to construct a history of crucial data points for more longitudinal analysis. Donor Giving Summaries.

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VQ Strategies

AUGUST 24, 2022

As volunteer trends have changed and new generations enter the volunteer force, organizations benefit from taking a broader view of recruitment, expanding the focus both internally and externally, cultivating relationships with potential supporters and deepening relationships with current volunteers.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

When written well, these will help you generate excitement, entice attendees to bid, and increase the funds you generate from your event. Incorporate Storytelling There’s no doubt that stories are powerful and evocative—we have plenty of books, movies, and TV shows as proof of that.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

You segmented your donor list based on their giving history, interests, and engagement level, right? Ask them to share their stories and experiences with your organization and invite others to contribute. Share updates, success stories, donor giving stories, and milestones. If not, commit to doing so going forward.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations. We all know education is an important factor in stabilizing families and communities and setting the stage for generational wealth. My story isn’t unique.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2009

The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. Did I mention that the Story Tellers Project is grant funded?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

By removing barriers and supporting their families, CCF keeps children in school, allowing them to fulfill their potential, lifting entire families out of poverty and offering a brighter future for the next generation. After hearing one girl’s story and meeting her sick mother, he decided to help them. What’s Next?

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is no one-size-fits-all RFP, but that doesn’t mean that organizations shouldn’t feel the need to write their life story — especially if it is a small project. Try our RFP Generator RFP Resources Submit your RFP to the best nonprofit RFP databases Want to move things along quickly? Use our simple RFP generator, SNORKL.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Meanwhile, we also continue to see cross-generational blaming that, frankly, can undermine an effort to understand and respect varied workstyles and priorities. While it goes both ways, the easy target is often the younger generation who present the newest challenge to “the ways we’ve always done things around here.”. Clarity is Key.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

While millions of people around the world and across generations have dealt with or will experience some type of disability at least once in their lives, people with disabilities have been misunderstood and marginalized by society for hundreds of years.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Successful nonprofits know that humans respond to stories. The right story catches our attention and makes us more willing to listen to the hard numbers and details that ultimately convince us to take action. Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

It is meant to tell the story of the founding of your organization. Add the location of your nonprofit’s founding, the story, and an image. After you type the first few letters of the location, Facebook will generate a pop-down menu of Facebook Places to choose from. Simple enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2015

We don’t want nonprofits to miss out on an amazing opportunity to be a part of history, generate new donors, and participate in an exciting new campaign. It’s meant to develop stories and useful content to help nonprofits succeed. 4) Leaderboard App. One of the most exciting parts of a giving day is the competition.

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CauseVox

JUNE 16, 2023

We’ll show you some ways you can use our platform to its fullest potential, sharing success stories from Greek organizations just like yours. You can even give the levels names that are related to your fraternity or sorority’s traditions, symbols, and history, as illustrated below.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

This versatile tool can generate text, translate languages, create diverse forms of creative content, and more. As pioneers in the nonprofit tech space, Qgiv also offers AI solutions with Fundraising IQ to generate emails, recommend auction items, suggest campaign improvements, and more!

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . generate and?reinforce

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Referencing relevant, older campaign data can help you get a sense of which strategies or channels seem to generate the most engagement. Look into your audience’s giving history, previous event attendance, in-kind donation support, or online engagement with your cause to understand how to best reach them. Demographics.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

There is no shortage of frameworks and methodologies for measuring, assessing, and articulating social impact; however, one element that we must not lose sight of is our qualitative data and stories. The adage of “what gets measured gets done” is often true but I would argue that what is equally true is what stories get shared inspire action.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

Also, Father’s day actually owes its history to nonprofits for its creation, so supporting charity is in the day’s DNA. For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. More on that after the tips to get people to donate. Use social media.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Giving USA found that 78% of an organization’s donors who made a planned gift had a history of making donations within the past 20 years. Building relationships with potential planned donors is an important preliminary step to generate interest. A philanthropic study found that the average bequest was nearly $78,000.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

Salesforce has a proud history of supporting the communities in which we live and work — and Davos, by extension of our commitment to the WEF, has become one of these communities. STEM Classes Leading to Tangible Action. Davos Codes gives young students a platform to campaign for a more sustainable future.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

When managing your social media outreach, you should: Tell a story. Tell a story. Everyone loves a good story. In fact, we are 22 times more likely to remember information if it is told to us through a story format rather than plain facts or statistics. How do you know which story is the right one to tell?

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

On the website, a similar story — we doubled our revenue. Launching a Giving Day from scratch: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco’s Academy Day The California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. every year.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

CauseVox giving days hold powerful potential to generate impact that extends beyond the 24-hour window. From campaign inspiration to team details, achievements, and the communities you serve, it’s a comprehensive look at your story. It only takes one day of collective giving to transform entire communities.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Communicating stories and opportunities to engage in ways that deepen your relationship with your supporters is a critical strategy for any mid-level donor program, and digital can support that. Though these pieces mostly do not include direct donation asks, they also generate incremental revenue. Cultivate and engage.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8 In fact, the extent to which the CEOs themselves are significant predictors of company performance is higher than at any point in history. times more annual returns to their shareholders than their peers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

We know that young people like Generation Z are future donors, so programs that help introduce philanthropy at a young age will a big pay off down the road. Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. Read on for more. In other words, philanthropy means the love of mankind.

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