Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Super-short videos have become one of the coolest (and easiest!) Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Why Super-Short Videos? Fundraising videos. Really short.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. Leave a message: If you don’t get the person on the phone, leave a message with your callback number and send a follow-up email inviting them to give. That’s [phone number].

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Sometimes you can ask for donations solely online; in other cases, it may be better through a one-on-one meeting, a presentation, or a phone call. Before you write that post/pick up the phone/set up that meeting, the best thing you can do is BE PREPARED (you’re seeing this theme a lot here – have you noticed?). So do I.” “I

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Address the donor by name, explain how their contribution will make a difference, and consider including a short video featuring a beneficiary expressing gratitude. They draw from an archive of videos and pictures to insert in the series that they also make available to their members. They usually send three emails over ten days.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

Here’s a sample GivingGrid from the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri: Tips for Best Practice Of course, online fundraising is still donor-based fundraising. Adding a warm thank-you video on this page will make the donor feel really good about giving, and that’s what this is all about.

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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).

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Allow fundraisers to upload either photos or videos to their page. A video can tell a more powerful story than a photo.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Or will snapshots from cell phones work for your website to convey the grassroots nature of your work? Experiment with photos and short videos to find the right mix that tell your nonprofit’s story. Test every page of your website and make sure it displays correctly on a phone. Stock photos can look staged and generic.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. Thank you phone calls for first-time donors, major donors, monthly donors, and other targeted groups to offer immediate gratification, establish trust, and demonstrate the need for the just-received gift.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Bring skills to the table to do tasks you can’t afford to hire out (like bookkeeping, lawn maintenance, facility maintenance, video editing, etc.). Thank-you video: Shoot a short video thanking your volunteers. Just use your phone. Upload the video to YouTube and send your volunteers the link.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2010

I have until December 27th to terminate my contract, select a more nonprofit friendly phone, and toss my iPhone. For example, Amy Sample Ward highly recommended the Droid X on Verizon. I told the sales person exactly why my perfect mobile phone was NOT an iPhone (see video ).

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Classy

AUGUST 6, 2021

The screenshot below shows the donation form they’ve incorporated onto their website, as well as some sample information entered into the form. The bulk of its campaign page is dedicated to telling the nonprofit’s story through imagery, video, and text. KIPP Public Schools uses this approach for a seamless donor experience.

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Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Whatever you do, be sure to include a photo or a video, plenty of supporting text, and a call-to-action in the form of a link (where possible) for folks to take a similar action. During the pandemic, savvy fundraisers seem to have rediscovered the phone in particular.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. Be sure to check it out for yourself or watch this video to take a tour. Historypin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Sometimes it has worked swimmingly like this one with Amy Sample Ward in 2008, other times not. I spoke for five minutes and then Steve served as the moderator and ask questions in the room and had me answer. (Here’s a video ).

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? 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! Of course you do!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Location and hours: Share the nuts-and-bolts information a volunteer might need in a pinch, including the location of all program sites, hours of operation, the main phone number, your mailing address, and your website. Include email addresses of all employees and phone numbers of those who work directly with volunteers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. Millions of videos are watched online every day. posted by Crystal Nettles, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The ALS Association raised $115 million from the challenge.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Include plenty of non-Ask activities in your plan to balance out the Asks like thanking donors well , sending holiday cards, holding thankathons, and surprising donors with thank-you video. You can shoot and share a thank-you video. You need to answer the phone when donors call or greet them if they drop a check off in person.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

The thank you team means that when a gift comes through the door, I am going to send you an email, that email is going to have who was the donor, here’s their cell phone number or contact number, and here is how much they donated. Those board members agree to pick up the phone and call and say, “Thank you.”

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Don’t expect someone who has a social worker background and program experience to also know how to design graphics for social media and be amazing on video. Don’t expect someone to be a whiz at photography, video editing, design software, analytics, email marketing, and event planning all at the same time. Start with a phone screen.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

This video outlines what a new plan might look like, starting at the 24:30 mark, and many of those steps are outlined below. may have extra time on their hands and can participate in making phone calls to steward and check in on your loyal donors. You see a sample phone script for this call here.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Thankfully for members of #OWS, there are various tools to livestream events, just from your mobile phone. The livestream – whether it’s video, audio, or just text – can be embedded in your online homebase and shared across social networks. The power of “now” is what makes something go from news, to breaking news.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

To learn what they had to say, check out the link to the Instagram videos via the @NTENorg account. In order to ensure the work and concepts that emerged throughout the workshops had a launch pad, we created the Idea Accelerator as the final day’s focus, pushing those ideas into possibilities.”.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

This includes keeping your LMS up and running smoothly and providing end-user, after-hours, and overflow live phone support. Ask about their preferred communication style (ex: in-person, over the phone, via email). Analyze samples of their past work. Administering your LMS and providing call center management.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Visit our website, there’s all kinds of free resources, videos there you can watch. Steven: All right, I’m going to turn our video off. You want to use videos, you want to use photos, and you really want to talk about benefits to the donor for doing this. And you can learn more about us. there we go. Steven: Nice.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

This includes rent/facility costs, payroll, admin, fundraising, phones, and any other expenses you need to keep the organization’s doors open. You can use really powerful messaging, photos, and videos to show the need and how your programs will meet that need, even if you haven’t gotten started yet. What will this cost?

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

WWT is a telesummit, meaning you can participate from your home, office, or anywhere else that you have phone and Internet access! Too many NTEN members to name were interviewed in Convio’s recent video survey. Holly Ross and Amy Sample Ward will be hosting the fun on June 17th.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

You can check out videos to watch to really get a sense of what we’re all about. . Should I call you on the phone periodically? Will you make a phone call? And like you heard a couple times, I’m going to be sending out all those resources that Andy mentioned, that handout, the checklist, the sample questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” Udi was not on Twitter before he started tweeting for his organization and was a Twitter novice, but he was opened to sitting down with his communications staff for a half hour tutorial where they showed him the basics of using Twitter and how to do it from his mobile phone.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

There’s videos you can really get a good sense of what we’re all about here at Bloomerang. Many of them will do like a little sample screening for you so you can see what it looks before you make the investment. So I have a sample donation reply card on the Resource page. But wait at least an hour to do that.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. He is co-founder of Roo.io , a handy tool to record phone interviews on mobile devices. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? Sometimes we even put voices and faces to names (er, Twitter handles), whether through a phone call about the group’s evolution or an in-person meetup at the NTC.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

more likely than any other generation to post a video of themselves online. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. If it’s a full screen on your computer, and you are looking at it on your phone, it’s impossible. Millennial Distinctions. about 85 Million. 1st generation raised on mobiles.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Allow fundraisers to upload either photos or videos to their page. A video can tell a more powerful story than a photo.

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