Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Wednesday at the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), we’re pleased to be leading a session all about artificial intelligence (AI) for mission-driven social media. If you aren’t attending NTC, don’t worry!

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! And while there are times and places for these reports, storytelling for nonprofits to raise funds is not the time or the place.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If you feel a little unsteady about your nonprofit’s fundraising right now, you are not alone. Navigating a challenging economy, the rising cost of living, and staffing issues, many nonprofits are feeling the heat. We’re not in unprecedented times,” said Shannon McCracken, CEO of The Nonprofit Alliance. But take heart.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Remember these words: Your nonprofit’s logo is not your story. If you Google “nonprofit logos,” you’ll see some common themes. Many nonprofit leaders really want to take every opportunity to help you understand that they are helping people. Risk of overcomplicating your nonprofit’s logo. It makes sense.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Unfortunately, most nonprofits thank the donor as an afterthought. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you. People are watching our hand movements and our body language. Do this by writing a bullet point script before, covering every point you want to make and add slides to match the main points. Practice and prepare.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

What does this mean for the nonprofit sector in the future? She said that in a world of connectivity where individuals can do their own crowdfunding for services, bypassing nonprofits, that nonprofits will still have the advantage because of the human relationships. Designing an Effective Nonprofit Chatbot.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Now another important aspect of our strategy for enhancing Bookshare’s new language capabilities is developing the capacity to handle non-European scripts and languages so that the content may be presented in its original form in our members’ native languages.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Not only do you have to successfully pitch your organization’s mission and vision to someone who only has an outsider’s view, but you also must ask that person to contribute monetarily to your nonprofit. People want to meet in person to get a good feel for your nonprofit and your cause before they write a sizable check.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned gifts are often donated through a will at an individual’s bequest so that the nonprofit receives the gift upon the donor’s death. Typically, planned giving is a legal process coordinated between a lawyer and a nonprofit, as these gifts are taxed differently than a standard donation.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. If you are a nonprofit. Total Number of Staff Hours. How to get started now.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

If you Google “nonprofit logos,” you’ll see some common themes. Many nonprofit leaders really want to take every opportunity to help you understand that they are helping people. You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do. Remember these six words: Your logo is not your story.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

The impact of burnout is particularly significant for nonprofit organizations. Many nonprofits are way ahead of the game. There are sessions for professional coders, citizen developers, and nonprofit staffers who have never written a line of code in their lives. Automation can improve accuracy and standardization.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

Drilling down on the most powerful and simple ways to segment your donor list begins by examining the fundamental reasons why donors are choosing to support your nonprofit. Creating messages that are geared toward them can vary greatly in language, graphics, images, and all other elements. Their Role Within Your Organization.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. 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.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Strong and effective body language. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and Effective Body Language. Body language can betray you. Asking is part art and part science.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

For over 20 years, EveryAction has provided technology to support nonprofits working to make the world a better place, and we’re honoring that history through our product roadmap and commitments. Our purpose is to power those who power social impact, and we came together for a reason: to better meet the needs of our customers—the doers.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Your nonprofit is getting ready to lead an important advocacy campaign: a key bill central to your mission has just been introduced in the state legislature, but the process of getting it passed is fraught with uncertainty. You need to encourage your constituents to talk to their state representatives and voice support for the bill.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Major donors make a major impact on your nonprofit, but it can be a bit scary to ask major donors for a donation. Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. When you choose a nonprofit organization to support, what’s important to you?”.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When you think of fundraising ambassadors, you might think of celebrities who use their fame to mobilize support for their favorite nonprofits. Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: . But, I wouldn’t assume.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

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. Or is it that the funders and nonprofits working on crisis response can’t all get behind one idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Note from Beth: How often have those of worked in nonprofits asked the question or been asked the question by funders, “What’s the impact?” Sometimes our language, traditions, and yes, those pesky power dynamics keep us apart. “You Know Your Film is Making a Difference When…” Guest Post by Ellen Schneider.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It’s the goal of every nonprofit that creates a video – creating a video that has impact. During the hour-long chat on Twitter, nonprofit video experts and audience shared thoughts on what makes powerful videos, technical aspects of creating video that leads to action, and techniques to ensure a video gets shared.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The time has finally come to demystify Search Engine Optimization ( SEO) for nonprofits. Why nonprofits should be investing in SEO. Chapter 2: Nonprofit Marketing Strategy. Chapter 4: SEO For Nonprofits. Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. Last year saw a 7.9%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

” He offered a simple framework for doing improvisation: notice, accept, and build. He also talked about the Improviser Mindset VS Scripted Mindset of leaders. Scripted mindsets expect everything to be perfect in theory, on paper, and in the real world – and when it isn’t they don’t know how to lead.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

You’re looking for folks who: Are recognized and connected within the community Have experience in the nonprofit sphere Will work hard and contribute over the long haul Are not afraid to ask for a donation. You’ll want to craft some specific language for your board early on to let them know what their role is and how they can help.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

If you know whom you want to consume your infographic, you’re able to tailor the language, imagery, focus, and key points used to appeal to this target audience. Once you know what the data is telling you and the audience you want to reach, you can start to script out the story you want to tell. 2) Know Your Audience.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

If you want to move away from transactional one-time gifts, and towards longer-term, transformational giving, here is the single most important thing you need to know to keep nonprofit donors: RESOLVE to rock the power of thank you! to Nonprofit Donors 1. Begin by making donor retention a priority. Or give more. Not a canned receipt.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. What is the best ratio of spoken language to visual slides in your online presentation?

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