Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. 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. Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words.

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Byte Technology

JULY 21, 2016

In layman’s terms it’s an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file designed to store and transport data that lists the URLs (Universal Resource Locators) for a particular site and allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL, such as when it was last updated, how often in changes and its relationship to other URLs within the site.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Leave Them Wanting More Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Recipients who click on a video tend to have higher brand awareness and are likelier to convert. Thank you’s.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Recipients who click on a video tend to have higher brand awareness and are likelier to convert. Thank you’s.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For example, my friend operates a food pantry, and she did not like a video a volunteer made about getting ready to volunteer at the food pantry. My friend thought the video of a volunteer deciding what to wear to the food pantry made light of food insecurity and struck the wrong tone. Videos, done right, can be very effective!

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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. Some other things to listen for or look for: Repetitive language.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Want to see more?

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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.”

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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. Examining what makes video have an impact was the topic of TechSoup’s recent Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat. Creating a short video that has meaningful impact might seem daunting but isn’t impossible.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. ” To each board member, have the script, they pick up their cell phones and they make those calls. And so they created a series of videos, not complicated, didn’t charge them a lot. Let’s sit down and talk about a script.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. The video alone brought us to tears. We’re a donor database.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. Some may have an offbeat response, such as a sweater they knitted or a houseboat they built using YouTube videos. Not only can you ask questions, but you can read body language which is very hard on the phone.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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. Colleen also made sure to create a robust template for her fundraisers with boilerplate language and images.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

There’s lots of videos, lots of things you can look at to get a sense of what we offer. 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. And the thank-you video.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Video marketing, in particular, can be a great way to educate your audience about the problems your organization is working to solve. shows that including even a single video on your nonprofit’s website can improve conversions by as much as 80%! PROVEN WAYS TO USE VIDEO MARKETING FOR YOUR NONPROFIT. Video testimonials.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 11, 2006

Syntax checking in all three languages. Take a look at their little demo video. With an integrated debugger, Aptana will leave pure script debugging tools like SplineTech in the dust. Aptana provides code-assist for html, CSS ,and JavaScript, including your own JavaScript functions and libraries.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

TIP: Attach a brief video or a photo showing how their gift will be used. TIP: Learn: (1) Who to call; (2) Who should make the call; (3) When to call; (4) How to call; (5) What to say, and (6) Next steps by heading over to Clairification and grabbing my free “ Donor Thank You Calls E-Book + Script.” None called to say thank you.

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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 2, 2021

Maybe think about making a switch or, if you’re just curious about what we have going on, visit our website, all kinds of videos you can watch, kind of get a sense of what we’re all about. That Zoom briefing of where your organization is at becomes a video. . People like pictures, video over words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). You'll also need some video editing software. Rashmi Sinha offers some thoughts on how to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages. What is a Widget? My first stop for definitions is the (online) dictionary.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

And when we are off the clock, we take virtual trips to foreign countries, cook on live-demo video calls, and shimmy around our living rooms with fellow Zumba dancers who could be anywhere in the world. Before your presentation, take the time to record some video tests on the platform you are using with a few parts of your presentation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

And when we are off the clock, we take virtual trips to foreign countries, cook on live-demo video calls, and shimmy around our living rooms with fellow Zumba dancers who could be anywhere in the world. Before your presentation, take the time to record some video tests on the platform you are using with a few parts of your presentation.

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Forum One

JUNE 15, 2021

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. Any script that doesn’t involve what the viewer will see right away should be deferred until the rest of the page is loaded. Eliminate render-blocking resources.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

If you're thinking about trying out TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge by making a 90 second video about your charitable work, uploading it to YouTube, and sending the link to us, you might find Adobe Story Free useful. " The film script format looks to be the simplest template to use. How It Works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

What follows is a very rough draft for a script. This YouTube video shows how to exclude your internal traffic (min 2:13) by using a filter. Show example of Idealist tracking the different language versions and geographic distribution. I also keep fairly good track of the languages of visitors of our site.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You can get a demo, you can watch videos, all kinds of cool things on our website. But what are the professional opportunities that we can offer our board so that they feel prepared with the language and the skills and the tools to be successful? Because, you know, is it giving them a script for a phone call, or a template?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. Images, videos, interactive and immersive content are also key to keeping visitors engaged on your site. This means all of your fancy scripts that add to functionality or design are removed in order to display content FAST.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Or, if you’re feeling trendy, you can convert an existing piece of content into a video. According to HubSpot, 43% of people want to see more video content from marketers. Here’s a list of equipment and software I’ve used in the past to create 5-10 minute demo videos: Microphone: Audio-Technica.

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