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How to Run Successful Phone-A-Thons [+ Sample Script]

Donorbox

Although it might seem old-fashioned, a phone-a-thon or phonathon is a well-vetted practice for organizations looking to connect with donors. In this article, we’ll walk you through the basics of this classic fundraising technique. There’s a reason it has stuck around for so long!

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

Double the Donation

Create a standardized script. Practice with mock calls. 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.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. If you are producing a video (rather than just filming things onsite), prepare an engaging script or captions. And you don’t need to be a professional writer to craft them. .

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. Organizational Budgeting, Revenue Practices, and Forecasts (20 percent). You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Research funding.

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Brilliant Careers Are Built With Bold Moves

Eric Jacobsen Blog

try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” Question: How can readers best put the advice of Begin Boldly into practice and implement the strategies outlined in the book? We have a choice of where to invest those dollars – our time – and we want to invest them in the activities and tasks that produce the most returns.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! Strong interest or experience with our main tools: Python and R.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? I’ve written about these techniques here ). Do you have a preferred method? Do you have subject matter expertise and do you want to share it during the session?