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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. Here are some more key takeaways from our conversation: It Starts with You. Listen first, use inclusive language and create a space where everyone can feel comfortable sharing their voice.

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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

InvestWrite is the innovative writing competition that complements SMG and integrates critical thinking and language arts components to reinforce the financial decision-making skills that students learn in the classroom. . There’s an app for that!

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. . I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. How can the backchannel enhance our attentiveness and learning ?

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Creating Positive Change through Music: Interview with Christina Murray

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This gives a classroom, or group of kids the chance to cooperate with a symphony musician over a long period of time – 6 to 8 sessions – and when they’re done, they perform the piece they’ve created on the stage of the Cohn, the Symphony’s main theatre. Soha: What are some of the challenges you experience from working with the community?

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

And I don’t want this to just be a one-way conversation. If you’re ready to have uncomfortable conversations that are momentary. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. So here we go.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

And so we were able to through understanding that there are these moments that there’s a disconnect and using a community planning process, create conversations where we can sit down and say, “What is your assessment of this situation and why do you behave that way?” That was one really fun example. .