Clairification

MAY 11, 2023

Want content that raises money? Tell more stories. We tell ourselves stories all the time to inspire, goad, cheerlead and persuade. Stories connect the dots. Stories invite us in. When we add our own imagination, stories begin to acquire personal relevance. And why not?

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Activism Marketing Marketing 74

Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

‘Fundraiser turnover solutions: Transforming the story character’ is a tour de force for what is often termed “donor-centered fundraising.” Fundraisers are treated as “money grubbers,” and no one likes people in this role. The fundraiser is put in a corner, told to go raise money, and punished if they don’t.

Philanthropy 122

Philanthropy Culture Non-Profits Values 122

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story?

Children 139

Children Construction Nonprofits Non-Profits 139

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 29, 2017

If you are raising money for a good cause, you’ll need to cast a vision that excites donors and makes them want to give. Here are five ways to better communicate with donors and raise more money than ever before. Tell a Big Story Everybody wants to get caught up in a story that is bigger than themselves.

Non-Profits 157

Non-Profits Homelessness Associations Education 157

Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

They’re more comfortable partnering with nonprofits that have a substantial track record of success, which takes time to establish. Start by planning for success Before asking for money, you need to lay some essential groundwork. Small, local organizations are more trusted than larger institutions , but you need to win that trust.

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Nonprofit governance and management Finance Nonprofits Values 98

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

And your fundraising more productive! If you want to raise enough money to fully fund your programs, you need to use more than one tool. If you want to raise enough money to fully fund your programs, you need to use more than one tool. Heart-warming human-interest stories.

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The Charity CFO

AUGUST 8, 2022

After all, giving away money isn’t rational. And how can you harness those forces to raise more money for your organization? And how can you harness those forces to raise more money for your organization? And research shows that donors give more when they have a sense of belonging !

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Psychology Fundraising Fundraising Values 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Fundraisers are becoming more open, and they leverage technology well. And here’s how you can come up with new ideas: Tell your story with VR, AI, and other cool technology. Look into different ways to raise money besides just giving gifts. Why not ramp it up with some more reasons to keep them engaged?

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Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Production 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

In fact, they gave more over the past several years than they seem willing to commit now. So, they don’t see why their money is really needed. It will raise awareness. And the fact that you’ve existed 75 years doesn’t make the messaging any more compelling. What should I do? It will be a good chance to engage people.

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Food Homelessness Poverty Education 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners. Here’s why storytelling is so vital: 1) Creating an Emotional Connection: Stories have the power to evoke emotions and connect with audiences on a personal level.

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Retention Healthcare 93

Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Autumn brings more than a colorful display of leaves changing, though. Help donors find and give to your cause online Fifty-five percent of people who interact with a nonprofit on social media take action, and of this group, 59% consider donating money as a result. From So What? To So Funded!

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership 119

Clairification

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Or I’d plan a prospect visit, and right away be asked: “Tell me a bit about what you do, and what your biggest challenges are?” There’s a story – many stories – hiding in there somewhere. Why is it that most of us don’t tell our story when given the opportunity? A Good Story Pitches Itself!

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 10, 2023

Learn 4 easy steps you can use to promote your Nonprofit and raise funds effectively. But how can they reach more people? 4 Steps To Fundraise With YouTube Giving Here’s how to turn your YouTube channel into an invaluable resource to raise money for your cause. You can also tell the story of your NGO and its mission.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Foundations 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

One way to help your board members get over that resistance and discover the joy of fundraising is to show them that fundraising is really about telling and hearing stories, not asking for money. If you’re ambivalent about the board’s role in raising money for your nonprofit, they will be too.

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Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Values 94

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you scramble at the last minute to put this together, it will show — and chances are good you’ll raise less money with a poorly-done online fundraising campaign. The more detail here the better, because you can use it in all your promotional materials. Post the results of what was raised on social media.

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Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment Children 98

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Lesson for you: Nonprofits need to accept that companies will want more for their sponsorship dollars. Less charity, more marketing. Prepare now for the inevitable by boosting your sponsorship packages and developing a more flexible mindset. ?? Millions more around the globe watch it on TV. Now it boasts 30,000.

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Associations Recruitment Food Nonprofits 130

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

Here’s why: 1) You’ll raise money and awareness. Golf’s fundraising power is massive—the sport raises nearly $4 billion for charity annually. Nonprofits of all types and sizes can use golf as an effective vehicle to raise mission-critical, unrestricted funds. 2) The right tools automate time-consuming tasks.

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Technology 128

The Killoe Group

AUGUST 2, 2023

They’re the ones who sign up to raise funds on behalf of your organization – driving donations from their own networks of friends and family. So, let’s look at some proven tips to help your nonprofit recruit and retain more peer-to-peer participants. You can collect more information later. Learn more.

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Recruitment Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising 97

iMarketSmart

MAY 15, 2024

We’ll talk about this more in a bit. You Gave Up Too Soon Fundraising consultant Kevin Fitzpatrick tells a story from his time as a gift officer where he had to contact a particular couple 16 times over a 12-month period just to get his first visit with them. And to become a millionaire, you just need to make more money.

