Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns. They amplified the voices and perspectives of women of color leaders on this platform and in their webinars.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Branding includes cultivating a specific language and aesthetic style with assets that are used in all your marketing materials. Your mission statement should be clear and easy to understand, inspiring, and contain achievable, sustainable goals. Your specific set of goals distinguish you from other organizations out there.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s about making sure that your questions align with your organizational values and your goals for the grantmaking program. Look for ways to simplify your language and your structure to make your question easier to read and answer. Use standard writing best practices, such as short sentences and active voice.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Urgency in your call to action Thank your donors “You” language makes the donor the hero How to build your case in a fundraising letter As you build your case for support, make sure you’re answering these three key questions: Why give? Use fundraising language when asking for donations.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

You can only effectively curate your stories to support your grant goal if you have a laser-focused plan for satisfying its core requirements. Be mindful of passive voice. Active voice (“We will serve X constituents…”) creates dynamism and clear cause and effect, creating a feeling of movement and impact. Keep it focused.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The result was messaging and imagery entirely branded in our voice, which would be disjointed coming from outside our organization. We craft content in our own voice and style. Take the time to clarify your goals, potential audiences, and basic messaging first. This meant we weren’t seeking feedback until too late.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You can reach a more diverse audience if you are including different voices in the planning process. And this is not because they are the only knowledgeable voices.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audience and achieve their goals. Use language and imagery that are relevant, culturally sensitive, and can resonate with diverse communities. Actively seek input from the audiences to ensure voices are heard. Follow accessibility guidelines!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Setting goals and objectives for telling your story. When setting your goals and objectives for telling your story, ask yourself these two questions : . What are the short-term goals of sharing this story? What are the long-term goals you hope telling your story will accomplish? .

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Define Goals and Objectives In storytelling for nonprofits, one of the most important questions you can ask is “why?” Create goals that are specific and measurable to ensure that the stories you tell are purposeful (“specific” and “measurable” just so happen to be the first two letters in the S.M.A.R.T. goals acronym).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. Next, ask about what language resonates with them. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. How do they describe your work or your beneficiaries?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story. This is why you need to look at your goals, measure your results, and tweak your stories based on that data. Use descriptive language. . You can read part one here.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ICYMI: We released a guide to help nonprofits develop creative that reaches your goals while living your values. But just because there is no face does not mean there is no voice, and the voice still must be authentic. Honest, human language matters. Read time: 3 minutes. Real, lived experience matters.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 23, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

If you saw an ad, and later read an email, you’d know it was the same, just from the language. The Academy is a powerful voice for biodiversity research and exploration, environmental education, and sustainability across the globe. We exceeded our revenue goal by 16%. By uniting the creative, we built a cohesive campaign.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Voices That Inspire: Welcoming AAPI Luminaries to Your Stage When planning your AAPI Heritage Month event, consider inviting influential speakers and community leaders from within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to participate. This galvanizes the community around your fundraising goals.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

The goal of this approach is to allow best-of-breed services, technologies, and frameworks to be used in crafting digital experiences across various channels and touchpoints along the full user journey. Overall, Composable Architecture allows developers to use efficient and popular modern frameworks, tools, and languages.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You can reach a more diverse audience if you are including different voices in the planning process. And this is not because they are the only knowledgeable voices.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Align their behavior with organizational goals. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game. Give their best effort. Help improve the quality of decisions. Actively contribution to innovation.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals. Implement inclusive language and content. In this guide, we’ll explore different ways to enhance your nonprofit’s recruitment and talent acquisition strategies with email.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

For many nonprofit organizations, diversity and inclusion are considered a top priority in their annual goals, and for a good reason. Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs? Can you incorporate some other languages to include more people from your community?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Thank you for your support.” …plus the standard default language. While an automated message is easy to set up, the default language (which most people use) is vague and too cookie-cutter to be meaningful. See the hero language? Your thank-you message should be more specific to your mission and be more impact-focused.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

When it comes to messaging, it’s also important to identify your organization’s unique voice. Branding essentially means you are consistent with your visuals, language, messaging, and tone. A clear call to action will help reinforce the goals/objectives you established for your communication efforts. Include a call to action.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

In both of these posts, my goal was to pull back the curtain on how I make decisions for my consulting clients and even in my own business. So much of that authenticity manifests itself through the way they communicate and their voice. The problem with this is that it rarely lends itself to a memorable voice or an enticing brand.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In 2015, 193 world leaders came together at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , a universal call to action adopted by all nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people can enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. There is no one size fits all approach.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Align their behavior with organizational goals. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game. Give their best effort. Help improve the quality of decisions. Actively contribution to innovation.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning is the process of creating a blueprint that guides an organization for a specified time period and helps accomplish its goals. The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. Prime with your data : To personalize the AI-generated content, incorporate relevant information from your nonprofit, such as email copy, key metrics, goals, mission and core values.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

This includes (but isn’t limited to) threats, swears, offensive language or anything that can be deemed hate speech. Depending on your capacity and goals, you should set a regular cadence for checking comments and direct messages. Maintain your brand voice. Be sure to sound human, even while maintaining your brand voice.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These prompts can take many forms, including chatbots, virtual assistants, web interfaces and voice assistants. This work can include writing newsletters, social media posts, research articles, editorials in the voice of the founder, and grant writing. This can lead to increased productivity and cost savings.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . To take your National Nonprofit Day campaign to the next level, make sure to: Maintain a style and voice that is consistent with your brand. State the core issue you want to address in your campaign .

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EveryAction

MAY 4, 2016

Nonprofits like Conservation International use video to (literally) lend a voice to the voiceless in pursuit of spreading awareness of their causes. goals for your campaign to ensure you're measuring ROI for next time. Side Dish - Video. If you have the resources, a video can be great way to add additional flair to a campaign.

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

Harness the power of setting campaign goals. . Setting goals for a fundraising campaign is an important step to ensure you are staying on track and seeing year-over-year growth. Your goal can also be a motivating tool to encourage more donations quickly. . Remove and edit any templated language on campaigns and emails. .

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