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. Get to know their top insights and learning moments to accelerate the impact of your nonprofit’s next virtual fundraising event.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

By now, most of us have heard about the lawyer who couldn’t turn his cat “filter” off on a Zoom court hearing, so that he appeared in virtual court as a cat. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. I am a member of the Technology of Participation network of facilitators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2020

?. This morning I facilitated a virtual mini-workshop for the Resource Alliance as part of its Plan C Online Discussions. Also, because everything is virtual – from socializing to zoom team meetings – it is hard shift gears. I’ve also turned off all alerts on my phone and put in the charging station.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that almost 70% of nonprofits are planning to incorporate virtual elements into their events in some way, whether that’s with hybrid events, virtual-only events, or a combination of all of them? Ready to empower your peer-to-peer volunteers while also providing a unique and engaging virtual experience? Download PDF.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Below are four examples: 1) Virtual Team Management. Digital Storytelling Framework.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The idea of virtual board meetings has been around since conference calls first began. The goal of these activities is to help form strong relationships to help facilitate honest and impactful decisions in the board room. . Creating these relationships in a remote or virtual environment was once thought to be impossible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt. While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish things at a good meeting that you can’t when you’re sitting by yourself at your computer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. That means everyone – the facilitator, note taker, and even the senior manager.

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Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

Technology facilitates our ability to work from home. For example, you might establish a dedicated physical space to work in and prohibit yourself from working outside it (even on your phone). And be sure to set your phone to “Do not disturb” after a certain hour and/or silence work-related notifications so you can detach from work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. Virtual Fundraising and In-Person Events Can Co-Exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

The list of conferences cancelled is growing, with some now being delivered a virtual gatherings. It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. Find a quiet space to participate.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2011

Chief among them: what tools would facilitate such an arrangement and how to cultivate a collaborative spirit among team members? TechSoup, itself a distributed organization with virtual teams , recently held a tweet chat on Virtual Teams to explore these questions. What Tools Are Useful for Collaborating with Virtual Staff?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

There are number of reasons we feel exhausted from zoom meetings as Jeremy Bailenson, Virtual Human Interaction Lab points out. It isn’t just the huge uptick in back-to-back virtual meetings we are hosting or attending, many times without breaks in between. 1-2-4-All: This facilitation process comes from Liberating Structures.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

However, no one could have predicted the effects that COVID-19 would have , with many nonprofit organizations now solely relying on virtual fundraising efforts to continue operations. Virtual fundraising has become more accessible and intuitive than ever before thanks to the extensive internet and the wide variety of donation tools available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. But it isn’t impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. The next step is to facilitate a discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate.

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M+R

APRIL 13, 2023

As spring unfolds and the days get longer, many nonprofit supporters are ready for opportunities to show up—in person, virtually, or both!—and Volunteers self-selecting into text banking, phone banking, social media, community mobilization, and/or storytelling. and take action for your cause.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Discover why communication tools are important to include for effective project management Google Products Shared Google Sheets and Docs work well to facilitate asynchronous work and communication at a low cost.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So often, nonprofit fundraising efforts are facilitated and driven by staff members. Blue Fox services range from standard bookkeeping and payroll services, to coaching and consulting, to comprehensive virtual CFO services. What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season? What’s wrong with that?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? The facilitator may be able to better convey the need and achieve the desired results. Launch a Text-To-Give, or Text-To-Donate drive : Your donor likely has a cell phone. Plan virtual galas : Galas are a show. Now, they expect more.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Software-defined networking (SDN) offers your network administrators a set of tools to virtualize your network’s infrastructure. The next step is having them interact with the internet without needing a tablet or smart phone. Software-defined networking.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

In this guide, we’ll take a deep dive into virtual fundraising platforms that your nonprofit can use to strengthen your online fundraising strategy. Both of these virtual fundraising platforms are used to raise money online, but in different ways and under slightly different circumstances.

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DipJar

JUNE 23, 2022

PITTSBURGH, June 23, 2022 – DipJar, a giving technology platform, today announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement. New and existing customers can sign up for early access here.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

For major donors, start with a phone call and then send out an official email or printed invitation with the registration information. Silent auctions Silent auctions have many moving parts, like procuring the right items, setting up virtual streaming if you’re hosting it remotely, getting donors ready to use mobile bidding tools, and more.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With 2020 throwing us for a loop and COVID-19 putting your regular in-person volunteer engagements on pause, many have turned to virtual options. You’ve likely already dipped your toes into virtual volunteering, whether that includes incorporating more online opportunities or implementing a volunteer management solution.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Text-to-give is a text fundraising method, similar to text-to-donate, that allows your supporters to donate to your organization using their cell phones via text messaging. Text-to-give allows your donors to give through their phone bill, while text-to-donate takes your donors to a mobile donation form to complete their transactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The process is simple – any nonprofit team, staff, or even board could facilitate this process in less than hour in three steps. It could be done face-to-face or as a virtual or hybrid meeting. It describes a step-by-step process called ICC which stands for: Information, Communication, and Collaboration. Step 1: Brainstorm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Wondering how to organize and facilitate a meeting where everyone is on their feet instead of their devices? Virtual Meetings: Conference calls, online chats, and webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

This includes keeping your LMS up and running smoothly and providing end-user, after-hours, and overflow live phone support. Converting in-person educational events into virtual and hybrid events. Many associations were faced with the challenge of canceling or going virtual with in-person learning events in 2020.

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

Text fundraising is a popular method of charitable giving facilitated by messages on a mobile device. For both text-to-donate and text-to-give, nonprofit organizations need a short code (shortened phone number) and campaign keyword. It also sets a standard for the best way to ask for donor phone numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. If you are trainer, how do you use movement to keep people engaged and learning?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

However, in one of the discussion threads on the Summit wiki, there has been mention about using cameraphones or smart phones for this in addition to. The photographs above were taken on the last day of Blogher, at the Unconference on Sunday morning facilitated by the talented Kaliya Hamlin who blogs about unconferences here.

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