Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With Giving Tuesday in the rear view, it’s tempting to forgo a year-end giving campaign and coast to the end of the year, catching up on work and enjoying the holidays. A year-end giving campaign is your chance to win over donors when they are in a giving frame of mind. Top 10 strategies for a successful year-end giving campaign: 1.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

Advocacy campaigns have evolved over the past few years, dramatically changing how nonprofit advocacy is conducted. While traditional methods can still impact supporters, more and more organizations interested in starting an advocacy initiative look to virtual campaigns first. Make campaigning convenient for your supporters. .

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

Volunteering has always brought people together in service of a common cause but now we must do this online due to COVID-19. Once you have found the right idea post it where volunteers will find it , then consider a volunteer management tool to make sure they are well managed. Virtual Volunteer Tools Bundle.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Giving Tuesday is just around the corner , and a great way to make the most of it is to encourage volunteers to raise money for you from their friends on Facebook that day! Here are some Giving Tuesday ideas and tips for how you can recruit and encourage volunteers to use Facebook to get more dollars to your nonprofit. Provide a plan.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

While working for various nonprofits throughout the past twenty years, I always had such high aspirations for having our End Of Year (Annual Campaign) strategized by May, planned by August and ready to deliver by October. . We all know how hard it is to complete the endless task list for your Annual Campaign in November. Keep it tight.

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Greater Giving

MAY 14, 2024

The Thank-A-Thon is the opposite of a fundraising campaign. Recruit Your Thank-A-Thon Team Find volunteers with excellent phone presence who enjoy talking to people. Prepare Your Thank-A-Thon Logistics Decide whether to set up a phone bank or have volunteers use their cell phones. Board members are great choices for this task.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 4) Activate. 5) Acknowledge.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Only problem…you’re not totally sure how to plan a capital campaign. We’ve got your back and by “got your back” I mean we’ve put together this complete guide to building the plan for your capital campaign.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It’s not surprising that after the widely publicized success of the 2010 Red Cross "Text-to-Give" campaign for Haitian earthquake relief, social change organizations wanted to hop on the text-to-donate bandwagon. But as many quickly learned, the biggest barrier for grassroots groups emulating the Red Cross style text-to-give campaign is cost.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

You can ask ChatGPT to create a thank you phone script for your volunteers, create an email thank you template, thank you messaging for a specific campaign you’ve run, and more! ChatGPT can create a thank you script for any occasion, guaranteeing your donors are acknowledged for their generosity.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Think about Board members, employees, volunteers, donors, and social media followers who can serve as ambassadors. Instead share a message about an upcoming campaign and encourage them to personalize the message. She asked the volunteer to take the video down, which the volunteer did. They are already doing that.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The results are amazing when you consider that a machine can write a social post or a campaign promotion in minutes. Ideally, a copywriter, a marketer, and an IT staffer would collaborate to develop the scripts. Consider appointing a team of volunteers to interview your new employee and ensure that the responses are appropriate.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. Build your campaign around the concept of letting the community create the content. Give them tools to help them succeed.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Dear Jessie, thank you so much for your donation of $100 to the Save the Dolphins campaign. This note is personal, shows appreciation, and notes the exact donation amount and campaign the donor supported. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Dear Jessie, thank you so much for your donation of $100 to the Save the Dolphins campaign. This note is personal, shows appreciation, and notes the exact donation amount and campaign the donor supported. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Advocacy campaigns are an innovative way for nonprofits to engage their current supporters, attract new audiences, and fulfill their mission at the same time. However, before you can reap the many benefits of a successful advocacy campaign, your nonprofit will need to invest in the right advocacy software. Let’s get started. .

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

If they have volunteered with your nonprofit previously, determine which events and projects they have given their time to. Check out these scripts for requesting donations from first-time donors and from recurring donors: Donation Request Script for First-Time Donors. Donation Request Script for Recurring Donors.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

Since 2015, Carousel Wishes and Valentines Kisses has been the ranch’s signature annual campaign to raise funds to serve more individuals with disabilities. To keep with the theme, all month long, their campaign is focused on all things hearts, love, and Valentine’s. Cloning a campaign also moves participants over.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. . Congressmen.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

I would definitely make larger gifts if there were 1) fewer campaigns; 2) those campaigns championed more targeted solutions; 3) those solutions were backed up by better impact information. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. 100+ gifts) or send a thank you text. One week after gift: .

