NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . When listeners called, they were able to choose their language.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Same for any grants, regrants, mini-grants, or loans you offer. Use warm values-based language and feelings into your messaging. Get creative.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

That sounds good, right? SMART is a widely used goal-setting model that can help you clarify your ideas, focus your efforts, use your time and resources wisely, and fulfill your mission. When it comes to fundraising, one of the SMARTest things you can do is develop a fundraising plan for your nonprofit that uses the SMART goal model.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. ” So everything’s a guesstimate.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

We want to replicate our model across the country. But they didn’t know how to take that relationship, grow it in that peer-to-peer kind of CEO to CEO type of investment level conversational language and lead them to their best gift. We have a goal to change this in our community. We want to scale.” Here’s the thing.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

I'm a long-time fan of Maddie Grant , so I was excited to see her and co-author Jamie Notter tackle this very topic in Humanize. Their premise is quite simple: to succeed in today's world you've got to throw your old models out the window. Best practices are evil. page 34) This resonated with me for two reasons.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

And when we really understand and we match against the assets that we have as an organization and the funder lens, then when we’re outreaching to folks, we’re able to really speak their language, tap into that empathy and leverage our assets in a way that gets them interested and wanting to respond at a much, much, much higher rate. .

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

And when we really understand and we match against the assets that we have as an organization and the funder lens, then when we’re outreaching to folks, we’re able to really speak their language, tap into that empathy and leverage our assets in a way that gets them interested and wanting to respond at a much, much, much higher rate. .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

That sounds great. . We don’t have the language to talk about drug abuse and really aren’t equipped to be able to help them live a healthier lifestyle and address chemical use directly. And even though this is all standard strategic planning language, for some of you, you’re like, “I got this.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

And they make participation more accessible by creating easier opportunities for people to engage at times and in places and languages that work for them. At FundAction , a European community of activists has used one such platform to make decisions about funding priorities and grants. Technology Isn’t a Short-Cut to Equity.

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