The document discusses applying hot trends in nonprofit marketing to planned giving newsletters. It identifies that planned giving newsletters are often too technical, boring, or morbid. Instead, newsletters should be inspiring, motivating, and life-affirming. The document recommends three trends: making the newsletter about the donor's experience, telling stories that people remember, and making the content snack-sized to accommodate short attention spans. It provides guidance on writing different types of stories and emphasizes cutting back on text.