sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Next, ask about what language resonates with them. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. The language in the mission statement should feel the same way that the brand feels.

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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. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. As a lifelong believer in the power of story — and other creative work – to advance social change, these days I’m spending a lot of time trying to prove it. Why this story, now?

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The best fundraising strategic plan tells a complete, organized, and analytics-based story that your team can actually use to help your campaign be more successful. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Empathy is the language of nonprofit donation requests, annual reports and case studies. The stories of those they serve are the drivers of gathering support. Nonprofit professionals often wear many hats, being the grant writer as well as the volunteer coordinator and on the marketing team, for example.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 27, 2015

Armed with this knowledge, a nonprofit misses a terrific opportunity to tell their story as fully as possible if they are not thinking strategically about how information is presented in this important document. Program Service Accomplishments – This is your opportunity to tell your story in your own words.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2017

We have been learning from both front line fundraisers and the organizations that fund them that stating intended outcomes in your pitch conversations and in your grant applications is becoming increasingly important so that funders can clearly see what specific results your organization is driving towards.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The neat thing about Fiver is that there is time is built in for program staff to collect and story bank client testimonials, which means they’re not scrambling at the end. A good story is an incredible tool and whatever quote or story you decide to use, make sure it’s relatable and clear. Your donors want to hear those stories.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In the last post, we discussed how to find the perfect grant for your organization. This week, we’ll dive into how to write an effective application that will get you the grant. Since you’ve already done your research and determined that your organization is grants-ready , you should be confident you’re a good candidate for this grant.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Look for grants. Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. You might tell a story about a person affected by your organization or about a particularly dedicated volunteer. Consider other media outreach.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . Adam Grant, his book is right next to me. . Adam Grant talks about in his book, think, what is it? Tell me your story.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This AI writing assistant will help you write appeals, proposals, thank-you letters and a lot more. Great case statements include a mix of both emotionally compelling stories and descriptions of the work you are doing, as well as cold, hard facts that back up your claim to be a positive force in the world.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

You’ve determined your organization is grants-ready , searched high and low to find the best grant , and written an application that would make your English teacher proud. When I served on a committee that reviewed grants, I learned a lot of things I wish I’d known as an applicant. You’re almost there! What will people see?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. ” So everything’s a guesstimate.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

When they see nonprofit stories, when they see all of this information that you’re putting out there, it’s a suggestion on how they should feel about your organization, your clients, and the work that you do. So how do you tell your nonprofit story through a computer screen if you do not have a staple nonprofit story?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Story Swag :: iTunes. Story Swag is a mobile app that specializes in easy-to-create story videos for social media. Issuu empowers users to transform PDFs into online digital flipbooks, email graphics, social stories, and more. Dulingo provides access to free language learning tools. Lumen5 :: lumen5.com.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

Donors go where their heart leads them, and that’s often impacted by news stories that resonate and touch their hearts. As with a campaign, think about a specific need that will touch people’s hearts and just the right story to share. Make people want to know what the story is with your organization. Then make it easy to give.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

They generally have several core functions that work well: collecting, reviewing, and revising ideas and proposals; voting on proposals; and reporting outcomes. And they make participation more accessible by creating easier opportunities for people to engage at times and in places and languages that work for them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers. For mobile, see the Zoomerang app and Story Swag App. Yearly makes it easy to design annual reports, event recaps, donor proposals, and board presentations. Dulingo provides access to free online language learning tools.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format.

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