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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

Candid

While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. Make video part of your broader content workflow Consider how video script writing can fit into the broader way you create content. It started as a 90-second video script. We tie our videos to our blog posts.

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Create a standardized script. Include matching gifts in call scripts. To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign. Create a standardized script.

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Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event

Greater Giving

Review the event night timeline and script in detail at your program rehearsal. Monitor progress, track key metrics, and be prepared to adapt your strategies as needed. Conduct a status check on volunteer recruitment and work assignments. * 1 week before: Confirm speakers—emcee, special appeal speaker/s.

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A Quick Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Podcast: 5 Steps

Achieve

Do a few tongue twisters or practice reading parts of your script to warm up your vocal cords. People tend to rush through their scripts when they’re feeling nervous. Regularly check in on metrics like unique listeners and audience growth so you can adapt your strategies as needed. It’s time to sit down and record your podcast!

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What is Planned Giving?

sgEngage

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. Donor management software consolidates several time-consuming tasks to simplify the process of managing contributions while also providing access to valuable donor metrics.

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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

Kindful

They don’t follow a script. They use online surveys, analyze metrics, review marketing collateral, assess board culture, and review key information about an organization. Anyone can ask canned questions that lead to canned responses. Facilitating a high-impact, memorable retreat is an art and the best facilitators are master artists.

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. 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.” The Whisky Bot , while not a nonprofit focus, it is a good example of a more elaborate bot.

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