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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). Your gift today will help us purchase supplies and materials to increase our capacity by adding 6 bedrooms and updating our much-loved, but very outdated, kitchen.

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How to Build Your Capital Campaign Plan

CauseVox

To help you break down your overall fundraising goal into more approachable pieces, you can create donation tiers (sometimes called a gift range chart or gift table). The purpose of this chart is to help you see how many gifts at each level you will need to hit your goal. You’ll want 3-5 prospective donors for each gift level.

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Testing Your Donation Form Part 4: Running a Usability Test

Connection Cafe

I do this by reading a welcome script like the one below which is a modified version of Steve Krug’s. If you are doing quick-and-dirty Starbucks-style testing as discussed in Part 3 , feel free to shorten your script as needed. Don’t give hints. Don’t give hints unless they are completely stuck.

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. And if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, you probably have some desires that you’re experiencing when it comes to major gift fundraising. There we go.

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. And if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, you probably have some desires that you’re experiencing when it comes to major gift fundraising. There we go.

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How to write a year-in-review recap (that doesn’t sound like one of those season’s greetings letters) for your organization

Whole Whale

You know the moment: You’re going through your mail when you catch the hint of a red envelope. Flip the script from “ Look what you made me do ” to “Look what you did.” A snowflake stamp. “So So it begins,” you think. You open the envelope and the single sheet of green paper that was clearly at the end of an ink cartridge.

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