The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors. Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone. No matter how we are carrying on the conversation, a dialog like this without stories becomes stale and ultimately boring. How to Solicit Stories for Your Fundraising Work.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 18, 2025

Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? This means you can deliver audio to a specific location or person without disturbing other people as the sound travels. Audio enclaves could enable personalized audio in public spaces. Outside of that intersection, the ultrasound waves remain silent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

2) Conversion Rates. The mention of conversion rates often makes nonprofit pros cringe, because it sounds technical, like some jargon a marketer would use. By increasing your conversion rate to 1.5% Focusing on your conversion rate is one of the few things you can do that can truly multiply your results. 3) Engagement.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

What could be more personal than a good old-fashioned conversation? Post-pandemic, we’re seeing more businesses realize the value of conversational marketing, or actually talking with their customers and letting them respond. Consider this—the typical sales funnel puts a conversation at the end of multiple one-way interactions.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 5, 2025

Researchers from Google and Stanford University have demonstrated that just a two-hour conversation with an AI model can create a strikingly accurate replica of an individual's personality.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 12, 2021

The use of the word, “talking” is deliberate here because your communications should sound like a personal conversation you are having with your donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In 2020, these steps will be a response to certain trends and conversations you’ve likely caught wind of over the last few years. The Rise of Giving Experiences and Conversations About Sustainable Impact. Though the notorious Pineapple Fund was a fleeting effort, blockchain is still very much a part of social good conversations.

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Futurism

MARCH 18, 2025

It's late to the party, but behind the scenes, Bloomberg reports that Apple is secretly working on a new feature for its AirPods that could translate face-to-face conversations in real-time. The release of iOS 19 is expected to be sometime this year.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

We recruited seniors from the MIT AgeLabs research cohorteach around 70 years old and in the early stages of retirementand then engaged in wide-ranging conversations about their aspirations and fears about these technologies. This will require forms of this AI that are aesthetically compatible with seniors for such personal interactions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As nonprofit social media managers , we have to be thinking about conversions. Conversions are simply marketing objectives for your audience to complete, such as subscribing to a mailing list or making a donation. And the way to increase conversions? 6) Make it personal. 3) Make it frictionless.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 25, 2022

Four remarkable leaders, whose life experiences give them inspiration and strength, share their personal stories and reflect on their leadership journeys in conversations with Fred Ali, the retired President and CEO of the Weingart Foundation, and a former nonprofit leader.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Leaders and managers who share experiences of uncertainty can also create personal connections that can help motivate and inspire others. The right level of sharing will depend from person to person. Reserve those conversations for your friends, family, or a therapist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

1) Keep the Conversation with Donors Going. Maybe it’s a phone call or a personalized email, but taking these few moments can make a difference to your donors. Forms with the highest conversion rates are the simplest forms with the fewest clicks required for your donors to contribute. First impressions are essential.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

An individual named Renee Hasler Ballantyne had a LinkedIn profile, although it is uncertain whether Hasler Ballantyne and Ballantyne are the same person. Renee Hasler, who donated several hundred dollars to the defendants, is a second complainant.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift. Within 48 hours of receiving a donation, send a personalized thank-you letter that acknowledges the donors specific impact. This personal connection adds depth to their experience and creates an opportunity for open dialogue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

3) Conversions : This is one of the most important metrics to analyze if you set up conversion actions in your account. For example, if you set up a conversion action for when someone donates to your nonprofit, you will be able to see the campaign, ad group, keyword, search term, and ad copy that led to that conversion!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

1) In-person fundraisers. Let’s start off with the oldest, most classic way to fundraise: An in-person fundraiser. Although in-person fundraisers are the most traditional fundraising method, the fact they were out of the question during the two years of the pandemic has resulted in a surge in popularity. 3) Hybrid fundraisers.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Sharing personal hardships like divorce , health issues, and family emergencies can make workplace conversations emotionally difficult and professionally complex. But given that our working lives are not getting shorter anytime soon, its not a question of if individuals will need to have these conversations, but when.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Driving in-person actions such as adopting an animal . However, one area to note is that you must have conversion tracking set up as part of the application process. Your account must be tracking conversions and must record at least one conversion per month. Effective conversion tracking is in place.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. While AI is often touted as a way to hyper-personalize fundraising efforts, to many fundraisers, AI can make communications seem less personal, less authentic. Add context.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

