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. Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. Please give your best gift now.”

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Here's the backstory: In the summer of 2021, over 130 funders shared example grant applications with TAG as part of our involvement in the #FixtheForm campaign with GrantAdvisor.org. These grant forms enabled TAG to not only determine the level of overlap between questions (39 percent) but also to identify groups of shared questions.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

This example is a bit more complex, and might involve writing a custom standalone script in a programming language like Python to take advantage of the two APIs. Our second example involved matching event attendees from a ticketing system like Eventbrite with donor history from a donor management system like DonorPerfect.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned Giving Is Accessible to All Planned giving flips the script on the traditional donation structure because it does not disrupt a supporter’s current cash flow. Planned Giving Benefits Planned giving programs provide increased opportunities for existing and potential donors and encourage long-term growth.

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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. Personal handwriting packs a punch!

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do. If you design modular furniture, a logo featuring Victorian script and flowers is going to be misleading. We’ll share some fries. Share This Post! The goal of a logo is to spark an emotion. Let’s go back to McDonald’s.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Invite everyone to share how they got involved with the organization, what their role is, and why it means so much to them. Instead share a message about an upcoming campaign and encourage them to personalize the message. Share with them your organization’s brand strategy and messaging goals. They are already doing that.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do. If you design modular furniture, a logo featuring Victorian script and flowers is going to be misleading. We’ll share some fries. Share This Post! The goal of a logo is to spark an emotion. Let’s go back to McDonald’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. There are bots that are self-training using AI language. The testing was fun and it also helped me figure out how to script the close-end conversation that happens when you “Wake Up the Beth Bot.” Please share in the comments.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Some are so amazing you HAVE to immediately share them; while others are so bad they make you hit the back button faster than Austin Wierschke can send a text to a friend. 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.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

Using sociological segmentation allows you to can create personalized missives that speak to groups of donors who share a general commonality in their lives. Creating messages that are geared toward them can vary greatly in language, graphics, images, and all other elements. Shared Interests. Engagement Level.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Automating donor touchpoints, such as pre-scripted acknowledgment letters and prompts for birthday notifications, takes some of the pressure off a fundraiser’s day-to-day so they can focus on one-to-one interaction with high-value donors and personalized communications with major prospects and supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And if you can use your Core Number to share what it costs to feed that child lunch, even better! Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs. What is needed to make this better?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

In such a case, note on their donor record that they prefer privacy, so they won’t get another request to share about their decision to give. Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. This makes them feel relevant, like they have wisdom worth sharing.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

In 2022, we shared that EveryAction joined other leading social good technology companies CyberGrants, Network for Good, Social Solutions, and their respective entities to become Bonterra. Q+A As Bonterra, we don’t just have updates to share about our product roadmap—we also wanted to provide answers to some questions you’ve had for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

The next best thing is to have colleagues who have attended amazing conferences like Personal Democracy Forum and share what they learned. I’m grateful that Kate Wing has offered up this guest post about her experience at PDF 2013. One of those conferences would be the Personal Democracy Forum. Well, a girl can dream, right?

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

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. You can use it to update the community on the outcome of your campaign, share additional news, and highlight major donors. Case for Support. Choosing Your Platform for Your Capital Campaign. Guess what?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

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. Share Your Concept with Stakeholders. Distill the Message and Invite Supporters to Join the Story.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Of course, we’ve spent the year sharing tips and tricks to get your virtual fundraising to the next level all year long, but let’s be real: few things are as helpful as seeing real examples of real nonprofits doing it right. Colleen also made sure to create a robust template for her fundraisers with boilerplate language and images.

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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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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

As we begin the countdown to our Winter release, I wanted to share my top 4 list of the nerdiest, but nonetheless super cool, upcoming enhancements. ” 2) Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). A lot has changed since then, most notably, Google has updated Analytics to use what's known as an asynchronous script.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So let me share my slides with you all. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. ” Share that with your donors. Share wins.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

These are people who want to help amplify your message to increase your impact, share their passion, and recruit others to join the cause. . No wonder brand messages are shared 24 times more frequently when coming from employees (real people) compared to when posted by the company. . Share the why with your ambassadors.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. You’ll want to ensure there are no high-touch materials at your event, such as kiosks, or shared devices of any kind. Not sold yet? Here’s why you should be!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

I’ve seen test participants use salty language (yes, really) and even break into hard sweats (yes, really). I do this by reading a welcome script like the one below which is a modified version of Steve Krug’s. to share your desktop so stakeholders can watch the testing in progress. Do you have any final questions?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And my colleague is going to share our presentation and we will jump right in. As I shared, I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS and an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. And when people ask why I do the work that I do, I like to share my own mission. So a little bit more about me very quickly. A lot of Cs, okay.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And you’ll be able to share that as well. If you’re going to share this with a board member, that’d be kind of fun too. So I’m going to stop sharing my screen and we’ll see if we can get your slides going here again. Just let me know if the slides are sharing. We’ll get them to you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Our online personas and the quality of our “screen sharing” have become part of our identities. The goals of any online presentation are for your key takeaways to (1) be cemented in the minds of your attendees, (2) be shared with other interested parties, or (3) inspire action in support of your cause. It’s not your script.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The language that we use is vitally important to our fundraising efforts. Especially when working with online donors, your role as a fundraiser is to share what you’re doing and how you’re fulfilling your mission so that donors understand what you’re doing with their gift. Each of these is an important element. So what is a toolkit?

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Forum One

JUNE 15, 2021

In this post, we’ll share the six most common issues we’ve encountered and how to fix them. Render-blocking resources are scripts, cascading style sheets (CSS), and HTML imports that block or delay the browser from rendering page content to the screen. Serve images in next-gen formats. Eliminate render-blocking resources.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In the last step of this digital marketing plan, we’re going to share SEO strategies and tactics we use to increase search rankings on Google. Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. The time has finally come to demystify Search Engine Optimization ( SEO) for nonprofits. Related Post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Our online personas and the quality of our “screen sharing” have become part of our identities. The goals of any online presentation are for your key takeaways to (1) be cemented in the minds of your attendees, (2) be shared with other interested parties, or (3) inspire action in support of your cause. It’s not your script.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So, Lori, let me stop sharing my slides here and you can bring up your beautiful slides and see if it works. Do I need to stop my share to do that, Steven? Share the results so everybody can see them. When you match our first half million,” notice the language there, “we will make another grant of a half million.”

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

of a “Meet the Team” video by Eventbrite for some inspiration: Share Your Culture – Behind the Scenes Videos. Share Your Successes – Video Testimonials. by The Boys & Girls Club of America, Brandon shares his story: Share Your Insight – Interview Videos. Check out this example. Video testimonials. In this video.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I’m going to stop sharing. And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. Yeah, this would be really great to share with everyone. Share them with the group.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Once we identify what questions we want to answer, I’ll fashion a script for a moderated usability test to guide the conversation during the course of the test. As I work on the usability test script, it usually becomes clear to me what additional pages I should be prepared to show as part of my prototype. What’s Next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

That’s where Lean Impact comes in: highlighting the organizations using Lean for social good, and to share those examples and lessons with other social good organizations. They also learn professional and language skills in order to enable them to find meaningful employment. Susmita De, Nonprofit-Share (Chief Operating Officer).

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