Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Flip the script from “ Look what you made me do ” to “Look what you did.” They also tailored the language of the body text to focus on supporters versus the organization itself: “You blocked the Muslim ban. Big Cartel’s 2015 Year-in-Review Email Focus on their accomplishments, not yours Don’t be like Taylor Swift.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

With just a script, Synthesia can turn your content into a video featuring a virtual presenter. This tool’s standout features include its ability to create multilingual videos, making it possible to deliver training materials in various languages without needing live actors or voiceovers. Similarly, Murf.ai

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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. Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Write with warmth and sincerity.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. ” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand.

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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. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Sounds great, right? 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: . Use your fundraising ambassadors as a sounding board for messaging you are considering. And how do you get them busy, working on your behalf?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Strong and effective body language. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and Effective Body Language. Body language can betray you. Asking is part art and part science.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. This sounds like a trick question, but it speaks to the likelihood that we as fundraisers tend to focus too much on the money and forget to notice other ways the donor might help. Phone or In Person?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Does that sound good? If that sounds like you, put “me” in the chat. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So I want you to tell me which one of these sounds most like you, related to getting 10k gifts. No judgment.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. Colleen also made sure to create a robust template for her fundraisers with boilerplate language and images.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Think of SEO as the language used by search engines to communicate with your website. While this may sound overwhelming, don’t let it discourage you. While it may sound like the logical thing to do, it will cause issues with search engines. As a result, your content will sound more natural to readers.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Because I sound like a broken record saying this, I’m going to say it again, volunteers make your very best donors. What’s your body language? And so I’ll do like a script with them. And that is how you get the results of them buying into your organization, buying into your message, wanting to donate.

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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. And I know that sounds expensive. But you really want to script it, you just don’t want to have some.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Sound familiar? Can you add some language around what to expect if the event is canceled, postponed, or shifted to fully virtual during the registration process or within the commitment form sponsors sign? If you sound stressed, others will follow suit. We discovered that approximately 65% of nonprofits surveyed didn’t have one.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. When you match our first half million,” notice the language there, “we will make another grant of a half million.” I know that thank you calls sound time intensive. They sound scary, because who wants to talk to someone?

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The MatrixFiles

OCTOBER 23, 2024

For example, a simple chatbot that follows pre-programmed scripts (“if A then B…”) may be marketed as AI but without true machine learning or natural language processing capabilities. Is it machine learning, natural language processing, or something else? What kind of AI are they using? Which core AI technology is it built upon?

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