Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

Understand Your Audience. Your website has many audiences: constituents, potential donors and funders, your board of directors, media representatives, staff and volunteers, and many others. To build a website that engages your audience, you need to understand what your audience wants your website to do.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2024

Imagine the impact your nonprofit could achieve if your stories captivated more hearts and inspired more actions. By following these steps, you can craft compelling narratives that resonate with your audience, drive engagement, and amplify your mission. Great news: with the right storytelling techniques, this is entirely within reach.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling remains a timeless and powerful tool for connecting with potential donors. A well-crafted narrative not only communicates your mission but also establishes a meaningful connection with your audience. Know Your Audience Before penning down your story, it’s imperative to understand your audience.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2024

To stand out in the fundraising world, you need to find engaging gala entertainment ideas to captivate your audience and motivate them to continue their relationship with your nonprofit. The best entertainment for a gala will not only enthrall your guests but also promote donor engagement. Donor engagement.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Discover how involving donors and volunteers in decision-making processes, captivating audiences with real-life narratives, building trust through authenticity, and inspiring action can reshape your nonprofit’s impact in the digital age. Action: Community stories can inspire action among stakeholders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.”

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Discover how involving donors and volunteers in decision-making processes, captivating audiences with real-life narratives, building trust through authenticity, and inspiring action can reshape your nonprofit’s impact in the digital age. Action: Community stories can inspire action among stakeholders.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2014

In this free webinar, How to Captivate and Engage Constituents with Your Website , learn from more than 10 years of focus group research with nonprofit constituents and donors how to captivate and engage your audience. Join us next Thursday, July 31 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m. Eastern) to learn more.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Captivating blog content is a prime opportunity to engage supporters and get them more invested in your cause. Your nonprofit blog can be much more than just a newsreel—your blog can spread awareness about your cause, find new donors , and strengthen relationships with current supporters. Think again!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A captivating fundraising site and donation page make all the difference, but not every nonprofit has the resources or technical know-how to create an eye-catching digital home. You can add images, videos, text and forms to better engage with your supporters, donors, and volunteers. Custom Pages Want to go deeper?

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

We began harvesting such best practices based upon the amazing Donor Retention work of Adrian Sargeant (you will see Adrian and his wonderful family in a few of the pictures below). Each day my grandchildren were captivated more by Simone’s spirit, care and challenges to their thought process. She soon adored them and vice versa.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to determine goals and objectives , understand your audience , and develop a coherent message as first steps because having these pieces in place will help you identify the best medium or communication channel for each nonprofit message. . It helps solidify your nonprofit brand and build rapport with your audience.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today, we’ll delve into the captivating world of Heads and Tails—a game that transcends the ordinary raffle experience, adding a novel twist to captivate even the most hesitant donors. Aim for an item that resonates with a broad audience, maximizing participation.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. Allows your audience get to know you a little better through the stories you tell. Inspires potential donors to give. It’s boring to the donor and doesn’t inspire them to give.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Long project cycles can deter donors who seek immediate results from their contributions. Building and maintaining an audience or patron base, essential for arts and culture nonprofits , requires continuous and resource-intensive marketing and outreach efforts. They tell people’s stories, they help them be seen, and create community.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It’s easy, widely accessible, and taps into an immense audience. Here’s How Your Org Can Adapt – and Flourish Educate and Engage Your Donors Communicate openly with your donors about any changes and what they might mean. Without this option, it might become harder for organizations to budget and plan for the future.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Either way, it’s important to go into 2022 with a strong digital fundraising strategy to take advantage of an increasingly more captive online audience. . The entrance of social media platforms into the fundraising space creates even more choice for nonprofits looking to empower their donors and fundraisers.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 17, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How to Attract New Donors at Your Next Event Are you ready to transform your next event into a powerful platform for attracting new supporters? Imagine turning first-time attendees into lifelong donors, all while creating an unforgettable experience that showcases the heart of your organization.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 12, 2023

Project Access Northwest, a non-profit 501(c)3 dedicated to enhancing access to specialty health care for low-income and uninsured patients, found a powerful solution to engage their audience: Video Storytelling.

