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Please don't "over spice" your fundraising stories Jan 15, 2025

Want donors to feel your story? Learn when to add details — and when to hold back.

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Don't AI-ify your fundraising story notes! Jan 01, 2025

When AI polishes your stories, it erases what donors care about most. Here's what to do.

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Fundraising 101: You're writing a scene, not an article... Aug 05, 2024

Want donors to feel your mission? Stop writing articles. Start setting scenes instead.

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You can't get donors to FEEL it if you don't feel it first... May 11, 2022

"Don't put that in there!" 

This is how Julie replied to my beloved first idea for a...

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Your next appeal: from interview to fundraising story... May 06, 2022

Our son Baye was once a beneficiary – at age 7, when he lived in an orphanage run by...

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Do your fundraising stories give away the ending? Jan 27, 2022

In your donor appeals, your endings are so important! 

A misplaced story ending means...

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The 1 Forrest Gump fundraising secret you need... Jan 04, 2022

       As a donor, I sometimes daydream about the charities I support...

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How to write an impact story to donors [Template] Sep 18, 2021

My son Mickey was reading a heartbreaking book for his high school English class. The...

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