Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

Ask them if they’ll write a brief handwritten note on the next appeal you mail (give them a few sample notes). If they can’t come into the office, send them a bunch of sticky notes to write and mail back to you; insert these into the appropriate envelopes. Enclose tribute giving envelopes in mailed newsletters and/or annual reports.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Choosing a consultant with print and web design services can help your organization quickly develop effective appeals for all of your marketing channels, from social media to direct mail. Direct mail: There’s a common misconception out there that direct mail is an out-of-date marketing channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

In Cambodia, we are also teaching Canva, but I was all out of t-shirts. I asked Canva if they could mail some to me before my departure. In my other training work, I’ve been a “Canvangelist” sharing Canva for Nonprofits at many of my workshops.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 14, 2024

Most nonprofits use an omnichannel approach that includes their website, email, social media, direct mail, and other means to reach donors and prospects. The post What the NFL Can Teach Nonprofits About Volunteer Management appeared first on Allegiance Group. Also, look at the other ways the volunteer engages with your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

E-learning is using internet technology and your networks to learn in real-time – either as an individual, within your organization, or a network and learning is applied to get results. This e-mail exchange with a dozen or so colleagues evolved into a guest post about one aspect of the topic. Put e-learning on the agenda.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

You’ll also want to click on your name in the upper right of LinkedIn and select “Settings” to configure your privacy settings and e-mail notifications. For security reasons, do not add your phone number or mailing address. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. Give Recommendations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2012

Millennials education teaches them to be the king of the castle, not the grunts to get the coffee. Millennials want to do something that matters. Upon graduation, their dreams were burst because they didn’t get the corner office but the mail room. When Millennials graduate, it hits them. They need a job. They get underpaid.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, United Way campaigns to name a few. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. How often do the funds come in without workable donor data – or any donor data – behind it? What’s that proverb?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I’m talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

He teaches you three key ingredients: Focus : How to say less with more meaning. Paul Hellman answers these questions and gives you 100 fast and actionable tactics to make your eights seconds meaningful. It's all in his new book, You've Got 00:00:08 Seconds. Variety : How to stand out as slightly different.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Teach something new to your team 24. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Send written thank you notes 22. Listen carefully and don't multi-task while listening 23. Show respect for all team members 25. Follow through when you promise to do something 26. Allow prudent autonomy 27. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. for direct mail donor acquisition. You have the wrong person in this job; their strengths lie elsewhere. Let’s look at these one at a time, and consider some options to ameliorate the situation.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Teach them that fundraising isn’t about asking for money; it’s about giving people the opportunity to give back and improve their communities. Once the new staffer understands the cycle of giving, you can start teaching them to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors. Have the same conversation with your board members.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

For Team MPhasis, its important to not only teach kids through sports, but to also incorporate our religious beliefs into our work. Having Godly principles embedded in our program is the most important concept that we teach, and we make that a clear focus right up front. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? All You Need is Love.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Let’s say that your contributions from direct mail donors of less than $1,000 fell off by 60% in 2020 as compared to the previous year. This was because you had to cut your budget, and the volunteers who usually helped with mailings weren’t available—so no mailings were sent. Take revenue generation as an example.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Teach something new to your team members. Return e-mail and phone calls promptly. Listen carefully. Word hard and lend a hand when deadlines are tight. Show respect for everyone on your team. Follow through when you promise to do something. Allow learning to happen when mistakes are made. Allow prudent autonomy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Teach something new to your team members. Return e-mail and phone calls promptly. Listen carefully. Word hard and lend a hand when deadlines are tight. Show respect for everyone on your team. Follow through when you promise to do something. Allow learning to happen when mistakes are made. Allow prudent autonomy.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

This post is the third in a series designed to teach the art of nailing the perfect pitch. We teach nutrition and cooking. Some packets even include a mailing address or SASE to make taking action as easy as possible! “What if you have just 2 minutes with a prospective donor. Are you prepared to #NailYourPitch?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

Teach something new to your team 24. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Send written thank you notes 22. Listen carefully and don''t multi-task while listening 23. Show respect for all team members 25. Follow through when you promise to do something 26. Allow prudent autonomy 27. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2014

As a member of the nonprofit community, much like yourselves, I’m on a several different mailing lists and received a fair share of #GivingTuesday emails. Kudos to everyone getting on board with #GivingTuesday! I loved seeing all the activity last week. Some #GivingTuesday emails captured my attention more than others.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2024

You’re probably already thinking about your mail appeal. ” I’ve even offered chocolate tastings at these events (if you’re going virtual, you could mail some sample chocolate kits in advance). TIP: Teach your board askers to begin by engaging in dialogue with their assigned donors.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

There were a million scenarios and questions going through my head related to COVID-19, teaching remotely/hyflex/in person, reviewing assessment strategies, evaluating digital learning tools, maintaining student connection and community, etc. This meant manually trying to keep track of and make changes one at a time hoping to keep up.

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Forum One

MAY 14, 2009

Users can share sites via e-mail, write an online review of their experience, and access supplementary travel and funding resources. and Curricula Organizer for Reproductive Health Education (CORE): "Access reproductive health teaching materials or build your own dynamic curricula for learners."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Simplify day-to-day translation, speed up multilingual communications work, or integrate bilingual dictionaries into your teaching toolkit with the Ultralingua donation program at TechSoup. Make translating content on brochures, mailings, and press releases easier. As a teaching aid. Tear Down the Language Barrier.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Is it easy to join your mailing list? Do donors receive a mailed thank you card? Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. Does the organization look trustworthy? If so, how?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Teach something new to your team 24. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Send written thank you notes 22. Listen carefully and don''t multi-task while listening 23. Show respect for all team members 25. Follow through when you promise to do something 26. Allow prudent autonomy 27. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Are you teaching them how to use Signal, or are you saying what I worry about, which is the massive amount of attack surface area that comes just from using the internet now and buying devices and having that stuff in your life and in your home? Matt Mitchell: Yeah, I actually don’t teach them about Signal and stuff like that.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2021

After all, our mission was all about teaching. Yet across the table was an educational leader who denied that teaching could have any impact. If we’re just talking about methods, there’s major gifts, bequests and trusts, corporate relations, grant proposals, direct mail, social media, virtual and in-person events.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. EXAMPLE: When I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Causes is less organizationally siloed compared to direct mail. The entry point for direct mail is the organization, that mail piece. Five Lessons Celebrities Can Teach Us About Facebook Fan Pages from Mashable. Do they tend to give to "issues or causes" versus organizations? How loyal are they? by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2008

An interesting article in today's New York Times called " Lost in E=Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast." The Times articles covers one technique - e-mail bankruptcy ,??? or getting so far behind in responding to e-mail messages that it becomes necessary to delete them all and start over. Photo by Will Lion.

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