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Qgiv

MAY 7, 2021

With medical fundraising, it’s important to consider your audience. This is a great way to earn more donations and can lead to finding new donors for your organization organically. These events are great for attracting a captive audience of supporters. Chances are, your donors have a smart phone. 5K/10K Races.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2023

Nonprofit video stories captivate the hearts and minds of your donors, helping to drive meaningful results that support your cause. However, recent studies have shown that, due to increasingly shorter attention spans, audiences are more likely to engage with shorter, episodic videos, as opposed to one long piece of content.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of creating a meaningful message when a nonprofit wants to engage with their donors. With the captivating visuals and persuasive copy that come from the work of a nonprofit, these messages are naturally compelling and have the potential to motivate donors to act. The Awareness Video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Can you tell me the objectives and target audience? We are appealing to individual donors both large and small and institutional donors such as companies and foundations. The awareness objective is to make prospective donors and world leaders aware of the plight and needs of children.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 16, 2024

Data Axle Nonprofit added audience indicators within its Apogee and DonorBase omnichannel cooperatives that identify donors poised to give following an emergency event. It builds on the firm’s suite of audience indicators that show donor behaviors, affinities, and gifting potential without time-intensive custom modeling.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Beyond just raising money, galas offer incredible opportunities to enhance community engagement, cultivate new donors, and celebrate your organization’s impact. Inspiring speakers that resonate with your cause can captivate the audience. Live music, or interactive entertainment can add a memorable touch.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2023

Tell prospective donors your story and mission to show them why your daily operations are important. Annual giving campaigns are great opportunities for you to engage with your donors and make them feel like they’re a part of your organization. Thank donors for their contributions. Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to create captivating social media fundraising content that resonates with our audience, while keeping up with the latest algorithms and trends. Expanding Your Donor Base: One of the key benefits of social media is its unparalleled ability to reach new audiences.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2018

A captivating story alone is not enough to make a long-term impact on your audience. You need a solid content strategy and it should include your objectives, your target audience, content types and topics, a publishing schedule and how you plan to promote your content and measure success. Define your target audience.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

The Benefits Of Giving Days Giving days offer several notable advantages for nonprofits and the communities they serve by attracting donors , raising awareness and encouraging action. Donors, fundraisers, volunteers, and organizations collaborate and engage in a collective act of giving, inspiring others to participate and make a difference.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Below we’ll explore four things to consider in nonprofit storytelling: The narrative structure The content The medium The donor experience Managing all of the moving pieces of your nonprofit can be tough; sharing your authentic story as a change-maker doesn’t have to be. Now imagine your ideal donors. Who are they?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Your fundraising campaign page is your digital storefront and your most effective tool for connecting with potential donors. In fact, 76% of donors are more likely to donate on a professional and branded donation page. It’s the first thing potential donors see, and first impressions matter.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

And while # GivingTuesday is a big deal for fundraising, it''s also just one way to engage your donors. This is the 3rd post in a series of Donor Love, inspired by Blackbaud''s Show the Love: Thoughtful Engagement to Retain Donors. How to focus on the long haul: Pay attention to your annual donor renewal rate.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These tips are designed to help you plan an event that encourages attendance and future interaction between donors and your organization. You want your registration process to be short and simple, as well as to show your donors all the information they may need to know about your event. People crave convenience in all aspects of life.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

One of the biggest reasons for that is donor retention. In a survey asking donors why they stopped supporting an organization, 53% cited poor communication with the nonprofit. Thanking donors isn’t just the polite thing to do, it’s the smart thing. This personal touch reminds the donor of the people behind the cause.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Inspire a New Generation of Donors: Text-to-Give for Nonprofits Shh, can you hear that? Your donors are at an event, phones in hand, sharing the experience, live-tweeting your powerful speech, or simply engrossed in a captivating presentation. Imagine this. This includes philanthropic giving!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Identify your audience and much will fall into place, including your word choice, mood, and tone. But also, it's important to know how you address your audience, if at all. Personal stories might use "I" and never break the fourth wall, or acknowledge the audience. How Can I Captivate? Who Am I Talking To?

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

to store and manage donor data. to allow donors to easily look up their matching gift eligibility through their employer. With a bigger audience, you can effectively raise more money, raise awareness for your cause, and create a united push toward reaching your goals. CharityBids’ guide to virtual charity events. , Social media.

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