Go beyond viewing traditional demographic segments like young professionals or length of membership and dig deep into behavioral segmentation like members who have never attended an in-person event. You can see conversations grouped together by sentiment: positive, neutral, or negative.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As a result, being consistently transparent about everything, from where you use donations to how their personal data is leveraged, is critical to gaining their trust and loyalty. Therefore, you must provide personalized communications that reflect donors’ interests and even their donation history.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Like many Black women, I’ve been socialized to endure hardship, to shoulder burdens silently, and to continue regardless of personal cost–to even consider these burdens a badge of honor. Thriving, not just surviving, as Black fundraisers For Black fundraisers, the work is often more than just a job; it’s deeply personal.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We had open discussions about our personal attitudes toward fundraising and role-played donor interactions. These exercises helped build our confidence, enabling us to approach fundraising conversations with authenticity and enthusiasm. Engage in meaningful conversations and radical listening.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2021

By segmenting your audience appropriately, you can create campaigns that feel personalized, special, and tailored to your GivingTuesday and year-end donors. Send a personalized thank you or welcome email. In addition to these types of emails, it is a good idea to send personalized thank you emails and welcome emails.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

First-time donor conversion rate If you can get a first-time donor to make a second and even a third gift, youre well on your way to keeping them! The more fundraising copy speaks to a persons identity, the more likely they will increase their giving. Boost year-two retention by 10% through personalized updates and calls.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Consider building personalized benefit packages that reflect the unique needs of your team. Regular training, open conversations, and diverse leadership help everyone feel respected and valued. Create individual growth plans that help employees reach personal and professional milestones.

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Candid

JANUARY 15, 2025

There isnt a world where technology will ever be as connective as in-person interactions. Conversations about promotions often include senior leadership. Instead of catching up at the watercooler or over a cup of coffee, many of us are relegated to checking in via Slack or email. Ask for what you want Managers arent mind readers.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Researchers recommend focusing your messaging on how the potential donor could help another person or group through their gift. In addition to the automatic message of gratitude that most mobile giving software allows you to send out, you should also make an effort to write letters or make personal calls to thank donors.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Depending on how many of these members you have, you might want to attempt a personal meeting with as many as possible. Allowing them to do so, while embracing your own organization’s errors, is a good way to restart what should be a values-based conversation. Beginning with bequests is also smart. Remember, gratitude fosters loyalty.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

The 30% trap: Unlocking lost fundraising potential Imagine this scenario: you’ve designed a dream home perfect for entertaining, complete with inviting spaces for conversations and views that inspire. Meanwhile, you cant figure out why that successful nonprofit down the road is crushing their capital campaign.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

To measure narcissism, we used a personality assessment that asks people to choose whether they identify more with more narcissistic statements like, I always know what I am doing, or less narcissistic statements like Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing. The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

You’ve probably had a conversation with the bot twins, ChatGPT and Bard. Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines. Check Bing out.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? She was so protective of “her” data that she had trouble inviting anyone who she deemed less knowledgeable into the conversation. I’m not going to try to explain them here.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. Davidson was right: It not only transformed our conversation, but the entire nature of my day. To give a personal example, I’ve been meditating daily for 50 years. We all do that.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 21, 2025

Personal intervention One-to-one intervention by the board president or other board leadership is a less-formal solution to managing problem board members. The conversation can occur in person or on the telephone; the board president can specifically request a resignation.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Fingerprinting microplastics Just as fingerprinting uniquely identifies a person, scientists use spectroscopy to determine the chemical identity of microplastics. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. However, forensic analysts can get false matches in fingerprint matching.

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