Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Start with a straightforward script Give your volunteers a warm, personable thank you script. It should sound like a conversation (not like a thank-you script a robot might write).

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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. Following this, initiate a call from your executive within the first week of receiving a gift to further emphasize the donors importance to your organization. These videos should focus on authenticity and storytelling.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

One way to get more funding is to start or grow your major gifts program to channel resources toward an equitable recovery for all. Starting a major gifts program can be intimidating. First, define (or revise) what a major gift is at your organization. Major gifts fundraising is a team sport. Start somewhere.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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. In other words, they looked at retention and future gifts among both groups. The post Let Volunteers Shine (And Inspire Gifts) On GivingTuesday appeared first on Bloomerang.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Soon, we’ll spend our days purchasing holiday gifts for loved ones, baking, and gearing up for visits from family and friends. Secure A Matching Gift Matching gifts are nonprofit gold. This year-end, partner with a local business or major donor to secure a matching gift.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If you bought a bottle of Coca-Cola, for example, its red-and-white label and Spencerian script logo would let you know what kind of flavor and quality you could expect from the beverage inside. For-profit companies use branding to establish their credibility and sell their products to customers.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Key benefits of early planning Now, lets flip the script and focus on why planning early is worth the effort. The key to success lies in giving yourself the gift of time. Low engagement : Poor planning and delays can send signals to board members that the session will be poorly run and result in feeble outcomes.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

inspired by this, i made a script that automatically quits @zoom_us when i sigh really loudly [link] pic.twitter.com/jzsh5BCi8p — David Zhou (@dz) December 17, 2020. Perhaps smashing a Staples Easy Button ? Throwing a giant switch like what you’d see in a campy horror movie ?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re here to talk about 3 steps to closing over $10,000 gifts by December 31st. It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. Julie: Let’s do it. That’s right.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Increasing that 32% isn’t a matter of getting better at sending direct mail – it’s about converting more online donors into recurring givers at the point where they give you that first gift. Benefits to your nonprofit: Reduces “donor inertia” by requiring the donors to put forth effort to cancel their gifts. It’s a win-win.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. Borrow cultivation ideas from your major gift officers, if needed. And I mean everything.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One thing that phonathons have historically struggled with has been identifying donors who may be eligible for a matching gift from their employer?—and So how do you optimize matching gifts in your phonathons? Create a standardized script. Train callers on matching gifts. Include matching gifts in call scripts.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

50 gift card for $5,000 raised). Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Peer pressure has a funny way of inspiring larger gifts. Show gift names and amounts on a donor wall, like North Shore Medical Center’s Cancer Walk/Run.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2023

3) Matching gift A matching gift is a gift that increases the impact of one donation. Instead of using the term matching gift every time you talk about it, you can just mention what happens when your supporters make their donations. Help us take advantage of this matching gift and make a donation now!”

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the advancement office, since we deal with all of the data, gifts, and reporting, you can definitely be assured that critical needs are very common. Gift and data lists and reports are always last minute requests. We are all rare and we each carry our own gifts and talents. This work doesn’t feel like work.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When respected researcher Penelope Burk asked donors why they stopped giving, or why they gave less than they could, here are some of their responses : I didn’t receive any information at all after making a gift to a not-for-profit last year. What my friends and I talk about is how donors who make smaller gift are dismissed as unimportant.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

If you’re a small charity If you’re a small charity, and receive just a few gifts a day, you could reasonably call every donor. You just want to establish trust – the foundation of all lasting relationships – showing donors you received their gift, appreciate it, and will put it right to work as per their intention. It may be the E.D.,

