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Design Series: Understanding Audience Needs

Forum One

While understanding audience needs is the basis of all good strategy and user experience processes, end users often get lost or deprioritized in the design phase. Audience Interviews Pick a few core supporters and schedule interviews with them to delve deeper into their experiences and perceptions.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

Get Fully Funded

It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions: Does your nonprofit have the structure in place to manage your growth and the additional work that will come with your realized dream of a new building? The quiet phase is the first part of the campaign and involves meeting face-to-face with your top prospects to make individual requests.

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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1

Media Cause

We call this process of information-gathering the “discovery” phase. The goal of the discovery phase is to understand what your audience cares about, their values, and their concerns. Structure Your Message Effectively The way we structure our stories is key to maximizing their impact.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

Achieve

Do your research to understand the structure and timeline of a typical capital campaign in advance. They generally last between two and three years, sometimes longer, and consist of these phases: Pre-planning - 3-12 months: This is when you’ll establish your campaign’s objectives and goal. What should you do instead?

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How to Build a Story Arc for a Non-Profit Fundraising Campaign

The Storytelling Non-profit

This allows enough time for the pre-asking phase of the campaign and the asking phase of the campaign. . There are many kinds of content you could use in your story arc from individual stories, videos, photos, quotes, explainers, interviews, and so on. Step 2: Map out the beginning, middle and end of your story arc.

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How to Run a Capital Campaign

CauseVox

Why would you want to set aside a long chunk of time to fundraise in a way that’s outside of your typical structures? You’ll want to put together a list of questions to help you determine if your community is on board, and then interview all the stakeholders. The Silent Phase of Your Capital Campaign.

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

Greater Giving

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). Inspiring calls to action.