Communication 52

Communication Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 52

The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The three things are: #1 – Letters that Focus on the Donor Raise More. Talk about the donor and you’ll raise more money. #2 2 – Letters that Tell a Great Story Raise More. Don’t have a story like that for your non-profit? 3 – Letters that are Skim-able Raise More.

Non-Profits 92

Non-Profits Fundraising Fundraising Communication 92

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. I see way too many good organizations struggling to raise the money they need. Maybe we should all STOP doing what no longer works and START doing things that bring us a huge return on our investment of time, energy, and money.

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Fundraising Fundraising Leadership Energy 111

The Charity CFO

MARCH 13, 2023

Fundraising ideas for nonprofits are one of the more exciting ways to add needed momentum to your mission. How do these organizations have the money to operate? Even though nonprofits are not concerned with earning a profit, money is necessary for their success. The idea behind nonprofits is to support the public good.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Medical 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

We’ve all heard how important stories are to fundraising communications. But how do you actually pick a great story? And more importantly, how do you take a great story and turn it into a great fundraising story? . To have a great fundraising story, you need a few key things. You need one person. .

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Fundraising Fundraising Children Psychology 115

Lets Talk Nonprofit

JULY 5, 2023

It's been said that Ernest Hemingway wrote this six-word story. While its origins may be disputed, you can't argue with the fact that those six simple words do tell a story. Could you tell a story in six words? Tell me this. Just because you can say more, should you? Never worn." What about you?

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Fundraising Fundraising Values Communication 52

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Or a Facebook fundraiser that raised so little it was embarrassing. It’s about telling your story in an authentic way that fans the flames already burning in people’s hearts. This is why stories are so important. Good fundraising stories are full of emotion and draw people in. Their name.

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Psychology Homelessness Fundraising Fundraising 122

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Other events are smaller, more intimate gatherings where guests are directly asked for money. You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. So, how do you know which one will be THE ONE that raises big bucks for you?

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Fundraising Fundraising Advertising Nonprofits 130

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By bringing together intuitive technology and social impact expertise, Bonterra enables unmatched connectivity between organizations and their communities of supporters and constituents, ultimately creating more ways for social good organizations to maximize their impact.

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Fundraising Fundraising Technology Communication 62

Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

One of the most pervasive problems in the nonprofit sector is getting your board to be more engaged , and more specifically, to increase board fundraising. The objections shared usually involve board members not wanting to ask people they know for money. Stories are powerful at opening doors and hooking people’s interest.

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Fundraising Fundraising Activism Homelessness 88

iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s about growing a relationship between donor and gift officer, as they work together to advance the donor’s hero story by giving big financial gifts. Every great story has a hero and a villain. See why stories matter more than metrics. Who Is This Villain in the Donor’s Story? See all 12 donor archetypes.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 52

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s also the number one reason you’re raising less money than you could. You’re Leaving Money on the Table. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. I wonder what they did with the money and whether it helped. Then, more often than not, they stop. Donor Negative WORDS. People give.

Retention 110

Retention Nonprofits Philanthropy Communication 110

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 2, 2021

Start telling stories through content marketing. Instead of using a newspaper to get their story out there in the world, NAMI has become its own publisher. Every nonprofit should start a blog where they publish their own stories. They have more than 18,000 followers on Facebook. You have a story to tell.

Non-Profits 145

Non-Profits Marketing Marketing Social Enterprise 145

Jeff Brooks

MARCH 29, 2023

So why did they choose a photo that tells a story that's the exact opposite of the words? Even though the words tell us about "the ache of hunger," there's no sense of ache in the photo. You can raise money with happy photos. Are you serious about raising money for your cause? We just see a happy kid.

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Fundraising Fundraising 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

That means that you must work to make relevant content marketing more readily accessible to your constituents. . Specifically, you should create content around the “why” of your existence and share the stories that demonstrate your successes in fulfilling your mission. Take a look at how you’re telling your story. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2022

We want to know what you did, but more importantly, we want to know why you did it. Why did you spend your time and money the way you did? Putting one together from scratch can be overwhelming, so the pro fundraisers at Network for Good have created a quick and easy template to help you tell your organization’s story.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Most likely when you are trying to raise money, and honestly, you want to raise as much as you can, so you look the other way on some dubious choices in the creative. This comes into play most obviously in stories nonprofits choose to tell, how they tell them, and the imagery used with them, especially for fundraising purposes.

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Ethics Values Communication Fundraising 76

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. Here’s the reality: your passion and your vision require MONEY to fulfill. It takes commitment, guts, and a great story.

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Children Education Education Homelessness 122

Ann Green

APRIL 12, 2023

By Patti Schutte Fundraising is all about engaging with supporters and telling your organization’s story. When you build confidence as a public speaker, you can become a more effective fundraiser and nonprofit communicator. Use stories to create an emotional connection. Wrap up with a story or inspiring quote.

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