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How To Create Explainer Videos That Donors Will Love

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Think for a second, how many videos have you watched this week? If your browsing habits are anything like the majority of people’s, chances are you see at least a couple of videos every day. Video content has grown to be so ubiquitous that you’d need to go out of your way to avoid watching them. What Is An Explainer Video?

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

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That insecurity can lead to a variety of problems as these vulnerable girls make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. Once you identify the message of your fundraising email, you can add the stories, photos, and videos that drive the message home. It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless.

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When props don’t cut it – advocating for your virtual volunteer roles

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When the pandemic first hit, my stepdaughter, Ali, had to make a video. Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. It’s a funny video thanks to the props and a good on-the-fly solution.

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6 Ways to Get Your Nonprofit Website Ready to Boost Holiday Giving

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That’s a problem. Use compelling photos and video. When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!” On that thank-you page, have a bit of text to thank them for their donation and maybe a short thank-you video. Update your blog.

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

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Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. Writing down a person’s strengths alongside their weaknesses doesn’t erase the problem you need to work with the employee to solve.

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Fundraising Success: How Form Cloning Helped Raise Over $637,000!

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Founded in 1949, Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region is the largest animal welfare group for homeless and abused animals in Southern Colorado. The Problem. These included weekly videos from the CEO, animal stories, pet tips, and fundraising emails. As an open admission shelter, no animal is ever turned away. What to do?

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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Some may have an offbeat response, such as a sweater they knitted or a houseboat they built using YouTube videos. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. Others will say their career, community work, or their relationships with family and friends. How did you become so generous?”