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Ten years ago, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) developed The Last Selfie , an innovative campaign that used Snapchat to share images of dozens of endangered animals. There was no script; the animals, in effect, told their own stories. Most people dont feel comfortable using a script to speak about their experiences.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Fundraising expert Steve MacLaughlin says developing a multichannel strategy is like baking a delicious dessert: It’s the combination of every “ingredient” that makes a campaign work — just like your grandma’s apple pie recipe. It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens. Peer to peer.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

The audience for this report is the donors, volunteers, constituents, and other stakeholders who have been involved with the organization’s projects and programs throughout the year. Which digital fundraising campaigns were most successful? Follow a prepared script. Include photos or videos to show what your efforts looked like.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Fundraising expert Steve MacLaughlin says developing a multichannel strategy is like baking a delicious dessert: It’s the combination of every “ingredient” that makes a campaign work — just like your grandma’s apple pie recipe. It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens. Peer to peer.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Engage Your Board of Directors To Make Phone Calls Your Board of Directors isn’t just a governing body, they’re also your biggest supporters and most eager volunteers. If it’s helpful, consider drafting a short call script for your board members to refer to in their Thanksgiving messages to donors.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

So we studied the problem, then created custom scripts to clean and de-dupe based on reasonable best practices. The determining factors in the schedule are: size of the database, number of new records added every month/quarter/year, and the variety of input sources (manual vs. automated, professional vs. volunteer).

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

You need a way to manage emails that you send to your volunteers, donors, and other supporters. Work up a simple script and practice it. You can script out what you want to say and it’s easy to refer to your script, because you can have it right in front of you! Set up an email marketing system. Don’t go on and on.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Crafting a successful multi-channel fundraising campaign doesn’t have to feel overwhelming! can help you think through the different stages of planning a marketing campaign in our upcoming webinar on January 19th at 2pm EST. If you’d like to register for FREE and have a chance to ask Abby your own questions, click the register button below!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. What did they do that made their campaign unique? They doubled their original goal and brought in over $140,000 during the campaign.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

“Every time I start a fundraiser I make sure that I have a toolkit for my fundraisers, I make sure that all of the information about my event, about my campaign is really easily available in multiple places. Creating a toolkit for your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign isn’t just a nice-to-have. Each of these is an important element.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Yes, there are Hollywood moments in the script where you cringe, but there are many real moments when you suffer with Djimon Hounsou's character, Solomon Vandy, as he tries to reunite his family. (I Sometimes when we are working for social change, whether through our jobs, donations, advocacy, volunteering, or purchases, we get burned out.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. Or that they only give to certain kinds of campaigns. What you might learn from the answer to this question is that the donor was a volunteer before they first gave (which is actually pretty common).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But if not, I’m talking about actually volunteering at a program event, taking off that board member hat and actually doing some hands-on stuff with the clients. So, for example, I was with youth services and I provided a annual schedule of all the volunteer opportunities that were available to my board members. not a jet.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

This type of segmentation provides insight into the best way to deliver your message or how to encourage your donors to contribute, such as including a pre-stamped, self-addressed envelope in a direct mail campaign or directing them to an easy to use online donate button through an appeal you’ve posted on social media. Demographics.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Create an eye-catching donation form Steward donors with an email campaign Encourage donors to take part in fundraising events Get supporters to fundraise on your behalf with peer-to-peer fundraising Reach donors where they are – on their phones! Steward donors with an email campaign.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

That said, there are some social media trends for nonprofits that can fit into your existing campaigns and strategies. It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. Storytelling campaigns: This type of campaign depends on user-generated content. Photo campaigns are a common example.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

You want to have a connection with the donor, with the volunteer. Intentional authenticity, it results in increased volunteer engagement. Because I sound like a broken record saying this, I’m going to say it again, volunteers make your very best donors. So this is prime time for you to re-engage those volunteers.

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