sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It’s a good idea to follow strategic best practices , but be true to your own vision, mission, and values rather than copying a competitor’s playbook. 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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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. What problem needs solving? That’s not how we should approach editing.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

It’s a good idea to follow strategic best practices , but be true to your own vision, mission, and values rather than copying a competitor’s playbook. 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

Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute. This new environment is an opportunity to rethink solutions to strategic problems and create innovative virtual events that inspire supporters to do more. Virtual solutions.

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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. And that’s a problem. Now, ready for some practical ideas? Actually, there is never a bad time to thank volunteers. You have probably asked them to call donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?” Scarcity captures the mind.

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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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2017

Advocacy is a way to showcase your organization’s mission while solving a problem at the same time. Provide them with talking scripts if necessary so that they can practice what they are going to say. With a plan and resources, you can arm your biggest supporters with the tools they need to be stewards for your cause.

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Museum Advocacy Script Washington 38

EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

As we move forward in creating a cohesive Bonterra software ecosystem, our top priority remains the same: putting your unique needs front and center by delivering the critical functionality and problem solving you’ve come to expect from us. This isn’t just a helpful thing to do—it’s the right thing to do.

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

The problem with video as a marketing tool is that it puts us on the spot and makes us vulnerable. Step 1: Follow marketing best practices. Step 2: Write a script. Keep in mind your audience (marketing best practice #2) and where they are in the buying cycle. And, most importantly, how can they do this right now?

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Problems + slow response times = frustrated fundraisers. Help Them Follow Personal Fundraising Page Best Practices. Provide samples of everything. Provide fundraising success stories.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Practically every browser other than that one released ten years ago now supports HTML5. With CORS , a somewhat new-ish spec from the W3C, the internet finally figured out a solution to this age-old problem. A lot has changed since then, most notably, Google has updated Analytics to use what's known as an asynchronous script.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. What I see the most often in this section is that grant writers include a flowery narrative with a lot of information about problems.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

So, Learning security practices in top universities like the Stanford cybersecurity course comes with many advantages that include personalized mentorship, a comprehensive curriculum, etc and helps you to build a great Cybersecurity career. In the same way, by having a robust high-speed network we can solve the latency problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. Here's some reflections on the Webinar: Overcoming the Strawberry Jam Problem With Social Design. In fact, we gave away a couple of free copies. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Only problem…you’re not totally sure how to plan a capital campaign. The easiest place to start is with the practical question of how much your project is going to cost. Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Don’t despair.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2007

When everyone involved knows from the very beginning of the engagement that errors can and will occur -- and that errors will be fixed -- these technical errors really present no problem to the long-range consulting relationship. So we've learned that it's important to have procedures and practices in place that force your brain into gear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

The next problem is figuring out how to do it. 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. Take for example this screencast on the launch of Jotspot.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Problems + slow response times = frustrated fundraisers. Help Them Follow Personal Fundraising Page Best Practices. Provide samples of everything. Provide fundraising success stories. OK, there’s my 44.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Be sure your first website makes it easy to understand why your organization exists, who you are helping, what you are doing that is different and effective, and what problem you are working to solve. Work up a simple script and practice it. And, make it super easy to give you money. Make your story concise and powerful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Gather your ideas Create a script - don't go free form or you might end up with a lot of ums and ahs. General rule - fix the problem upstream. Have a date or show number on the title first is a best practice. The problem is that you don't own your feed. There were about 30 people in the room, only about 5 were women.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. I do this by reading a welcome script like the one below which is a modified version of Steve Krug’s. Today, we gear up for your big test day! It’s test day… what now?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. You need to get honest with yourself because we’re going to solve the problem here. This is very, very practical. This script will help you. And this assessment is important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget? What problem does a widget solve?

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Media Cause

MARCH 13, 2024

See this put into practice for Allied Community Resources’ visual guidelines: Building Block 2: Typography The typography you define for your brand also reinforces your identity. They are generally classified based on appearance into one of the following groups: serifs, sans-serifs, scripts, decorative, and monospaced styles.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you have to leave early, no problem. ” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. ” To each board member, have the script, they pick up their cell phones and they make those calls. But that’s a practical thing that I know that works. Are you practicing? Things like that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I saw a black board in the corner of the room, wheeled it over and wrote the key words of the presentation and shared my favorite advice about issues of incorporating technology into your instructional practice: "It isn't a matter of if technical glitches will happen, it's what are you going to do when they happen. No problem.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 4, 2022

They are highly experienced with Marketing Cloud and/or Pardot, industry best practices, and related Salesforce products. Digital Managed Services Consultants are experienced technology professionals who lead Salesforce Marketing Cloud and/or Pardot support projects with a variety of nonprofit and higher education organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Kaushik's thinking is based on " Occam's Razor Principle " (which boils down to a poetic way of saying " KISS ") The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization's web site, the Idealist , is using the software in practice. What follows is a very rough draft for a script.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. ” And here’s my number one favorite one because I see perfectionism is a huge problem in major gift fundraising. I have seen this firsthand because we have a big problem with perfectionism in major gifts. So there is a tremendous opportunity for us right now.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. I learned about game design, theme park design, video production, script-writing, show programming, and air compressors, working with cranks and fire marshals and brilliant folks of all kinds. Share your ideas.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. ” And here’s my number one favorite one because I see perfectionism is a huge problem in major gift fundraising. I have seen this firsthand because we have a big problem with perfectionism in major gifts. So there is a tremendous opportunity for us right now.

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Money Raise Video Brain 68

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. Then, make sure everyone is up to date on the latest donations so that they can make these phone calls in a timely manner. .

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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. Then, make sure everyone is up to date on the latest donations so that they can make these phone calls in a timely manner. .

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Similarly, you may want to find a solution that can deploy novice and expert workflows simultaneously--meaning that the tools to manage clients or answer calls can be arranged with more or fewer tips and scripts based on the user’s level of experience.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Prioritize training and adoption: Train your staff on the features, functionalities, and best practices of the new system. Validation checks: Employ automated scripts to validate data against predefined rules. Address concerns, provide updates, and ensure a transparent transition process.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Emails. If you want to plan the best peer-to-peer email campaign for maximum impact, there are a few best practices you should keep in mind. If your donors have read your email and they’re still unsure of who sent it, you might have a problem. Create a communications calendar.

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