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In 2019, Facebook provided $7 million dollars in matching funds for the first gifts made on Facebook on Giving Tuesday. We rarely get gifts we don’t ask for. Offer a couple of suggested scripts they can pick from or modify. Encourage them to make the first gift themselves and immediately invite their friends to it.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Calling up a donor to thank them for their gift will keep your nonprofit top-of-mind when the next appeal comes around. Calling all monthly donors annually to keep them engaged with their recurring gift. But if not, a voicemail saying “thank you” is just as impactful. They can encourage more donations.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Third, it gives folks who are considering making a legacy gift with information to provide to their advisors. Donors who usually give a donation that is higher than the average gift amount . Donors who make major gifts . Donors who make multiple gifts during the year. Here’s a sample script you can use: . “Hi!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From day one I vividly understood that most people rank asking someone they know, face-to-face, for a nonprofit gift on par with a root canal or a colorectal exam. Even business and community leaders who are virtually fearless in everything else they face in their personal, professional, and civic lives are terrified of asking for gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For donors who want their money to be used in ways that change lives, a gift to your organization is the right year-end move. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. Secure a last-minute matching gift. Nothing revs up an Ask like a matching gift! Dial for dollars.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Some donors give a one-time gift, and some sign up as monthly donors. A tiny, inexpensive gift, such as a bookmark, sticker, or magnet. Someone once told me they were reluctant to contact monthly donors and remind them of their recurring gift. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. Just say thank you.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This isn’t just a casual coffee chat; it’s a pivotal meeting that can define a donor’s impression of you, your organization, and may determine whether they make a moderate gift, a significant one, or none at all. However, the key is not to memorize a script but to be knowledgeable and flexible enough to adapt to the conversation naturally.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Matching gift programs empower companies to support their employees’ philanthropic interests by matching their donations. Yet, according to Double the Donation , billions of dollars in eligible gifts go unmatched each year, mainly because donors aren’t unaware that their employers offer these programs. Sounds too good to be true?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

By focusing a little extra energy on your mid-level donors, you can raise more money and create a quality pipeline for your major gifts officers. Collaborate with your membership and major gifts teams to discern who these donors are. Consider sending a handwritten thank you note or personal email for each gift.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Self-reflection / Gift of significance Before describing three suggested actions, allow us to share something important that we’ve learned. Yet, as board members, other donors look to you to give gifts of significance. What is a gift of significance? Your generosity has been noticed, appreciated, and celebrated.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Recaptured donors (whose last gift was two or more years ago) were up nearly 14%. Moving donors from their first gift to their second continues to be a chronic issue for the sector. Gifts of less than $250 grew by 15.3%. Gifts of $250 to $999 increased 8%. Gifts of $1,000 or more increased 10.4%.

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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. Donors love to see their gift in action! Our friends at Illuminate India showed donors how their gifts helped feed hungry kids. This needs to be real and in-the-moment. You can watch the video here. Don’t make it another Ask.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Have a script when you ask for the donation…. When they are the ones making donation appeals, the asks are more genuine and sincere as opposed to scripted and stiff. Have a script when you ask for the donation… …But don’t read from it. Plot out your general scripts accordingly.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

When supporters give, send an eCard to thank them for their gift. Send eCards on special dates, such as the anniversary of a supporter’s first gift or your nonprofit’s founding. Plus, holiday cards near the end of the year can thank supporters and remind them about your nonprofit, which can lead to extra year-end gifts.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Check out the gifts of increased communication, time, and security that these updates will bring. Today, server admins can already impersonate users by sending over the user’s unique userID as part of the sign-in request, however, in order to do this, they need to hardcode their username and password in any scripts requiring impersonation. .

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 13, 2012

I’m in it constantly to record gifts, run reports, analyze giving history, etc. I’d love to see some conditional logic in a later version of Visual Workflow so I can script something like “If email address is entered, match that otherwise match first/last name.” ” For now, this will do.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

Do this by writing a bullet point script before, covering every point you want to make and add slides to match the main points. If you can appropriately find the money, it’s great to offer digital gifts to boost attendee excitement and thank your speakers. We need that visual to concentrate and engage with what is being said.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Appreciation Gift Ideas. It’s not a massive gift, but it’s still a substantial contribution to the cause! He found that 5% of one-time donors thought the charity didn’t need them, 9% had no memory of supporting, 13% never got thanked for donating, and 8% never had any information about how their gifts were used. Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Appreciation Gift Ideas. It’s not a massive gift, but it’s still a substantial contribution to the cause! He found that 5% of one-time donors thought the charity didn’t need them, 9% had no memory of supporting, 13% never got thanked for donating, and 8% never had any information about how their gifts were used. Let’s dive in!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

By reminding them that you put their money to good use, you build trust with that donor and position your organization to receive another gift, maybe even a bigger gift or a commitment for monthly support. For a longer video, consider writing a script. Just speak directly into the camera and from your heart.

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