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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

.orgSource

This sounds obvious, but it’s surprising how frequently choices are made for less objective reasons. Ideally, a copywriter, a marketer, and an IT staffer would collaborate to develop the scripts. A machine-learning bot will require more technical expertise including utilizing algorithms and natural language processing techniques.

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What Hocus Pocus Can Teach You About Major Gift Fundraising

Bloomerang

With that in mind, use storytelling techniques to draw them in, show them how they can be part of the solution, and ask them to donate. . As you would send a note to a friend, do something to make it sound personal and specific, not scripted. Use prospect research to identify potential major donors. .

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Brilliant Careers Are Built With Bold Moves

Eric Jacobsen Blog

try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” Will Rogers, the American stage and film actor, once said, “Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.” Try this simple trick to build a brilliant career: Forget about achieving “balance!” Instead of asking: “How do I balance?”

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Jonny Goldstein's Shooting Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm pleased to present my fourth installment in my interview series with famous video bloggers about video blogging techniques that nonprofits or others might use. When I first started to make video blog posts, I had no idea how much my shooting techniques would impact the amount of time I would have to spend editing. Click to play.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

Okay, here’s one more technique that can work. It’s a great idea to prepare an outline to follow, or a script to rehearse, so that you’ll be confident, clear, and determined! In person, on the phone, or video chat, it could sound something like, “I’m here today to talk to you about something I believe matters to you.”

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How to Nail the Soft Skills of Fundraising: The Face-to-Face Ask

Connection Cafe

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. If your voice inflects to a higher pitch at the end of your sentences like you are asking a question you will not sound confident or credible. That is a lot happening at once! Listening More than Talking. Freely express your gratitude.

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Podcasting 101 Live Blogging from Boston Podcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This information is probably for someone who is burning serious about podcasting or after you've experimented with some of the techniques that Steve Garfield shared. (In Gather your ideas Create a script - don't go free form or you might end up with a lot of ums and ahs. Editing Need to clean it up, make the sound sound great.

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