M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Keep these in mind next time you are self-editing, and you may find your ideal lede lurking a few lines in to your draft. People who care, yes, or they wouldn’t be your audience — but who very likely have other things on their mind. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

It’s the idea that anyone in the world, regardless of location, language, disability, or platform, can participate or engage with something. This article will answer these following pressing questions about where to begin: What is web accessibility? Accessibility by itself refers to the “ability to access.” What are the ADA and WCAG?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. List all languages spoken, honors and awards received, and publications. Lastly, and unique to LinkedIn, is the ability to publish articles. Keep that in mind! Be generous with endorsing the skills of others as endorsements are often reciprocated.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This article references the book The Politics of Design. And I wonder if you could share a little bit about how it’s been for you to be working with this imagery, this visual language that you’re creating? And I had two very specific ideas in mind when I was thinking about the soundtrack to accompany this poem.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

Research Your Donors to Read Their Minds. The words you want them to say: “ Wow, it’s like he read my mind! ”. And then, connect their existing passions and desires to our nonprofit’s cause, using the same language they use. In other words, understand your donor base so well it’s like you’ve read their minds.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Whereas other ideas were best suited for the minds of my friends. But even then, I often felt my mind drifting off in class, doodled on notes, or encountered moments where I was not motivated enough to attempt to process the course content. Convey teachings in a manner that doesn’t sound like a dictionary definition.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

You know, the kind where you get mind-blowing results like higher than average email open rates, more donations than ever on Giving Tuesday, and surprise donation after surprise donation the last week of the year. Sounds great, right? Spend the time to carefully craft what you want to say, then consistently use that language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

In this sound bite culture, social justice organizations must carve out nuanced positions on complex social issues, from racial and gender equity to immigration reform. While emotive storytelling is crux to engaging the hearts and minds of social media consumers, advocates are ethically bound to preserve the privacy of vulnerable clients.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. Large language models (LLMs), adept at communicating with human speech, represent a significant advance in computing. It was launched in November 2022.

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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. At Qgiv, we guide our work by keeping our core values top of mind, and one of those values is empathy. Sound familiar? Not sold yet? Will they be refunded?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Because of our team of monthly donors – who we fondly call Rescuers – I can now peacefully sleep at night knowing I’m safe and sound in my forever home and feel lots of love! Website visitors.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2015

When you love pricing, it can be easy to slip into pricing jargon…which might sound like a foreign language to some. Do the words “pricing strategy” not sound exciting enough for you? Check out the full article here , and see what ideas it brings to mind for you. One of the best things about this list ?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 14, 2016

After all, once supporters join a group of philanthropically-minded people who care about your organization, they’re likely to replicate that behavior. While you can and should offer perks of this variety to your valuable members, it’s important to keep in mind that the perks are not the program. Increase impact with matching gifts.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

In this article, we will explain why everyone is talking about AI, what has changed over the past few years, and evaluate opportunities for nonprofits to adopt AI to improve their mission-aligned outcomes safely. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model. Assess these tradeoffs with your organization’s mission in mind.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2024

Take a look at this article on 10 Powerful Nonprofit Videos that are sure to spark some ideas. Keeping your campaign in front of donors’ minds is essential, and varied content helps prevent donor fatigue. Sounds like a good time to me. Use active language such as (“click here”, “donate”, “share now”, “join us today”, etc.)

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this article, you’ll find a simplified breakdown of nonprofit data management, including why it’s so important, what it helps you do, and how you can start managing your organization’s data. How do you know what stories, images, and language to use in your upcoming campaign? Which fundraising email inspired the most gifts?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday may sound like a great one-off event for your organization, but you may also be worried about retaining donors in the long run. Here’s what their donation page looked like: Notice how the language on the donation page encourages donors to take advantage of the opportunity to increase their impact! Request Demo.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Most website visitors who come to your donation page will not do so with their wallet in hand and their mind firmly made up. Every assumption leaves a gap in the visitor’s mind. It’s as easy as it sounds. The visitor has already run this far—so surely they plan to finish, right? Unfortunately, this metaphor often falls short.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In other words, should the elevator speech include language that refers to the role the donor plays in the organization? per day per family sounds reasonable for homeless women and children. If you’ll look on my blog, there’s a whole category of articles about direct mail. Just keep in mind that not everything will get done.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 18, 2019

In a 2015 article for Psychology Today she stated,“Although we like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, absorbing information, weighing it carefully, and making thoughtful decisions, many of our most crucial choices are made by what we call hunches, gut feelings and a somewhat automatic reaction that is beyond or beneath consciousness.”.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When you think about your nonprofit’s digital communication strategy , what comes to mind? Closed captions translate the various sound elements of a video into text as a visitor is watching it. Make sure your closed captions are legible, and allow audiences to choose from multiple language options if the software allows.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

If the idea of starting to incorporate video regularly into your social media marketing strategy seems daunting, then this article is for you. I’ll go over some simple tips to keep in mind for creating high-performing videos for Facebook. Storytelling in a sound-off world. This video works muted or with sound on.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Most website visitors who come to your donation page will not do so with their wallet in hand and their mind firmly made up. Every assumption leaves a gap in the visitor’s mind. It’s as easy as it sounds. The visitor has already run this far—so surely they plan to finish, right? Unfortunately, this metaphor often falls short.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2019

Research Your Donors to Read Their Minds. The words you want them to say: “ Wow, it’s like he read my mind! ”. And then, we get to connect their existing passions and desires to your NPO, using the same language they use. In other words, understand your donor base so well it’s like you’ve read their minds.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. The second step is talk to people in their language. for a while.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Most of our nonprofits have a human or community interest in mind, that purpose, and they exist to create impact, positive impact on the communities that we serve. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. I want to lose 5 pounds.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

With this in mind, Lindsey Salmony has outlined the strategy and steps to crafting an ask that brings in more money to your organization. Before joining Blackbaud, she worked at several newspapers as a reporter, writing news stories and in-depth feature articles. A first impression can make or break your email.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

And then I also threw in an article of mine that I wrote a little while back on how to keep your database clean and up to date. So just keep that in mind. That sounds bloody awful, doesn’t it? So I’m going to say I get [foreign language 00:19:56]. You’re speaking my language. And they range.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So diving in here, “Forbes” published an article pretty recently that revealed some interesting trends that we’re seeing and shifts in these giving tendencies. For many of us, it’s new language. Sorry, and understand how your nonprofit can accept crypto in these safe, simple, insecure environments. Matt: Yeah.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

So diving in here, “Forbes” published an article pretty recently that revealed some interesting trends that we’re seeing and shifts in these giving tendencies. And kind of along those same lines, the same “Forbes” article projects that there’s a greater share of the giving that’s going to come from appreciated assets rather than cash.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

There was also a fantastic article from the Washington Post about this very issue of numbers. What are the solutions that the communities have come up with, and also, it sounds like micro-loans are one way to prevent trafficking. Are there other tools? What are other ways to prevent it? At that point we didn't have a name for it.

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