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. New studies show that donors want to be thanked for the difference they personally made. See the hero language?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Symbols and language to make your appeal more Jewish-inclusive: The menorah is the primary symbol of Hanukkah, a candelabra that is lit one candle at a time while blessings are recited. Symbols and language to make your appeal more Kwanzaa-inclusive: Candle-lighting is central to Kwanzaa, in the colors of red, green, and black.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

Hear this inspiring story of Bobbie, a homeless woman who was helped by the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund to become more empowered and more hopeful. Ensure that the language on the Donation Card makes sense and is relevant to the video attached to it. . Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund: Meet Bobbie and Ia.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? Studies show that fundraisers with specific goal amounts are more successful than open-ended fundraisers. Use ADJECTIVES!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. and the best way to learn is to spend an hour or so a month studying your analytics. List all languages spoken, honors and awards received, and publications. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

A recent study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that long hours and limited staff support has almost half of fundraisers eyeing the door, with 28% planning to leave the profession altogether. Employees still on the roster often have a considerably heavier workload, resulting in 77% of workers feeling burned out at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

You might get a nice surprise from a rich discussion session, or the release of a new study, but for the most part you can predict >80% of the content. 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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. So everyone understands the language, what it is what we’re intending to do, and it’s tied then to metrics, that it’s a shared metric system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

A recent study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) finds that 99 percent of nonprofit organizations collect feedback from the people they seek to help. They tried using social media to contact foster youth and are finding less success in reaching foster youth who are parents, have mental illness, or are homeless.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Give foreign language students and cultural club members the opportunity to share their knowledge and cultures with their peers and the wider school community with an “Around the World” virtual festival. John Center for Homeless Men. Around the World” virtual festival. Holiday e-card campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Study your local publications and news programs for four weeks. See what types of stories they cover.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. But providing meals and blankets for the homeless people in their community is more attainable. More importantly, avoid technical language or jargon. Donors don’t trust large organizations and can spot platitudes a mile away.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Here’s what their donation page looked like: Notice how the language on the donation page encourages donors to take advantage of the opportunity to increase their impact! John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021. Here’s what their event page looked like: 10.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues. I was like, "It's cool doing it," but I recognize that regardless of how hard I worked in the homeless shelter, that every day there were more and more people, who were forced to come to the shelter because they had nowhere else to go.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

Sadly, this portrayal of poverty, homelessness, and frustration while seeking help is an honest one. To capitalize on technology, the industry must develop common language and integrated systems that make whole-person health the standard of care. A McKinsey report found that “individuals with poor mental health are 1.9

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated. We didn’t even really have the language to use to create documentation, or, at least we didn’t think we did. We looked at case studies that showed which tools were used and how, and especially to what end.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so, again, I am Sabrina Walker Hernandez, and I studied political science and public administration and I obtained a nonprofit management certification from Harvard Business School and for the last 25 years, I’ve worked in a nonprofit industry. You’re speaking my language. I should close my door. This was awesome.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

A study by the Stanford Social Innovation Review created a framework, called Nonprofit Brand IDEA, to keep nonprofit brands relevant and recognizable while staying true to their mission and core values. Users can also choose from a list of ten languages to translate the website into, which expands the support potential for the organization.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Every nonprofit site should include the organization’s mission statement somewhere, and Mustard Seed’s Mission and Vision page does a great job of articulating their purpose using short paragraphs and to-the-point language. And for bonus points, they also include a donate button in plain sight!). Meet the Residents page.

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