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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As Blackbaud’s second virtual bbcon event approaches, we’re very excited about the fantastic session topics and speakers we’ve lined up within the Foundations track. Grantmaking-Specific Sessions: Blackbaud Grantmaking, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT: A Throuple for the History Books.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 3) Cooking classes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Kandi Wiens Today, Wiens shares these insights with us: Question: Why did you decide to write the book? Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. I have held the Manzanar High School Year Book. Our volunteer list is long, but the active volunteers get to know one another virtually very quickly. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.”

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. Within just a few months, most associations had publicly posted recommendations and tips, provided amnesty for dues, created policies and procedures, and/or jumped to virtual tools to continue providing events.

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sgEngage

JULY 27, 2021

In-person events were no longer a reality and an estimated 62% of nonprofits pivoted to a virtual campaign to help continue to engage fundraisers in their mission. million for the National Health Service in the UK while completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. Fundraising can be about more than money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

Yesterday, an advanced copy of our book, The Networked Nonprofit , arrived. My son, Harry, who is in video making summer camp, decided to make a little movie of me opening the book! Here are a few upcoming book launch events over the next two weeks: June 17, 2010. Virtual Book Launch. San Francisco Book Party.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. I do social media reporting at the large events with the objective of creating a virtual experience for those who cannot attend.

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Blue Fox

JUNE 28, 2022

So, we thought we would share a few examples to help other nonprofits keep their books and payroll tax situation clean and avoid the cost and totally unnecessary stress of rework. (1) 1) ​ Incorrectly recording a virtual employee’s work location in the payroll system.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 27, 2021

During the recent Virtual Summit for Nonprofit Changemakers , Ashton Rodenhiser did this wonderful visual overview of what I talked about for 45 minutes. Erica Waasdorp is President of A Direct Solution , located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, working with non-profit clients nationally and internationally on appeals and monthly giving.

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Blue Fox

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Why one of 2020’s hottest nonprofit trends will continue to be the rise of the virtual CFO. Enter the outsourced, virtual CFO, or vCFO. You can always reach someone on your virtual finance team and you’re never left in the lurch. Chief Financial Officer. Head Honcho of All the Numbers. Let’s call him Bob.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. For the first time, a national speaker was scheduled to give a keynote. One of their clients was an orphanage effected by the destruction. Was Cause Camp Really Cursed?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2012

This post is the third and final in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. But the National Vending Machine, as most of INNL’s projects, is a prototype. We’d like to share some thoughts and ideas in this guest post.

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Read books written by AAPI authors and visit a museum to learn about significant figures in the AAPI community and their contributions. You can even visit virtual museums or look up educational resources online. Exploring Asian and Pacific art is also a great way to delve into AAPI history.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

While researching and writing our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Center in an Age of Automation , we found many examples of chatbots misbehaving in the world. It is the responsibility of senior management to plan the use of AI carefully in order to ensure that no harm is done to people inside and outside of the organization.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

About Mazarine Treyz: She is the author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising, and CEO of Wild Woman Fundraising, a national fundraising training company. Her organization runs two virtual conferences per year, one on nonprofit leadership and one on fundraising careers. Her latest book, Get the Job! Space is limited!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

After two isolated years of the conference being virtual , everyone was excited to be back in person – even if transitioning from solitude to a crowd of thousands gave you some awkward middle-school-dance flashbacks. . Her website is loaded with blogs, books, and free YouTube videos on how to raise more from your business community. .

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

On May 11th, 2021 join us for a virtual conference unlike any other. Cause Camp, presented by Nonprofit Hub and Do More Good , has been nationally recognized by Forbes as a “must-attend” for the nonprofit sector. We will be using an all-in-one platform for virtual events and a networking space. Cause Camp 2021 Speaker Line-Up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2009

World The National Parks: America's Best Idea , a film by Ken Burns. Top Ten Best National Parks You Don't Know About from The Huffington Post And 'cause I've been writing a lot of letters lately and it is a sweet gift idea, What you need in your "Traveling Mail Art Kit" from the new book Good Mail Day on Craftside.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

The new book, The Empathy Advantage , speaks to anyone with responsibility for recruiting, engaging, leading and retaining the next generation of workers – a workforce shaped by the pandemic that fundamentally transformed the relationship between individuals and organizations. Fortunately, book authors Heather C.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. You already know that virtual auction fundraisers are possible and fruitful, but the possibilities are almost endless.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Based on that message, at the following 30th TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, I delivered an onstage exhortation to fellow technologists to secure their customers’ sensitive information in response to Edward Snowden’s surprise virtual TED interview. And we do this at a per-book cost less than one-tenth of the traditional approaches!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Last week I posted about becoming a virtual volunteer (a volunteer whose work happens online), but what if you're a nonprofit that wants to start a virtual volunteer program? s list of articles, e-books and websites about Using the Internet and Virtual Volunteering. ServiceLeader.org 's Virtual Volunteer Resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. Dr. Bransford is the director of The Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center , sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. For the first time, a national speaker was scheduled to give a keynote. One of their clients was an orphanage effected by the destruction. Was Cause Camp Really Cursed?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. Whether your auction is live or silent, participants will enjoy the opportunity to bid on and win items, especially because people are typically working to get gifts for loved ones and book travel around this time of year. How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . Dale Bannon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month, we did a Networked Nonprofit session at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. He offered to write a guest post. Outreach/Marketing.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

From our meetings with non-profits and national surveys, there is broad variation in how non-profits organizations are faring, but we can generalize them into three buckets. Many non-profits are starting to find creative ways to go virtual, in their programming, and some in their volunteering opportunities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The FSM, which is made up of four distinct island states (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap) sent teams from each of their states as well as the national government. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 9, 2022

Whether you’re running a simple pledge campaign or combining it with a fun virtual or in-person fundraiser , pledge campaigns can work for any nonprofit organization. About the Author John Killoran is an inventor, entrepreneur, and the Chairman of Clover Leaf Solutions, a national lab services company. What is pledge fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. The art form was created Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and you can learn more about in their book or web site. There are no mistakes. It is unplanned.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 15, 2010

My pals, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , have a new book coming out early next month, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change. Five lucky participants will win free copies of the book! You can also join Beth and Allison for their free, virtual book launch party on June 21st at 4 PM ET/1 PM PT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It Train Your Attention with Your iPhone Timer: I would never have been able to write my book, if I hadn’t read Peter Bregman’s 18 Minutes A Day.

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