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He shared Brian McDonald’s template of what composes a great story: a relatable protagonist, an inciting incident, a series of barriers to overcome and a resolution. He recommends the following McDonald-inspired template for structuring your stories: Once upon a time __, and every day __ until one day. The terrific Andy Goodman gave an inspiring and deeply useful session on storytelling for Network for Good yesterday (access the recorded webinar here ). MORE
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Hey, ever wondered how to get more donors for your cause? What have you done about that? I’m reading a book right now that I think would help you find new donors and help them want to give to your organization. It’s called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. MORE
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We’re giving away our $49 e-book: 10 Editorial Calendar Templates for Nonprofits. Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. . Today’s freebie is a good one!
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This week I've put together a template for a thank you letter and commented on what I think each of the sections is meant to accomplish. The Template Dear [name] Believe or not, the salutation can be a thorny subject. You all have what you need for a great letter, but the organization of the information is sometimes hard to nail down. I worked for a Development Director who insisted that we. donation thank you gratitude e-letter Small nonprofit writing
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And if you’re stuck, here’s my template for a great thank-you. My favorite nonprofit, A Wider Circle , set me a thank-you letter this weekend. It started with the following quote. “I truly appreciate everything you have given my family. The household items aside, it’s the hope, the faith, the trust, and the reassurance that kind, caring and loving people still do exist. I used to be the one that donated the clothes, the canned goods, and volunteered my time.
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He shared Brian McDonald’s template of what composes a great story: a relatable protagonist, an inciting incident, a series of barriers to overcome and a resolution. He recommends the following McDonald-inspired template for structuring your stories: Once upon a time __, and every day __ until one day. The terrific Andy Goodman gave an inspiring and deeply useful session on storytelling for Network for Good yesterday (access the recorded webinar here ).
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Date: April 13, 2013. Time: 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MT, 10am PST. Cost: FREE. Are you creating your annual report right now? Are you tasked with showing your board and your donors what you’ve accomplished this year? Do you want to improve on last year’s annual report?
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Hey, ever wondered how to get more donors for your cause? What have you done about that? I’m reading a book right now that I think would help you find new donors and help them want to give to your organization. It’s called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MAY 3, 2011
First off, if you haven’t read the first part of this post yet, I would go there. This shit will make a LOT more sense if you do. I am adapting some of the tools from a book that I’m reading called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon.
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Test Version of the new email messaging appeal template for Be The Match. In this “story appeal”, the control version used their standard email template design and copy layout, weaving together a donor/ recipient story with a donation ask (linked to a standard donation form).
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BONUS: Sample Letter Template. I include worksheets and templates in all of my webinars and e-courses. If you’re like the rest of us, you’re working hard on your appeal right now, and this might be the only paper appeal you’re sending this year. . Are you worried because your appeal didn’t bring in much last year? . Do you have trouble getting people to open your nonprofit appeals? .
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Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices TemplateStories are the way we've communicated throughout human history. There's a reason for that: Stories are powerful. They grab and hold our attention. They put a face on an issue and make it personal. They make people care, And move them to action! [Both within your organization and outside of it.]. In a world inundated by information, it is the compelling stories, not the issues, that will stand out and be remembered. .
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Fundraising 101: Getting Started Best Practices TemplateThis is a sample plan for an imaginary local animal rescue organization called Save the Animals (STA) which is trying to take their outreach efforts online to become well known in the community. While the specifics of your online fundraising plan will be unique for your organization, the overarching themes will likely be similar.
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3) Cut-and-paste templates like this email ask for teachers who fundraise via DonorsChoose.org. Create the templates you anticipate your ambassadors will need and use most frequently.
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Getting Attention
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I’m going to focus content 100% on what you’ve told me is most useful, and can’t find elsewhere —tips, tools, templates and case studies. P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your in-box!
Getting Attention
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Your template helps enormously. Thanks so much for the Marketing Plan Template. In response to your requests, I’ve developed this ready-to-use nonprofit marketing plan template for you to download. We've just completed our strategic plan and are poised to plan our marketing.
Getting Attention
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Your template helps enormously. "Thanks "Thanks so much for the Marketing Plan Template. In response to your requests, I’ve developed this ready-to-use nonprofit marketing plan template for you to download. We've just completed our strategic plan and are poised to plan our marketing. We didn't quite know where or how to start and your plan helps enormously." " — Pam Voss-Page, Executive Director, Student Leadership Services.
Wild Woman Fundraising
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Getting Attention
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Here’s how Shower Strike guides peer-to-peer fundraisers to use, and personalize, hashtags and canned tweets: 4) Correspondence Templates. Your first step is to share editable templates to smooth your fundraisers’ start.
Getting Attention
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This practical, doable marketing plan template takes you from goals to benchmarks, work plan, action and impact! Get this practical, doable marketing plan template to take you from goals to benchmarks, work plan, action and impact.
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The e-book includes ten different templates or schedules to use as a starting point for building out your calendar, along with lots of additional tips and advice. Here is the e-book’s decision tree that will help you decide which of the 10 templates to start with.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
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Canva knows, and it has a template for that, and a template for Powerpoint presentations, and one for Pinterest, among others. Is it me, or can everyone under 30 write, manage, code, photograph, design, analyze, train, present and strategize? I’m not so good with the graphics.
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I urge you to scrap the laundry list and take a one-day marketing planning sabbatical (here’s a marketing plan template to work from). P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox!
Getting Attention
OCTOBER 4, 2016
P.S. Get more fundraising & marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox! Register Now: Thursday, October 6 at 1pm EDT. Join me to learn how to turn your board, staff, and loyal volunteers into a team of passionate and engaging messengers.
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Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered directly to your inbox. P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools, templates, case studies & tips delivered directly to your inbox.
Social Media Bird Brain
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Image via Bruce Sallan There are a lot of new services out there and I looked at one this week called Readymag, which helps users create ''microsites, portfolios, photo stories, magazines, and presentations'' using templates. As I browsed through their examples I wondered why a person or NGO with an already significant social media presence would want to use their service. So I sent them an. customer service NGO Readymag Small nonprofit Web application
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Job Description Template (Word). P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your in-box!
Getting Attention
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P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox! Remember when you were a teen and your mom told you to clean up your room, call your grandmother, and set the table all within the same five minutes. Remember how frustrating that was.
Getting Attention
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Develop tools and templates to increase your volunteer messengers’ ease, participation, and confidence. Provide practice-based training : Reinforce value and rewards; introduce scenarios; review messages, policies, templates, and tools; getting help.
Getting Attention
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P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox! Kivi Leroux Miller’s annual Nonprofit Communications Trends Report is one of my “go to” resources for boosting client communications impact.
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A process for every project : Creating our own templates in Asana enabled us to take the guesswork out of the work. Our editorial process, steps for creating an e-newsletter, and marketing campaign planners are all examples of project templates that live in Asana.
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P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your in-box! Kivi Leroux Miller’s Nonprofit Communications Trends Survey has become the “go to” source for what’s REALLY happening in the world of nonprofit communications and fundraising.
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The messages went out at the same time, with the same subject line and the same content; the only difference was the template – our new mobile-enhanced code against our old version. You’ll need to address two main issues: the content and the template. Second: Template.
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P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your in-box! I’ve rarely seen a bigger message fail than this one. There’s clearly been some controversy on this nearby street about front lawn etiquette.
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P.S. Get more nonprofit marketing tools , templates, case studies & tips delivered right to your inbox! Yes, this has to matter to you. The current global cyber attack , built on ransomware, could wreck your communications impact and a lot more.
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