Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes much more than just opening your doors to get donations to come your way. Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? Use jargon or industry-specific language.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Some donors are very open to getting to know the organization they just donated to. Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. Use open-ended questions that will give your donor the opportunity to expand on their responses. Phone or In Person?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

But what was a grantmaker who works on ocean conservation doing at a conference of software engineers and open government advocates? Enough that I could understand the language, but where the speakers were new and I was drawing parallels to my own work rather than knowing the script by heart. Also, there’s mild profanity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

To find the right people, be curious and open. Do you use “they” in the singular to avoid binary language? Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?… … Be open and clear about why this matters. Do any of them fit the bill? This is not the time for brand policing.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

Close the 20 browser windows you currently have open. Board members can serve as door openers. They can participate in the fundraising process by opening the door to the eventual ask. They don’t the door opening?” All she did was open the door. I’m so happy to be partnering here. You are worth it.

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