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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

It’s a great idea to prepare an outline to follow, or a script to rehearse, so that you’ll be confident, clear, and determined! In person, on the phone, or video chat, it could sound something like, “I’m here today to talk to you about something I believe matters to you.” Answer questions and provide more info as the donor needs it.

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The Elements of a Successful Monthly Giving Program

Network for Good

It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. Your smart goal might sound something like this: We need to recruit 30 recurring donors at an average monthly donation of $20 by April 10 to fund half the annual cost of our Senior Kennel Sanctuary space.

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The Elements of a Successful Monthly Giving Program

Network for Good

It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. Your smart goal might sound something like this: We need to recruit 30 recurring donors at an average monthly donation of $20 by April 10 to fund half the annual cost of our Senior Kennel Sanctuary space.

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7 Top Nonprofit Crowdfunding + Peer-to-Peer Website Examples Of 2021

CauseVox

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. They share tips, updates, and info so that everyone stays up to date and excited.

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How to Succeed in the First Year of Fundraising for Startup Nonprofits

Get Fully Funded

Use info@yourwebsiteaddress.org as a general address and firstname@yourwebsiteaddress.org for personalized communication. Work up a simple script and practice it. You can script out what you want to say and it’s easy to refer to your script, because you can have it right in front of you! Don’t go on and on.

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Donor Data Migration for Nonprofits: Explained

Neon CRM

Sound exciting? Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Validation” is really just a technical data management term for “make sure that the info you have is correct.” Well, we’re starting anyway!

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[VIDEO] The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication

Bloomerang

Because I sound like a broken record saying this, I’m going to say it again, volunteers make your very best donors. So you want to focus on info and stats about your cause, rather than your thoughts, appearance, or external factors. And so I’ll do like a script with them. Why is this important?

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