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6 Surefire Tips for Asking for Donations Over the Phone

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Making donation appeals over the phone is an interesting middle ground between asking for donations in person and making appeals through more anonymous methods like email or on your website. But on the other hand, you can’t see the person, read their body language, or establish a face-to-face connection with them.

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How to generate advocacy calls from your supporters to elected officials

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Write the script Your supporters are much more likely to make a call if they feel adequately prepared—they’ll want to know who they are calling, what they should say, important background information, and logistical instructions about how the calling process will work. Building an advocacy campaign?

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ChatGPT and Fundraising: 4 Things You Need to Know

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The GPT of ChatGPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer, which is a group of language models trained to generate human-like text developed by OpenAI. You can ask ChatGPT to create a thank you phone script for your volunteers, create an email thank you template, thank you messaging for a specific campaign you’ve run, and more!

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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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. Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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

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Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. ” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is a most exciting development: it means that anyone with a cheap MP3 player or a phone that plays MP3s can have access to our books. The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities. My second blog post in this series will describe how we are growing our Spanish-language program.

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8 Incredible Tips to Ask for Donations in Person

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The internet — and even phones, to some extent — have produced a certain amount of anonymity when it comes to asking for donations and making contributions. Practice in front of a mirror or with colleagues to make notes of your body language and any nervous gestures. These methods should include: Phone calls.

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