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Braver Angels event moderator Heidi Venture isn’t afraid of a little confrontation. “I’m a moderator, and I really don’t want to do anything else. My strength is in managing big groups of people having an ugly conflict, and I love doing that.”
“I don’t even mind when they have bad behavior, as long as they’re willing to look at their behavior as they go. If I say that we have to stop because there’s some name calling, if they’re willing to stop...that’s beautiful to me.”
Write Drunk, Edit Sober: How to write a fundraising appeal
I’ve learned a lot from fundraising writer and guru Tom Ahern.
One year, at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, Tom helped me with an end of year appeal letter. My letter concept was edgy: “He died doing what he loved.” In the end, it doubled the number of new donors acquired compared to the previous year.
Does seeing abandoned dog poop bags make your blood boil? It used to make me justifiably angry, too. I would rant to my friends about it, going on and on about how angry dog poop bags make me. By the time I was done ranting, they were angry, too. Anger shared.
Then, something wonderful happened, completely reversing my crappy attitude.
If your nonprofit has an email newsletter, a blog, or sends fundraising letters, you need to have good stories. How do you make that happen? It starts with an interview. Here are some tips on making that special kind of interview work.
Sometimes, it is so easy to write a thank you, while other times, it’s a struggle.
What’s the difference? I think it’s hardest when I try to do it right. It’s easiest when I first get in touch with my feelings of gratitude
A nonprofit needs a way to make good-looking graphics for Facebook, appeal letters, email newsletters, posters, postcards . . .
Even if your scrappy nonprofit can afford Photoshop, who can afford the time it takes to learn to use it well?
Enter Canva for Nonprofits.
What’s the best way to end your emails? Sincerely? Regards? Yours truly? Nope. This tip is based on research analyzing 350,000 emails.
Gratitude won the top three spots. “Thanks in advance” was the clear winner, followed by “Thanks” and “Thank you.”