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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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Whether your donors are transactional or high value (including mid-level and recurring donors) or participatory (like event participants and volunteers), building healthy relationships with them today—and retaining them—recognizes the responsibility we all have to our constituents, our communities, and, ultimately, to ourselves.

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. In this blog, you’ll find articles about: Donor Cultivation, Workplace Dynamics, and Relationship Building through Technology. Fundraising is about building relationships. It’s a two-way relationship.

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8 Tips for Crafting an Appealing Year-End Email Appeal

The Modern Nonprofit

Treat your Email like a conversation rather than a lecture. As in any good relationship, taking the other person’s feelings and perspective into consideration is the best way to build bridges. But the truth is, this gratitude should be the first thing you discuss in your email, setting the tone for the rest of the appeal.

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7 Can’t-Miss Nonprofit Conferences for 2017

NonProfit Hub

Lectures are left for the classroom. Storytelling. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Storytelling tracks include: The fundamentals of nonprofit storytelling. Direct mail storytelling. Online storytelling. Major giving storytelling. Relationship building. Fresh fundraising perspectives.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba, Part 2

ASU Lodestar Center

Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Last time we introduced Anne, a new lecturer in the School of Community Resources & Development and coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Newspapers, magazines, and blogs focus on storytelling.

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10 Mistakes Your Nonprofit Is Making On Social Media

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Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me.