Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

For example, you can start your prompt with “Write a heartfelt story for an 8-yr old about…” or “Provide a never-heard-before solution for boomers about…” Add personality : Don’t be afraid to give the AI an attitude or tone.

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Kindful

APRIL 26, 2021

Similar to a wedding, write down all the photos you think would be helpful to have for social media, appeals, newsletters, etc. Go through the stories and testimonials you have. Collect images the same way you collect stories or testimonials. Just make sure your captions draw your reader back into the story and your appeal.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Newsletter. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Provide fundraising success stories. Make your default “My Story” compelling on fundraising pages. Not all fundraisers will change the “My Story” area.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Such resources should include sample solicitation letters for mail and email, quick stats and impact statements for social media, sample scripts for phone calls, and thank you letters for follow-up communications. Ask for, and share, stories of involvement and success. 3) Involve. Understanding the Value of Team Captains.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

One of our favorite posts is about data hygiene (which can easily be a snooze to read about), but they take on the subject by creating a script for an old-school PSA. Learn all about how to tell stories that inspire action on the blog , or follow her on Twitter @VanessaEChase. BETH’S BLOG. TECHSOUP BLOG. And just for fun….

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Once confirmed, welcome them with an email that tells your organization’s story and sets expectations on how often they’ll hear from you. Newsletters. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Thank you’s. Peer to peer.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Once confirmed, welcome them with an email that tells your organization’s story and sets expectations on how often they’ll hear from you. Newsletters. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Thank you’s. Peer to peer.

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email Communication Effective Fundraising 67

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Perhaps this story is familiar. You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. So we studied the problem, then created custom scripts to clean and de-dupe based on reasonable best practices. Now, let’s talk about your donor database. When was the last time you cleaned it up? Got rid of dupes? Threw the trash out?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

myself and my colleagues got to hear your stories. pushing the boundaries of what health IT can be and do; and hundreds upon hundreds more stories! What was once a fairly straightforward field (writing letters of appeal, drafting a newsletter) is now in a tech renaissance. reviewing email and e-newsletter metrics.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

That means thanking them well, giving them updates, and telling them stories about the work your nonprofit is doing in changing lives. Recent print collateral, such as a newsletter or annual report. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. A tiny, inexpensive gift, such as a bookmark, sticker, or magnet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We [ myself , @MeganSoffe r , and @PIRDave from OnGood ] streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Don’t be too scripted and embrace the unexpected.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Focus on their impact and show that impact through stories. It should help highlight the impact of the project, and connect that impact to personal stories. You can easily share portions of your case for support in the body of the page: this is where you can focus on the story and impact. How will their gift make a difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. Ning is also very flexible. t that bad.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2011

I recently read this story about Gail, a donor who has been giving consistently for over 30 years to the same organizations and has never had her cumulative gifts recognized. Give each board member a handful of phone numbers to call and a thank you script if you like. Have a mini thank-a-thon at your monthly board meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Other then this practical reason, we also syndicate headlines from our blogs, podcast, and videocast in order to pull them into the Workshops resources and eventually to our flagship website to purchase our media guide, sign up for additional training, and subscribe to our electronic newsletter. Ning is also very flexible.

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Care2

MAY 1, 2008

If you cant make it to our Meetup, our friends at ePhilanthropy.org ran a great story by See3 , summarizing the top 10 tips for shooting online video.

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Social Media Video Advocacy Web 28

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. It will take time to script, record, and edit the audio, engage with listeners, and collaborate with contributors. Tags: corey pudhorodsky NPTech NTEN Newsletter podcasting social media. Tools and Resources.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

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.” TIP: Include a compelling image or brief video that tells a story demonstrating the impact of your donor’s gift.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We manually sync CRM donor data with our email marketing system every time we launch a newsletter or a multi-channel fundraising appeal. Anyway, each time we launch an event, newsletter, or fundraising appeal, we take the donor data from the most recently used databases and update the others. Summing it up.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Because what you’re sending out in social media, newsletters, when you’re doing these Zoom presentations and making virtual ask, all of this ties back to your mission, your vision, and your values. I have an organization that they don’t even like sending newsletters. And I want to show you how. Switch the context.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

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. Provide additional information about your organization through welcome packets, newsletters, and other resources.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

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. Provide additional information about your organization through welcome packets, newsletters, and other resources.

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Ideas Donor Strategy Create 133

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for. In November I want you to set up all of your acknowledgments, your email autoresponder, your thank you cards, your thank you scripts. If you do that, I recommend giving them a script to make it super easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. Let me explain by telling the story of how it got started. Michael shared some insights into his writing discipline and practice, content filtering approaches, and observations of blogging by and about nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

So, I reached out to Brian to learn more about the inside story of their success and lessons learned. They provided them with materials to help them reach out to their networks, including sample status updates, tweets, newsletter blurbs, and blog posts. Brian Rusch (@alohalife) March 25, 2015. Did the Dalai Lama participate?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the best ways to share the message is by telling a story. The target length of the video and the production requirements (equipment, script, locations) will help determine a timeline. Email newsletters are one of the preferred ways to share content with the organization’s owned audience. This is the driver of all content.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

They value and appreciate a book-style annual report with detailed stories, infographics, and charts. You may also have some donors who won’t sit down to read your newsletter, much less a lengthy annual report. This story illustrates the benefits of a traditional report format. Follow a prepared script.

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