Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2021

Many organizations are re-inventing themselves and their events after the COVID-19 pandemic. This can be an exciting opportunity, but it can also be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start or what will work when it comes to your fundraising event theme. . Here’s how you can go about picking your fundraising event theme. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

When the pandemic hit, that event finally came. Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. However, there are still ways to make these events more modern and efficient using technology.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Email fundraising has become increasingly difficult, but many of the organizations in our sample of 24 nonprofits saw strong results this December. The good news is, we don’t have a weekend 12/31 deadline for the next few years — but it still might be worth rethinking the December calendar.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization. Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Fundraisers raise awareness for your brand, drive donors to contribute to your organization, and push you closer to accomplishing your mission. However, fundraising events can be a source of stress and frustration for some nonprofits. Doing event fundraisers puts a strain on small organizations and teams working with tighter budgets.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. These events bring in big time donations, and can have a huge impact on furthering the organization’s cause. If not, the organization risks not only losing the investment in the event, but potential donations.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 30, 2023

Who they are: Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. At the event, all guests received one complimentary drink ticket followed by a cash bar. Junior Achievement of Western PA’s Celebrating Success Event Form.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Who they are: Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. At the event, all guests received one complimentary drink ticket followed by a cash bar. Junior Achievement of Western PA’s Celebrating Success Event Form.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To refresh and reset, save November 2 on your calendar. It is a networking and development organization that connects executives with education, research, ideas, and people. After the launch party, the fun starts. Learn the steps this organization takes to win its members’ confidence. Go-live is a milestone, not an end.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One big key to your organization doing well is how involved and dedicated your board members are. By recognizing and addressing their unique requirements, you create an environment in which they feel valued and invested in your organization’s mission. This makes the banquet a powerful example of acknowledging efforts in action.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Content could be anything: Resources about your mission Fun downloads for your constituents Quizzes about your cause One client created an origami pinwheel for Child Abuse Awareness Month. Another client created a digital calendar with tips on how to care for a specific disease in each month of the year.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Any fundraising professional knows that planning a fundraising event is hard work. Investing in event registration software for nonprofits will help you simplify your planning process and make it easy for your donors to donate and sign up for your fundraising event! What is event registration software for nonprofits?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hybrid events allow an event organizer to combine a traditional live event with a virtual event. This ability offers a wide range of benefits to both the organizer and the attendees. . While hybrid events are rapidly growing in popularity, they are not without their challenges. Define Your Audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 5, 2023

An annual awareness calendar can offer your nonprofit lots of great promotional ideas throughout the year. These issue-focused events offer great ideas for promoting your nonprofit, raising awareness and support for your cause, fundraising, and shedding more light on the great work that you do every day.

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CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

Planning an event is a daunting task for most nonprofits. There is so much that needs to be done to get staff, board members, volunteers, and donors to put their time, treasure, and talent towards supporting the organization. You may be wondering, will adding fundraising tickets to the event just complicate things?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

In the beginning you may self-fund your fledgling organization. But long term, you can’t run an entire organization from the generosity of only a handful of people. What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. Many founders do.)

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 25, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Energize Your Nonprofit: Power Strategies for Off-Peak Fundraising In the world of nonprofit organizations, the rhythm of the year is often punctuated by a rush of end-of-year activity. A crucial part of this strategy should be the creation of a year-round fundraising calendar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As recommended in Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse , your organization should buy a VR headset and experience the metaverse as a team. Decide who at your organization will be the primary admin for your Oculus account. Have fun with your avatar! Explore and have fun. So, before opening the box: ?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Yesterday, I had a lot of fun giving another webinar for Nonprofit Webinars, this time focused on DIY Social Media Management. The goal of this webinar was to provide some baseline tools to help manage the incoming and the outgoing content across all channels an organization may be using to communicate and connect. Content Calendar.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The best way to learn about virtual fundraising events is to hear from those who’ve experienced them. We recently wrapped up our 2021 Collaborative: Virtual Sessions event here at Classy. The event brought together over 50 speakers and thousands of nonprofit professionals from across the social sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the most important exercises I do is a “Fishbowl” where participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar. It’s Not Too Late To Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar – Guest Post by Holly Minch, Lightbox Collaborative.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They’re excited to get their fledgling organization off the ground, and they need the funds to do it. Especially when you work really hard on an event or an online campaign and you don’t get the results you were hoping for. So you figured you’d just write the checks yourself to keep the organization running. Things change.

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Classy

APRIL 2, 2021

Whether you’re planning a virtual, in-person, or hybrid fundraising event , certain aspects of your planning will remain consistent across types. It’s also important to remember that the most successful virtual events aren’t mere replicas of in-person experiences, but events that truly embrace the strengths of an online experience.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Fundraising is hard—and throwing a flesh-and-blood fundraiser event is even harder. The list of headaches and hassles you’ll encounter is pretty much endless: Renting a venue, hiring a caterer, soliciting silent auction items, signing up and training volunteer event staff, etc. Car Washes Organize teams to wash cars in a parking lot.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

They often benefit from nonprofit-related activities and are inclined to give back , but they have busy lives in which their families’ needs may take precedence over donating to or getting involved with your organization. Provide family-friendly tours of your organization. Design educational resources and creative projects for kids.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Approximately 80% of volunteers state that they would like to be recognized or thanked by their organizations by hearing about how their work has made a difference. In this guide, we’ve compiled a list of some top volunteer appreciation gift ideas and why they are beneficial for your organization.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hybrid events allow an event organizer to combine a traditional live event with a virtual event. This ability offers a wide range of benefits to both the organizer and the attendees. . While hybrid events are rapidly growing in popularity, they are not without their challenges. Define Your Audience.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

It feels like that's a way in which the arts can be visionary, be change agents, and also be really fun and playful, which is primary to living." - Gabriela Masala This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Gabriela Masala talking about how to organize have fun do good flash mobs. Gabriela is the Founder of the One Love Alliance.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

If your organization sends out a member newsletter, you have a solid communication method on your side! For example, a “Song of the Week” newsletter section might seem fun (and, to be fair, it is!), Share upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, organization updates, etc., This section will help you get started.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

The money you raise should come from a variety of sources including individual donors, foundations, and events. If you depend on only one source for funding, you will put your organization’s future at risk. What if that person or organization does not come through this year? You don’t need to keep putting on event after event.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 29, 2023

When that piece of software has a ton of features—like donor management tools, fundraising features, events capabilities, membership management, email and website builders, and on and on—there’s even more to learn. Fun Fact These courses were designed by a team of professional educators and instructors to be clear, concise, and useful.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Block it off on your calendar and record it on a project plan that someone holds you accountable to. For instance, the events department can consider clean up opportunities when members register for your conference. Be creative – Make it fun to collect data as you’re interacting with people. Yes, everyone.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

A brand voice is your reference point for how your organization speaks to various audiences, both internally and externally. Every nonprofit has its own mission, and that means that what each organization creates for content will vary. It can be fun and light-hearted, but it should all support your mission.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2019

Events are an important part of your organization’s yearly calendar. They’re engaging, informative, and fun! Your events are a crucial part of your supporter engagement strategy, and they help your organization build community and move forward together. START WITH A KILLER SUBJECT LINE. PLAN A DRIP CAMPAIGN.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

The paradigm for campaigns that have moved forward has been reactive to this point – taking an in-person event and making it virtual. In undertaking a landscape review of many well-known P2P event websites, findings were consistent with that paradigm across spring events. However, fall event websites told a much different story.

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