Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Most donors will not make contact, but it builds trust and strengthens your relationship with the donor to let them know you are open to answer any questions they might have. This is how you build relationships with donors and increase loyalty.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Sounds great, right? Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: . This is a fun, easy, and low-pressure way to bring in new donors, leveraging the power of relationships! Will they be proud to share this message?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The script should provide insight into the nonprofit by following to the common writer’s mantra of “show don’t tell.” Images, action, word choice, and background music and sounds must carry a cohesive message in order to provoke the same feelings in the viewer. Every element in a community update video must be relevant to the message.

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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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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

A face-to-face solicitation comes at the culmination of you gradually deepening your relationship with your donor to understand his or her passions and interests. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Listening more than talking. Strong and effective body language.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. Your smart goal might sound something like this: We need to recruit 30 recurring donors at an average monthly donation of $20 by April 10 to fund half the annual cost of our Senior Kennel Sanctuary space.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. Your smart goal might sound something like this: We need to recruit 30 recurring donors at an average monthly donation of $20 by April 10 to fund half the annual cost of our Senior Kennel Sanctuary space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This was an award-winning filmmaker, who had spent years of her life, thousands of her own dollars, and probably a relationship or two to bring her poignant, hybrid, social issue documentary to the light of day (or in her case, a night on PBS following a limited theatrical release). “I This was no traditional case of post-partum blues.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Get to know your volunteers and build relationships, just like you do with donors. A simple script might sound like this: “ Hey, I heard from our Executive Director that our program would not be successful were it not for you, and I wanted to say thank you.” You have probably asked them to call donors. This is the same idea.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

A face-to-face solicitation comes at the culmination of you gradually deepening your relationship with your donor to understand his or her passions and interests. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Or, to put it another way, confidence breeds competence. Freely express your gratitude.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

A face-to-face solicitation comes at the culmination of you gradually deepening your relationship with your donor to understand his or her passions and interests. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Or, to put it another way, confidence breeds competence. Freely express your gratitude.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 28, 2018

Add the total for all the line items for the event (drinks, food, sound equipment, etc) to your net fundraising goal to get a gross dollar amount that needs to be raised from the event. The event page's form should feed contact data into a CRM (Contact Relationship Management system) or event management software.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

April 7, 2016: Preplanning Your Digital Story from Concept to Storyboard with filmmaker Liz Norton and digital media trainer Nife Adeyemi, who will talk about nailing down a solid video concept, give tips on scripting and storyboarding, and describe what you need to do before you pick up a camera. Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

The gift is the first step towards joining our community.It’s the beginning of the relationship; not the end. That doesn’t transform a budding relationship into a bonded one. You can get my free Donor Thank You Calls E-Book + Script by joining me at clairification.com. So giving thanks is the beginning of stewardship.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

If outsourcing the work sounds like an offer you can’t refuse, take the time to find an agency that offers the exact services and expertise your team needs. Since 2004, they’ve pioneered digital marketing strategies for their nonprofit clients, helping them spark meaningful relationships with supporters. Compliance.

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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. In addition, events are a great way to mingle with your supporters and create lasting relationships and connections with them.

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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. In addition, events are a great way to mingle with your supporters and create lasting relationships and connections with them.

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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. Once this sample data is loaded into a new system, you can comb through the data to ensure accuracy, formatting, and relationships in the new database.This is called “sample testing.”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

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. And I don’t know about you, but I’d be hard-pressed to carve out a whole hour, it sounds fabulous, just to put my feet up and read. How does that sound?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

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. And I don’t know about you, but I’d be hard-pressed to carve out a whole hour, it sounds fabulous, just to put my feet up and read. How does that sound?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. Make sure your messages are inspiring, specific, relationship-building. Well, I happen to have some bonus grandchildren from a long-term relationship that I’ve been in, and they call me Lala. I know that thank you calls sound time intensive.

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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. The other thing to maybe start sounding like a broken record is really to tap your network. And it wasn’t because it was a bad relationship.

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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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