Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Make it easy and fun for them, touch their hearts, and give them some love. Don’t feel overwhelmed. Remember that fundraising is not comfortable for most people, including your board members. Use this list to support them through the fundraising process. And don’t forget to shoot us an email and let us know how it’s going.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They also offer a fun, relaxed, social setting for you (and your board) to get to know your donors free of intimidation and formalities. . What high value “VIP” volunteer opportunities can you create to allow donors to feel a part of your mission in a fun, engaging way? Got a successful donor cultivation event story to share?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This GivingTuesday , no matter what your campaign or theme, you can’t go wrong spotlighting the stories of your volunteers. She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Adding a fun sticker or two is also a nice added touch. Create a short, powerful, well-written script that callers can use as a guide, but allow the callers freedom to go off script and just express their gratitude. Keep the call cordial, upbeat, and 15 seconds or less. Avoid “pitching” the ask. This may require a chaperone.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Shoutout to our producer, Theresa Loconsolo, for putting together a script, and TC’s Andrew Mendez for this feedback: “Y’all slayyyed that recording and honestly can’t wait to you all up on social media when this episode drops.” Gas, Slay, what’s next? by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

We'll discuss the question, and we'll have a little fun, but we'll also give practical answers and advice. Armed with the back story (“ Deborah is stumped by the specific question, but sees the big picture and always succeeds in wheedling useful information out of her more knowledgeable friends” ), we started recording.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

While most major gifts folks would probably tell you that nothing could replace the value of an in-person visit or phone call, the real magic of those activities comes for the opportunity to tell the donor a story. A story about a need, a story about someone who has been helped, etc. Start a thank you letter with a story.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And let’s face it, “data” lives on a fundraising fun-to-do spectrum somewhere between boring, scary and “I didn’t take statistics in college for a reason!” In the case of fundraising data, however, you may be wrestling with three, four even five different systems – remember our client story above!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

When you send a message to this Facebook Messenger bot named Yeshi, she tells her story about how her daily walk for clean water in Ethiopia. . The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. Charity:Water created a bot called “ Walk with Yeshi ” as a donor engagement tool.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter where you are, but we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. If you’re going to share this with a board member, that’d be kind of fun too. And so this is where it gets kind of fun. So keep that in mind.

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Towards Data Science

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

link] Then we can access the collection in the Spark script, and load the embeddings into it from the final Dataframe. As prerequisites we need: An S3 bucket for job scripts, inputs and outputs, and other artifacts that the job needs An IAM role with Read, List, and Write permissions for S3, as well as Read and Write for Glue.

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Towards Data Science

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Boosting fan engagement isn’t just for fun; making the sport more attractive isn’t just for drivers’s fun. Instead of relying on hundreds of python scripts scheduled on crontab or having custom processes handling data streaming from Kafka topics, these tools will help us simplifying, automating and orchestrating all these processes.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Collect all the good-news/feel-good stories that you did not use during Giving Tuesday and send them out one at a time over the last few days of the year using both email and social media. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. Create a feel-good blitz. The Bottom Line.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Otherwise, it’s just a fun meeting. There’s nothing wrong with fun, but you need to be strategic in your work. Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. Or “What do you do for fun?”. Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We gave MOKI the following story to test its powers: In a small town, a young librarian named Ike stumbles upon an ancient magic book containing a forgotten spell. Content generation During this stage, the story can be refined with details of each scene tweaked and characters assigned to every frame.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I wouldn’t create a word-for-word script because it puts too much pressure on you to be perfect. Adopt-A-Dog sent me a personalized video that was a story of a dog named Hugo Boss. Have some fun with it! This needs to be real and in-the-moment. Notice the name of the video – “Thank you Sandy!” Get creative.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Work up a simple script and practice it. Make your story concise and powerful. 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! Share your script, your email, and your letter and encourage them to adapt your messages for their own voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We [ myself , @MeganSoffe r , and @PIRDave from OnGood ] streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Don’t be too scripted and embrace the unexpected.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

