The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Elevating Latino Voices: How Nonprofits Can Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month From the rhythmic cadence of salsa music to the inspiring tales of pioneers who’ve blazed trails in fields as diverse as literature, science, and politics, the Latino community has enriched the American mosaic in countless ways.

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DipJar

MAY 10, 2022

Robin described some of the ways they strive to make their placements successful, including their unique approach to training. “We We don’t offer training to the public,” she explained, “but we do house train and leash train all of the dogs who enter our care. In 2021, they adopted out 507 animals (250 cats, 257 dogs).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

From peer-to-peer fun runs to bake sales, there’s no end to the types of fundraising events your nonprofit can host. Planning events is one of the best ways to raise money for your mission, and donors love participating in them. In fact, 81% of nonprofit donors attend fundraising events. What is a silent auction?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Educational Assistance and Training Programs. Whole Foods Market’s Whole Kids Foundation’s “primary programs like salad bar and school gardens grants and healthy teacher trainings expand access to healthy food choices, connect kids to the root of their food, and empower educators. Educational Assistance and Training Programs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 13, 2023

Organize and Participate in Cultural Events Multicultural Cooking Class : Organize a cooking class where immigrants teach participants how to make traditional dishes from their home countries. This can be an in-person or virtual event. Think art exhibitions, music and dance performances, film screenings, and food festivals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats. Developed by ETR in 2014, this is a research-based approach for designing and delivering skill-building trainings. Now, our staff retreat was not actually intended as a skill building training.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The three main types of AI you should know about: Generative AI are programs that can use your input to create new content, from images to texts to music. ChatGPT can help you create content, come up with fundraising ideas, and assist with event planning to support your organization’s mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

Adult beverages are often part of the routine checklist when hosting nonprofit events. However, there are several points to consider before setting up an open bar in order for it to become a successful component of your event. Another advantage to hiring certified bartenders is that they're trained to recognize intoxication.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both online and in-person events have the potential to engage a wide range of supporters. In 2020, the pandemic and its resulting social distancing guidelines led nonprofits to experiment with virtual events (many of them for the first time). Galas have strong fundraising potential and are a staple of many nonprofits’ event season.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. You can do this by visiting a Black history museum or African American heritage site, by reading and sharing books written by Black authors, and by exploring Black music history. Donate to support their mission here.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

Adult beverages are often part of the routine checklist when hosting non-profit events. However, there are several points to consider before setting up an open bar in order for it to become a successful component of your event. Another advantage to hiring certified bartenders is that they're trained to recognize intoxication.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2021

When was the last time you trained? So many of our fears, whether in approaching new board members, donation levels, or the success of events, can be overcome through action. There are always going to be a portion of life’s events and business outcomes that you can’t change. The hard part is doing it. Take Control.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Virtual event fundraising. Host a virtual wine and cheese tasting for your donors as a fundraising event. Online networking event. Cooking or baking class.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This might include: On-boarding or training about grantmaking rules and regulations, and philanthropy in general. Can participating provide networking or learning opportunities, or access to other events? Grantmakers should address the potential for bias through training or direct conversations.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). You may have transitioned in-person events to virtual ones , reasoning a half a loaf was better than none. . Your donors have experienced strong emotions too.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Musical instruments. Event managing. Some popular uses for these experiences are fundraising rewards/incentives, exclusive donor appreciation events, or VIP benefits at a fundraiser. In return, you can make experience providers sponsors of an event, prize pool, or your organization year-round. Arts and crafts. Web design.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 21, 2017

." This award means that Gyrus Systems' customers continue to enjoy the ever-expanding compliance features included in GyrusAim®, ranging from the deep feature-set of Instructor-Led Training to Certifications, 21 CFR Part 11 and more. One of the most important factors in T&D is tracking your company’s programs.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

When considering what kind of event your organization could hold, you might find yourself suffering from choice paralysis. There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! The best event for your nonprofit is one that serves your mission, delights your community, and doesn’t totally burn out your staff.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 28, 2007

Countries vie to sponsor the main event, throwing a big show and serving up their best food. After singing some Malaysian songs, the four top singers switched to popular (American) music. Because I'm staying at the Schatzalp, the last train up the mountain leaves at 2 am. If you miss it, the next train is at 6 am!

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Achieve

JANUARY 24, 2017

The Great Give Palm Beach & Martin County is a 24-hour online giving event led by. We understand how important this day of giving is to local nonprofits, and that’s why we’re very excited to participate in this community-wide event that celebrates the spirit of giving. will provide training sessions.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

As SA’s Volunteer Coordinator, I was fortunate to keep working full-time from home, where I ramped up a new way of volunteering remotely, finding additional volunteers, and training a mixed group of new and longtime volunteers to help host these programs on Zoom. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

how board members can help drive attendance at your next big event. For instance, an agenda item that’s designed to seek input may include everyone tossing out theme ideas for an event down the line. attendees at your next event. This training shouldn’t stop once they’re comfortable in their roles. . Jeb Banner.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Before you head out with your team of volunteer wrappers, host a training session to make sure they’ve got the folding and taping skills they need for your fundraiser. Advertise a one-day-only fundraising event where parents can bring their kids by to let Santa know what they want for Christmas. Holiday fundraising events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

Bay Area residents and music fans everywhere are familiar with the Bridge School Benefit concert, an annual, star-studded charity event organized by musician Neil Young. The teachers take what they've learned at the Bridge School and disseminate it via trainings and workshops in their own countries. Video by Ale Bezdikian.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations across Middle Tennessee serving a wide range of causes, including: animal welfare, arts and humanities, conservation and preservation, environment, education, employment and training, health and human services, housing, and economic and community development. Cleveland Foundation.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Host virtual events to promote a sense of community. Because of ongoing cancellations of traditional events and in-person meetings, nonprofit development professionals everywhere are continuing to invest their energy into effective donor management more than ever before. and providing adequate training opportunities.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

” It comes in a spot in the poem where he talking about the passage of time and mundane events. The first is “self-expression,” which means your friends will know a lot more about what you read, what music you listen to, and even what you cook. Talking of Michelangelo. And indeed there will be time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

November 26, 2007 I’m going to Zagreb, Croatia to be at Aspiration’s Open Translation event. It will be my first international open source event, and it’s an amazingly interesting topic. I’m really looking forward to it. So I am so excited to be going.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Videos can be used to do anything from providing useful training information to compelling the viewer to act on behalf of a cause. Videos should be clear to understand if employing dialogue or music. Viddy , Twitvid , and Socialcam are useful for capturing and sharing live events in real time. Applications such as Ustream , Qik.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. But I’m quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. I was so happy to hear the story of how the event got started and the beginning of the network from Fernanda Bornhausen Sa.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM is a nonprofit-focused open source tool, centered around membership, fundraising, events and such. CiviCRM has 4 basic components: CiviContribute, CiviMail, CiviMember, and CiviEvents – which allow you to track contacts, donations, members, send out email blasts, have event registration, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. Increasingly, a wide variety of training opportunities are being delivered via LMS. Most proprietary LMS are geared specifically toward the college/university or corporate training markets, and are thus quite expensive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

In our 2020 Navigating the Unknown Report , we found that over 50% of nonprofits pivoted to virtual events last year. And, we know a lot more about how to host virtual events and engage an online audience than we did last year. This includes online fundraisers, virtual events, and even text fundraising campaigns.

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