EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

In order to attract and activate caring advocates, you need a clearly defined vision, consistent and accessible communications, and multiple opportunities for action. Here are a few key ways to mobilize your advocates: Provide training opportunities. It’s also important to ensure your trainings are accessible and inclusive!

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Update Assigned Tasks One major pitfall to avoid during periods of staff turnover at your grantmaking organization is leaving ongoing activities or requests assigned to people who no longer work there. Action items not assigned to an active team member can lead to phone calls, meetings, and other crucial tasks not being completed.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore a few key types of advocacy that help organizations drive positive change; tactics that unite and activate supporters; and technology to make this important work more effective and efficient. Later, that information can be used to target the most active and educated supporters and get them involved.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. The leader as member -- You serve as part of the team, taking full responsibility for the success of the team and actively participate in the team's activities. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Conduct staff training. Automated marketing: With AI-powered marketing automation tools, you can automate routine activities, such as email campaigns, social media scheduling, and content creation, to save your team time during the busy fundraising season. Conduct staff training. Encourage experimentation. Let’s dive in!

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While this was timed in anticipation of April’s National Volunteer Week, the table-by-table report outs revealed clear agreement across all discussions that recognition is, in fact, a year-round activity. CREATIVE GRATITUDE MESSAGES Social media posts Kudos cards (i.e., CREATIVE GRATITUDE MESSAGES Social media posts Kudos cards (i.e.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. The leader as member -- You serve as part of the team, taking full responsibility for the success of the team and actively participate in the team's activities. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tip: for example, if your supporters are predominantly young families, offering items related to children’s activities, education, or family experiences can be more enticing. Your auction participants should be able to bid in real-time and see on-going bid activity right up until the auction closes.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Technology has changed the mode of delivery of education or skill training drastically. Especially in the current times of COVID-19 pandemic, companies are looking at the use of Learning Management Systems to aid their Training and Development (T&D) activities.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 26, 2020

Activate one or modules as needed. Complete with training and implementation support from disaster relief experts. Selected by the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD). We offer the nation's leading disaster relief platform. Ready for instant deployment.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

Keep in mind that while it’s important to prepare your data for migration to new software, data hygiene is not a one-and-done activity. Update your database policies based on your new software platform (your new vendor or implementation partner should be able to provide some guidance here,) and set aside time for initial and ongoing training.

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Bonterra

MARCH 14, 2024

On-demand & personalized training Learn how to maximize the value of your platform and improve program outcomes Access On-Demand Training: Leverage our Help Center for answers to common issues. Take advantage of 15+ unique webinar trainings, each hosted 2x per month. Build your skills through self-paced digital learning paths.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study , industry training opportunities are the second most valuable membership benefit, with 50% of association members favoring professional development options. If your ideal member prioritizes learning opportunities, be sure to invest in various training options. Here’s how: .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Run a report on how many volunteers are involved in your day-to-day activities. Evaluate which opportunities you notice the most volunteer activity in, and consider why. Consider seasonal volunteer activities. Do you notice that certain opportunities or activities generate more volunteer activity than others?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. There are three major aspects of managing your volunteers: recruitment, training, and stewardship. Why is volunteer retention important?

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Volunteer Hub

JULY 26, 2021

VolunteerHub provided the features the organization needed and helped increase active volunteers by 478%. While many other organizations put recruitment on hold during the pandemic, Holocaust Museum Houston increased recruitment initiatives by taking their registration, onboarding, and training processes online.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Co-boting is the sweet spot created when people do deeply human activities and bots perform rote tasks learned over millions of attempts with no harm. Two of the examples it cited were made up, further reinforcing the idea that ChatGPT can give inaccurate information without proper training and supervision.

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Gyrus

MARCH 8, 2021

Due to lockdowns across the world to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, education and training has had to move online. As it is actively adopted by businesses to train their employees, we are sure it’s here to stay for long. Read the article to know why online learning is the future of education

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Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

Streamline time and money spent on repetitive data hygiene activities and third-party consultants. Analysis of your support cases to identify common challenges and prioritize the right trainings for your team. Advance your team's skillset and technical knowledge with up to four hours per month of training with a dedicated expert.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 1, 2023

Your volunteer orientation and training program should foster a happy, prepared volunteer base. A good orientation and training program will provide volunteers with a positive experience and first impression of your organization. Is your orientation and training program creating value and engagement?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Plan for annual giving In addition to cultivating donor relationships year-round, you should also plan activities to solicit annual gifts throughout the year. That way, you can target and tailor your fundraising communications and activities to personally appeal to your supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Odds are your nonprofit has amassed valuable data as a result of regular day-to-day activities like processing online donations; managing virtual staff or volunteers; or capturing details of those who subscribe to your nonprofit’s newsletter. 60% of the nonprofits surveyed do not provide cybersecurity training on a regular basis to staff.

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sgEngage

MARCH 13, 2024

Invest in onboarding and coaching messaging streams to train your new participants every step of the way. That’s whyreturning participants are so valuable and nonprofits need to keep stewarding, engaging, and communicating with P2P participants so they keep coming back. But don’t overlook the impact of new participants!

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Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

In your communications with non-members, recap their activity with your organization and promote relevant opportunities based on their previous engagement. . Develop education training and certification program. Offer non-member pricing for training. Use the results to personalize your approach to member recruitment.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Nonprofits should provide all volunteers with information about their mission, vision, and impact, along with access to training resources, documented expectations, available channels for on-site and off-site communication, and ways to provide feedback about their overall experience. Use a variety of training methods. Ongoing support.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

There is a massive risk with using LLMs that train on your data, and part of that risk is that we don’t fully understand the scale of that risk as it gets bigger. This is a potent metaphor as LLMs (Large Language Models) are described as being trained on oceans of web and other data. Bigger is different.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. People who are active on Twitter tend to be plugged into current events and trending news. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely on the commitment and active engagement of their board members to make a significant impact in their communities. Board members should allocate ten hours per year for regular board meetings, where they actively participate in discussions, provide input, and make informed decisions.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

It’s essential to identify knowledge gaps and provide regular training sessions to help develop these skills. One way to do this is to incorporate training into board meetings. It’s also important to keep board members informed and engaged in the organization’s activities.

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Candid

MARCH 23, 2022

Well, two years on, I can safely say that our virtual training classes are here to stay. Even our premier training— Proposal Writing Boot Camp —is now fully virtual, with a self-paced component and two hours of face-to-face engagement for three weeks. Adopting these mindsets about virtual training has worked well for us at Candid. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

This can be accomplished with creative use of the Zoom Breakout Rooms for activities to support the meeting objectives. . Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. The leader as member -- You serve as part of the team, taking full responsibility for the success of the team and actively participate in the team's activities. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 19, 2006

Got an email today advertising a free one-week training for student activists put on by Greenpeace and Seventh Generation called Change It 2006. greenpeace seventh generation youth activism If you know any young people who might benefit from this program, tell them to get on it, the deadline is April 30th.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 23, 2023

Listing these exciting new benefits can be a highly successful strategy when it’s time to communicate a new technology purchase to members and discuss plans to train members on new software processes. Does your organization sponsor volunteer activities or advocacy efforts? Share your AMS news for the world to see.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Its mission is to enlist recovering warriors in a therapeutic mission of learning to train service dogs for fellow vets. He earned his degree in assistance dog training, an idea that is at the core of WCC’s work. Using the Warrior Canine model, one vet will receive the dog, but 50 to 60 others will be involved in that dog’s training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. These activities are called icebreakers. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings.

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