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Guest Post: Murphy’s Law — sometimes simpler is better in technology for volunteer management

Twenty Hats

Back in the late aughts I had my first brush with volunteer management, when I volunteered for a second year with a film festival in New York City. But the second year I returned a bit more ambitious, and volunteered to be the volunteer manager. Many of us know and love Salesforce.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

Implementing more modern tools—especially major software, such as customer relationship management (CRM) or fundraising software—can provide your organization with new efficiencies and new capabilities to improve fundraising , marketing, volunteer management, and ultimately do even more to power your purpose. Do a data clean-up.

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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. That has reduced the opt outs because we’re often just providing information.”. Today, statistics show that one in five consumers has more than 1,000 unread emails in their personal inbox.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Is there a positive result for organizations that provide stipends for volunteers? As part of a. The researchers (McBride, et.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

NTEN

You can also use ZIP code to restrict or show events near a constituent’s area and show nearby volunteering opportunities. If you track event attendees or volunteers, follow up online by sending a thank you email with pictures of the event. Ask folks what they are interested in and use that information to change what you report about.

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Qgiv

Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. If you want to take things a step further, look up your local crisis center or community hotline and become a trained volunteer. Agencies from within the U.S. Donate to support their mission here.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on such diverse subjects as Program Evaluation & Information Management, International NGOs, and Philanthropy. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. I recently published an article on formal and informal volunteering in Canada. Lili Wang, Ph.D.,

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