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The Secret Way To Boost Year-End Gifts

Bloomerang

Your donors are touched when they hear from a leadership volunteer taking (unpaid) time from their busy day just to say thanks. Start with a straightforward script Give your volunteers a warm, personable thank you script. It should sound like a conversation (not like a thank-you script a robot might write).

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Brilliant Careers Are Built With Bold Moves

Eric Jacobsen Blog

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” Instead of asking: “How do I balance?”

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Show Me the World: Getting Your Org Started With Online Video

NTEN

Script your “narration” so you can shoot the right material to illustrate what you are talking about. Make sure that you think about sound quality; people will watch bad video with good sound, but not good video with bad sound. Create a “shot list” which notes the content you need to capture to tell this story.

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10 Soft Skills to Nail the Ask

BoardAssist

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. If your voice inflects to a higher pitch at the end of your sentences like you are asking a question you will not sound confident or credible. That is a lot happening at once! That tells people you are unapproachable. Freely express your gratitude.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

Does that sound good? If that sounds like you, put “me” in the chat. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So I want you to tell me which one of these sounds most like you, related to getting 10k gifts. No judgment.

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Donor Data Migration for Nonprofits: Explained

Neon CRM

Sound exciting? Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Validation checks: Employ automated scripts to validate data against predefined rules. Well, we’re starting anyway!

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Let me know if any of these sound familiar. We saw leadership saying, “It’s inappropriate to fundraise during a pandemic. So how familiar do these ones sound? So these are all limiting beliefs, even though they may not sound like it. How does that sound? So here’s a few I hear often, right?

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