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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). And the results speak for themselves. If you are producing a video (rather than just filming things onsite), prepare an engaging script or captions. So, What’s Your Story?

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What TechSoupers Are Doing to Ensure Their Online Security: Part 1

Tech Soup

Hint: it's all about managing password managers and two-factor authentication. " Dulcey Bower , senior media strategist, told me that she uses LastPass as a result of her own blog piece on security, Password Herding in Less than 10: Getting Started. Online security and privacy is a theme for TechSoup this month.

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How to Build Your Capital Campaign Plan

CauseVox

There are a few helpful hints that can get you started: Look at the donors you have and identify the largest donation you believe any of them will give. But it doesn’t just happen spontaneously: good donor recognition is the result of careful planning, and it includes multiple ways of thanking and noting your donors.

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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

But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. This is a great example, right, because I want to talk actually about what’s the result. What’s the result when we buy into these beliefs? And, I think, they’re principles that every fundraiser can put to work to improve their results. . Perfection.

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

Bloomerang

But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. This is a great example, right, because I want to talk actually about what’s the result. What’s the result when we buy into these beliefs? And, I think, they’re principles that every fundraiser can put to work to improve their results. . Perfection.

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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. The result looks like an infographic for the company’s year in data with a link to its website for more highlights, including what their most popular email was for the year. A snowflake stamp. “So So it begins,” you think.

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