Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I cried after my first big film was released,” she admitted, in hushed tones over the phone. Sometimes our language, traditions, and yes, those pesky power dynamics keep us apart. ” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

The internet — and even phones, to some extent — have produced a certain amount of anonymity when it comes to asking for donations and making contributions. Practice in front of a mirror or with colleagues to make notes of your body language and any nervous gestures. These methods should include: Phone calls.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

For a longer video, consider writing a script. Avoid an overly sweet or flowery language or imagery. Scripting: Even if you don’t plan to read from a script, you still should write a script. If you just talk into your phone for four minutes, you will likely lose viewers rather than inspire them to give.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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Kindful

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Tip #1: Pick up the phone to solicit gifts. . Making phone calls is one of the least expensive and most powerful fundraising strategies when it comes to soliciting a year-end gift! . If you haven’t started making phone calls yet (or even if you have!), I can even process the donation over the phone if you’re ready to give now.

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Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The language of your online donation forms, scripting, print materials, and any other content should center this language. Prioritize returning supporters, larger gifts, and local donors for phone calls and handwritten notes. Dont let your brand be an afterthought.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

Recently purchased by Google, Word Lens is free in a handful of languages for a limited time so stop reading this for a second and download it now! You simply point your phone's camera at text and have it immediately translated into your native language. Tech Tools to Benefit the Spanish-Language Community.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Would you be available this week or next for a phone call? I like to suggest both a phone call and a coffee date, and see which one the donor feels more comfortable with. For a phone call, you can literally have these in writing in front of you. Phone or In Person? Or, even better, would you like to meet for coffee?”.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

Phone Call This is your secret weapon, perhaps the most under-utilized ways of thanking donors, and probably the method that has the most lasting impact. TIP: Ask donors for their phone numbers on your response devices and donation pages, and use them! If you’re doubtful, test this. If you do it, you’ll really stand out.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Many companies like Twilio and Tropo offer APIs to integrate phone call and text message features into your web applications. To go the extra mile, you could even combine APIs like Twilio or Tropo with the elected officials’ phone numbers from the Cicero API for phone banking and other types of call-in advocacy campaigns.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone. Repetitive structure.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Whether your ambassador communicates with their friends and family via phone, text, email, or social media is up to them. Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: . Will you join me in supporting these young people?

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

Creating messages that are geared toward them can vary greatly in language, graphics, images, and all other elements. Messages could have a bigger impact if they are scripted to address their preferred type of commitment. New donors begin at the “Awareness” phase when they are gathering information about your mission and nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

The thank you team means that when a gift comes through the door, I am going to send you an email, that email is going to have who was the donor, here’s their cell phone number or contact number, and here is how much they donated. Those board members agree to pick up the phone and call and say, “Thank you.”

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You might go home and look up the trailer online, or take out your phone and Google the film title. . You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do. If you design modular furniture, a logo featuring Victorian script and flowers is going to be misleading.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You might go home and look up the trailer online, or take out your phone and Google the film title. . You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do. If you design modular furniture, a logo featuring Victorian script and flowers is going to be misleading.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

In the last two years, I have secured more asks using a virtual platform versus email or phone. I have gotten to the point that I do not make phone calls. Now, in the beginning of my career, I was always on the phone. See, we’re talking 15 years ago, so I was always on the phone. My cell phone. Expression.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The language that we use is vitally important to our fundraising efforts. From your logo and campaign hashtag, to sample posts and scripts, to printable materials and essential language about your campaign, the toolkit distills all the insights you have as a fundraiser into one easy-to-find resource.

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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. If it’s too late for that, and you have too many donors that you need to contact, then you can call them on the phone. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

If they have indicated they prefer to be contacted by phone rather than email, make sure you call them. You’ll want to craft some specific language for your board early on to let them know what their role is and how they can help. Make things as personal as possible by paying attention to their preferences and needs. Case for Support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" Does that include cell phones? " If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). " -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

There’s writer’s block, competition for our attention in the form of social media or our phones, and who can forget about the 50 other responsibilities we have on our plate. Now all you need is to convert your blog post into a script and you’ll be ready to post your new video in no time!

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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. Just get on your phone, do a little video and send it to them, I can tell you that will make a ginormous difference.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. But what are the professional opportunities that we can offer our board so that they feel prepared with the language and the skills and the tools to be successful? Steven: I love that.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is a most exciting development: it means that anyone with a cheap MP3 player or a phone that plays MP3s can have access to our books. The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities. My second blog post in this series will describe how we are growing our Spanish-language program.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Provide the following information about the organization and staff. Professional References/Testimonials (others who can speak on the organization’s behalf).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also started small and low-cost with the automated phone call system: instead of taking the time and money to build out interactive voice response technology, a Fasal team member recorded the “automated” voice behind the phone by reading call scripts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. When you match our first half million,” notice the language there, “we will make another grant of a half million.” And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Multilingual Capabilities As organizations grow globally, support for multiple languages becomes a critical feature. Tools are rated on how easily they allow users to create and translate courses into different languages, ensuring accessibility for diverse learner populations. 9.

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