Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. TIP: Strapped for resources and folks to make calls? 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. Don’t let them!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Gaming fundraiser.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To help you create a more open, diverse, and inclusive virtual event, we’ve put together this list of tips and best practices. As event professionals, you should put together a lineup that is as diverse as the audience you hope to reach. Use Inclusive Language. Diversify Your Directors or Staff. The words we use matter.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

And YET… one of the things I’ve encountered so many times is organizations thinking that they have to be “professional” in order to be seen as a “serious” non-profit. I used to strive to be much more “professional.” Learning about my Fascination language is how and why I write emails the way I do.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To help you create a more open, diverse, and inclusive virtual event, we’ve put together this list of tips and best practices. As event professionals, you should put together a lineup that is as diverse as the audience you hope to reach. Use Inclusive Language. Diversify Your Directors or Staff. The words we use matter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re always thinking of ways to encourage your donors to increase their donation amounts. For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Experiment with your body language and speaking volume, and try these: A natural energy level. Click here for more tips. Well, that depends.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

I’ve seen too many nonprofit students spend more time on “making their emails pretty,” than is warranted. Make Your Opt-In Language Clear and Direct You only want to email people who have explicitly opted into receiving emails from you. Your header image: This is the graphic that appears at the top of your message. How important is it?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

O ver 6,000 professionals?representing?departments Whether it’s rethinking how they contact their donors, the language they use on donor calls, where they ’ re direct ing their funds, or even how they ’ re partnering with students to drive donor engagement. bbcon 2020. and we’re proud to say higher ed?was in attendance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Experiment with your body language and speaking volume, and try these: A natural energy level. Click here for more tips. Well, that depends.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Your major gifts office is a fundraising professional who specializes in major gift cultivation and stewardship. clients, members, subscribers, students, patients, program attendees, ticket purchasers) Families of beneficiaries Once you’ve identified these prospects in your donor database, move them through your major gifts pipeline.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We’ve made it easy for CauseVox clients to get on board with #GivingTuesday by creating a set of resources, tips, guides, and providing extra support specific to the campaign. Here’s our tips for planning a hybrid fundraising event. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer. It can also tip you off to their expertise. Some donors know a lot more about the cause area than organizations realize.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

As a professional communicator, you face a smorgasbord of challenges online. Pro tip : The surest way to lower a readability score is to shorten the length of your sentences.). But marketers and development professionals stray from this idea constantly. We couldn’t have a language without them. What You’re Up Against.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention. A bonus delivery tip. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. It is really important to pay attention to body language (discomfort, confusion, boredom, etc.)

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Here are some tips to get you started: Answer Their Questions. When Alyssa Jones, a student at City Community College, must choose between eating breakfast and paying the rent, she skips breakfast. She’s not alone—over 75% of low-income students in our city skip breakfast for financial reasons.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Although, I’ll give you a little tip, if you use the Q&A box, it might be easier for us to call out your question, just a little insider tip for you. The whole pack is designed to speak to the reasons of why supporters give in their own language. But we’d love to hear from you. So you can use those.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It’s a lively and interactive way to raise funds—just make sure that you have some professionals on hand in case people get a little carried away or don’t stay properly hydrated. Here’s a pro tip: You can never go wrong with hiring a shaved ice truck to attend. Save your spot.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So I did what a lot of nonprofit professionals do and I gave up, which actually meant that I switched organizations thinking that it was going to be different somewhere else. All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. But before I knew it, I just became Sandy again. And you may recognize these mistakes too.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So I did what a lot of nonprofit professionals do and I gave up, which actually meant that I switched organizations thinking that it was going to be different somewhere else. All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. But before I knew it, I just became Sandy again. And you may recognize these mistakes too.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. “We are serving X number of students right now.” And for a good reason.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Course authoring software platforms empower learning professionals, often alongside content development experts, to author, design, and assemble eLearning courses for learners. You’ll want to keep the following tips in mind as well. Tips to Choose Course Authoring Software for Your Association. 10+ Top Tools. per month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

Student-led grant committee program with University of Central Florida. Professional services for donors and nonprofits. On this note, I walked the group through our updated brand guide which includes our mission statement, brand promise, brand positioning statement and core brand language. Vision for improving the community.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

But what about the things that museum professionals can’t (or feel they can’t) do? Museum professionals don’t have the tools to make wise decisions about when and why to self-censor. Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. and displayed in the museum.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

So I’m going to say I get [foreign language 00:19:56]. ” And I’m like, ” [foreign language 00:20:19].” ” And I’m like, ” [foreign language 00:20:19].” Ensure consistently clean data in a professional data system. You’re speaking my language. ” OMG.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

And hopefully, if you’ve built your fundraising skill using the tips we share, you know how to add an idea to help close the gap in your budget. Look for a specific need in your organization that needs to be funded, such as moving five students or families off your waiting list or purchasing most-needed items for emergency food boxes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think that it's too bad that our stories are not in the common language of arts and entertainment because I think our stories can be very powerful - the stories of an immigrant family, of a single family, of a family who's organizing, or fighting evictions, a young woman who's questioning her sexuality. What is your messaging?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2008

When museum professionals talk about extending the museum experience, they’re usually talking about post-visit experiences. For a few lucky students, it may be an in-class program or curriculum tie-in. You make some promises, energize the base, and hopefully tip some undecided visitors your way.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Here’s a pro tip: North Shore Animal League worked with the team at DNL OmniMedia to develop a custom interface through Blackbaud TeamRaiser. Meet the Residents page.

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