One of our favorite posts is about data hygiene (which can easily be a snooze to read about), but they take on the subject by creating a script for an old-school PSA. Learn all about how to tell stories that inspire action on the blog , or follow her on Twitter @VanessaEChase. And just for fun…. BETH’S BLOG. TECHSOUP BLOG.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Podcast, where you’ll hear everything you need to know about the week’s top stories in tech from the people who wrote them. Adam Neumann’s blockchain-based redemption story now sponsored by a16z. And as we were live, we also wound up taking a little bit more time per story than usual, which was good fun.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

You can find a sample script here. You can also make longer ones (maybe a minute) to post on your website and share an emotional story that makes the donor feel good. . Research shows these calls definitely improve retention and can upgrade nonprofit donors. You can shoot these on your own cell phone; they don’t need to be long.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

I get scared super easy, but I think that’s what makes it more fun to watch,” he says. “I Because of this, he was nervous prior to filming, particularly with the idea of memorizing a 150-page script. The fun part about this was Greg, the director, scared me a lot without my knowledge to get those scary reactions,” says Rug.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. Tell a story. You’d be surprised how few fundraisers when they’re talking with donors tell really good stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

They could be a fun way to do trainings for volunteers, fundraiser table captains, house party hosts, and concerned citizens who want to learn more about the issues you are working on. Write the script, then create the PowerPoint. I'd like to see more nonprofits using webinars to engage supporters and potential supporters.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Send them a photo and story of someone your organization serves. So, the next time you reach out to say thanks, share a story that shows how they helped you carry out your mission. If you’re sharing one person’s story (with their permission, of course), see if you can have them sign the card. Your gift mint a lot to us!” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Developers who are more experienced can create customized scripts and widgets on their site to accommodate the needs of their users. Tell me a couple of stories about how the project has delivered value to your organization? Ning is also very flexible. This is what we were trying to reinforce with our workshops.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

Fun and immersive content that invites audience participation, like quizzes, polls, and interactive infographics, boosts engagement and interaction. It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. You might encourage your supporters to share their stories and experiences related to your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. Ning is also very flexible. t that bad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. ” He offered a simple framework for doing improvisation: notice, accept, and build. He also talked about the Improviser Mindset VS Scripted Mindset of leaders.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Instead of starting with the story, start with the data. 4) Craft Your Story. It’s not just about visualizing data in a fun way; it’s about communicating something important to your audience. Once you know what the data is telling you and the audience you want to reach, you can start to script out the story you want to tell.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

” Oh, yeah, going to be a fun one. We just love to know a little bit more about who we’re talking to, that’s always fun. So how do you tell your nonprofit story through a computer screen if you do not have a staple nonprofit story? How do we tell this story as one story? Switch the context.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They recruited some of their strongest supporters to act as “AuSM Champions” and run peer-to-peer fundraising pages, then invite all their friends to a livestream event full of cooking demonstrations, personal stories, and drawings. Participants could cook along with celebrity chefs and have brunch at home. Who wouldn’t want to watch?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Brand Personality : XYZ has a fun and helpful tone. For example, you can start your prompt with “Write a heartfelt story for an 8-yr old about…” or “Provide a never-heard-before solution for boomers about…” Add personality : Don’t be afraid to give the AI an attitude or tone.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Likewise, retail platform Big Cartel had some seasonal fun with its year-end email in 2015, turning their year of accomplishments into a board-game style timeline. Flip the script from “ Look what you made me do ” to “Look what you did.” You saved our health care. You’ve defended Dreamers and their families.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s fun to see some of these struggles and challenges come to life in this deck — and I’ve gotta say, the team did an extraordinary job. Even if the investor isn’t intimately familiar with the world of video production, it’s pretty easy to use TV as a way to tell the story.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. It’s just the most fun ever. This script will help you. That’s fun.

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