NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). Increase Event Fundraising with Social Media.

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Raise Relationship Tips Fundraising 208

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Let’s look at some simple, practical ideas you can use in the next few weeks to thank donors and make them feel special. If you don’t have their phone numbers, send an email letting them know you would like to call them and ask if they’d be willing to share their phone number and the best time to reach them. Just say thank you.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If not, give these donors a phone call pronto. And this is the time of year you risk having donors fall off a cliff.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Think about Board members, employees, volunteers, donors, and social media followers who can serve as ambassadors. Whether your ambassador communicates with their friends and family via phone, text, email, or social media is up to them. Provide opportunities to practice and role play.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Organizational Budgeting, Revenue Practices, and Forecasts (20 percent). Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number. Organization Social Media (Facebook page, Instagram page, Twitter page, etc.). You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

sign up) to ask for donations (see our “No Money, More Problems” webinar for how), or host fundraising-specific events like multi-day virtual galas with different speakers, trainings on best virtual fundraising practices and webinars with donor special guests. – Host webinars/Q&As about fostering best practices and training tips.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

The best practice in thanking volunteers is the same as thanking donors: just do it all the time, always trying new ways to make sure your volunteers feel appreciated. Now, ready for some practical ideas? Just use your phone. Post photos of the banner on your social media platforms for maximum exposure.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Try writing a script with a two-column approach. Of course you do! STEP THREE.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Offer tips for approaching the media. When approaching the media, though, they may need help. Help Them Follow Personal Fundraising Page Best Practices. Increase Event Fundraising with Social Media.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These campaigns may involve phone calls or occasional events and demonstrations, but most advocacy work will be conducted through virtual means. . Your nonprofit can overcome these hurdles with digital advocacy tools and best practice, such as: Automatic communication tools. Script-branching. Posting calendars.

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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. They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

The easiest place to start is with the practical question of how much your project is going to cost. If they have indicated they prefer to be contacted by phone rather than email, make sure you call them. This will help you build your budget and create a solid marketing strategy. Making a Budget for Your Plan.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

adopting design best practices. building social media campaigns. applying SEO best practices. scripting and editing videos and short films. applying SEO best practices. scripting and editing videos and short films. reviewing email and e-newsletter metrics. A/B testing the layout of our fundraising forms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. I blogged about the content last week.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

According to the Global NGO Online Technology Report , Millennials are most inspired to give by social media. It’s crucial that you encourage your supporters to use social media to raise awareness for their fundraising efforts. Offer tips for approaching the media. When approaching the media, though, they may need help.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

There will be times when you feel discouraged and also times when you feel a thrill when your phone dings, letting you know someone donated through your website. Set up social media accounts: Get established on Facebook and Instagram at a minimum. Beyond that, you only need to be on the social media platforms where your audience is.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

These uncertainties may be why many nonprofits still hesitate to adopt podcasting as a part of their new media strategy. Think of it as TiVo ® for Social Media on the Internet: People can get precisely what content they want, whenever they want it. Best Practices and Maintenance. The What and Why? Tools and Resources.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Thanking folks should be an ongoing, joyful practice. If you want your donors to stay uplifted by their philanthropy (and, as a corollary, if you want to continue to feel satisfied in your work with donors), then you’ve got to practice gratitude as a way of life. Phone Calls. Repetition. Once is not enough. Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

Nor I have been able to find his phone number or email to ask him directly. I'd love to know: How much scripting does he do prior to the interview? What are some best practices in terms of production and editing? If I do longer recordings, they have to be tightly scripted. maybe he'll leave a comment here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then we’ll hone in on some best practices that you and your teams can apply specifically to leverage your board members in your fundraising activity in a way that excites and energizes them. Four is considering the level of depth of our DEI practices and challenging ourselves to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

You know, you’ve been on social media, you know you’ve been on Facebook and you’ve seen these donations you meant to give and you start scrolling and then, “Oh, I got. Those board members agree to pick up the phone and call and say, “Thank you.” ” They forgot. it’s like squirrel.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. I hate phones.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

If you're making a screencast, and you end up having a vertical monopoly on the process (you write the script, do the filming, operate the mouse, do the editing, and produce it), you need to become a super learner. As Stephen Downes notes, being a super learner takes time and practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. " Does that include cell phones? Small dots is an advocate for technology in the arts. " Nonprofits and Web2.0 hard to use ?"

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. I hate phones.”

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Raise Money Video Brain 68

Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Follow Up Phone Call. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. It will also act as a confirmation that the donation was, in fact, received by your organization. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Follow Up Phone Call. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. It will also act as a confirmation that the donation was, in fact, received by your organization. .

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

From email templates to drafts of social media copy, your fundraisers will appreciate all the help you can provide so they can reach out to their networks with confidence and raise money for your mission. Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Emails. Templates for social media sharing, emails, text messages, phone call script, etc.]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Those words were quoted across the media coverage repeatedly.”. Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room. It’s not your script. A great example from last summer is from an opioid law suit — the State of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson.

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Slides Professional Tips Rhode Island 300

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Prioritize training and adoption: Train your staff on the features, functionalities, and best practices of the new system. Uniformity in entries like addresses, phone numbers, and dates enhances accuracy and readability. Validate, Update, and Enrich Information Validate contact details, such as emails and phone numbers.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Talk to each other, introduce yourself in the chat if you haven’t already because we will save some time for some Q&A once we kind of get through our scripted questions. I pick up the phone because it’s your boss and it’s, “Here’s the news. You can also tweet us. That was an absolute shock.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Those words were quoted across the media coverage repeatedly.”. Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room. It’s not your script. A great example from last summer is from an opioid law suit — the State of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Next practices in integrating social media for program delivery that leads to social outcomes. The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques? We also asked the community to vote and rate the examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

” Christie George of New Media Ventures and Akash Trivedi of Kiva.org will discuss key Lean Impact approaches. Meg Rulli, Social Media Director at Lean Impact. .” Tomorrow, the Lean Start Up is sponsoring a free web cast called, “ Lean Impact: Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-driven Organizations.”

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So this is what you’re going to spend on a copywriter, what you’re going to spend on printing, what you’re going to spend on, you know, social media ads, like all your printing, your design, your ads, your Facebook fundraising. Pick up the phone and ask. Like what are you going to spend? What is your budget?

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