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Example Fundraising Scripts to Use When Asking for Donations

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Making fundraising calls can be nerve-wracking, but it helps to have a plan in the form of a fundraising script. In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. Why and when to use a script for fundraising. Let’s dive in!

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6 Surefire Tips for Asking for Donations Over the Phone

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Have a script when you ask for the donation…. When they are the ones making donation appeals, the asks are more genuine and sincere as opposed to scripted and stiff. Have a script when you ask for the donation… …But don’t read from it. Plot out your general scripts accordingly.

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How to Overcome a Victim Mindset in Order to Better Serve Your Nonprofit and Your Community

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Often, your mindset is influenced by what you’ve been taught to believe through your own personal experiences or “scripts.”. These are three mindsets you can have surrounding your script—the dialogue you have in your mind about yourself, your history, and your future. You can learn more in this TED Talk from Jane Carson-Sandler.

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Don’t Assume Your Nonprofit Supporters Know These 7 Terms

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That’s as simple as saying something like this: “We’re hosting a capital campaign, which is our largest fundraising event in the history of our nonprofit. Reevaluate your written materials and in-person appeal scripts and see where you can simplify your messaging. If you want to highlight how important it is, do that.

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Leveling up your major gifts program

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As we emerge from the depths of the pandemic, we must remember that never in the history of the United States have we experienced an equitable recovery to a disaster or recession. Start by creating sample scripts for thank-you calls, emails, and cards and ask your team to thank your major donors. It has been quite a year. Keep growing.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: The Search and Selection

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Share the interview script with all interviewers. Things like physical appearance, accent, or details of a candidate’s personal history can cause us to reach unfair conclusions about them. That makes the preparation you do in advance to create an interview script, the evaluation matrix, and qualifying criteria that much more valuable.

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What is Planned Giving?

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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. Planned Giving Is Accessible to All Planned giving flips the script on the traditional donation structure because it does not disrupt a supporter’s current cash flow.

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