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. Q: How does it sound? Does this sound or look like a policy briefing?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Make sure your thank-you note also serves as a donation receipt and gives all the practical information the donor needs including the amount of the gift, the gift date, and the reason for the gift. You are so important to our organization’s work!”

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. Does the thought of making a six figure ask make your palms sweat?

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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? You can thank volunteers at certain milestones, such as 50 or 100 hours of service or at the one year, five year, and 10 year mark.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. While you are practicing, try these 10 tips: Smile early and often.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. While you are practicing, try these 10 tips: 1.Smile

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2015

Write it out, change it up, say it out loud—the more you practice your mini speech, the better you’ll be at delivering it. You don’t want to sound wooden or rehearsed—you want to be passionate and speak naturally about your new endeavor. The key is to practice, but to avoid memorization so you don’t sound like you’re scripted.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Finally, while it sounds like you need to add a lot to your donation form, you really don’t need to pack it with information. Next, pay attention to the text on your online donation form. If you can, add impact statements alongside your donation amounts so people understand what you can do with donations at each giving level.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

We'll discuss the question, and we'll have a little fun, but we'll also give practical answers and advice. He did this by: Scripting a short introduction that kicks off each episode. He did this assuring us that he would edit the resulting podcast into something that made us sound smart. Are you interested?”.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. Beyond personalizing the event type for their audience, MDLT also used some best practices in the way they ran their peer-to-peer fundraiser.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Does that sound good? If that sounds like you, put “me” in the chat. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So I want you to tell me which one of these sounds most like you, related to getting 10k gifts. No judgment.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. Sound familiar? If you sound stressed, others will follow suit. Not sold yet? Here’s why you should be! Adventure time: Start by visualizing your event.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. As you get comfortable editing content and producing the audio files, you can embellish the podcast with sound effects, music, and additional guests. Best Practices and Maintenance.

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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. Record Two families of mics Dynamic mic - $80 SHURE SM57 or 58is top of the line- any $20 USB mic Castblaster - can que up your audio files and sound effects - DJ tool. Editing Need to clean it up, make the sound sound great.

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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. Repetition. Once is not enough. Opportunities. Personal notes.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

What this guide is : An introduction of the top 23 SEO best practices that will help get your content ranked in 2017, including: On page SEO factors – factors that are visible to your audience at the page level. While this may sound overwhelming, don’t let it discourage you. Digital Marketing Plan Chapters.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Work up a simple script and practice it. You can script out what you want to say and it’s easy to refer to your script, because you can have it right in front of you! It sounds easy and efficient to just ask your contact to go to your website and provide a link, but this is a passive approach that is easy to ignore.

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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. I noted the start time and end time.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. Let me know if any of these sound familiar. So how familiar do these ones sound? So these are all limiting beliefs, even though they may not sound like it. So I’m super excited to talk about this topic because it is one that’s really close to my heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Eileen on sound bites: “If you are watching an interview on TV and some brilliant sound bite rolls off the person’s tongue, chances are very high that did not happen by accident. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So this is a super practical presentation. Let me know if any of these sound familiar. So how familiar do these ones sound? So these are all limiting beliefs, even though they may not sound like it. So I’m super excited to talk about this topic because it is one that’s really close to my heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Eileen on sound bites: “If you are watching an interview on TV and some brilliant sound bite rolls off the person’s tongue, chances are very high that did not happen by accident. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sound exciting? Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Prioritize training and adoption: Train your staff on the features, functionalities, and best practices of the new system. Well, we’re starting anyway!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2018

Get a ton of practice. When I switched to professional speaking, I already knew it takes a lot of practice to hone a talk. All that practice helps, a lot. I take the approach of scripting the broad "moves" in the presentation but not the specific words. Others prefer to script the words and memorize.

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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. Volunteering may not immediately sound like an appreciation idea, but hear us out! Volunteer Opportunities.

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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. Volunteering may not immediately sound like an appreciation idea, but hear us out! Volunteer Opportunities.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Packages and hourly rates sound great during the selling cycle, but in reality your staff will change and you may not have discretionary resources to train up new staff as the need arises. Look for assurances that 95%+ of all help desk tickets are responded to within a business day or less.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. And, of course, we’re going to be quite practical. And I know that sounds expensive. And I had a like Anthony.

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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. What tips or advice or best practices can you share that, you know, to get that process at least started? You can also tweet us. Sarah: Sure. Lisa: Yeah.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 27, 2006

In a recent post I sounded off about needless complexity in Information Systems and pointed out how it creates, among other problems, a huge knowledge burden: it gets more and more difficult for anyone to understand the system. In this case it can even become a problem just to track who did what work.

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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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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

Following all the best practices just isn’t enough. I’ve found this script to work best for me: “Hi [ Name ], I noticed you shared [ Article Name ] on [ Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn ] and thought you might enjoy [ Name of Your Article ]. Jason” This leaves your offer open-ended, while not sounding too pushy.

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