Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

They’re regularly giving, going to events, and even help you to raise money through peer-to-peer fundraisers like your walk-a-thon. Persona #2—Separated Stakeholders . You might invite them to view an exhibit for free or bring them backstage to meet performers, the curator, or your executive director at your next event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

These tools usually have ready-made templates and step-by-step guides to walk you through the application process. Plus, they often come with built-in checks and templates to make sure your reports meet the grantor’s requirements. This keeps you organized and ensures you don’t miss anything crucial.

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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. Or make the meetings less tedious and more engaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

One of the participants mentioned that they were going to start regular walking meetings with staff, to ensure they keep moving but also build community. Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

The blessing of shelter in place is that you can still exercise by walking, jogging, or running as long as keep your distance from other people. 2: Practice Mental Distancing. I’ve been using FaceTime or Zoom to go on virtual walks with people. 4 New Workplace Norms for Meetings . Look for positives.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

C-Suite executives might only have a few minutes to take a look at your report – don’t waste that precious time trying to walk them through multiple tabs on a spreadsheet. 1: You’re All Talk and No Action Challenge : Does your team have meeting after meeting about what’s not working?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2014

@kanter A walking meeting in progress. Christopher Chavez (@mr_tumnus) May 2, 2014. Last week, I wrote a blog post called “ Walking for Work ” about the benefits of incorporating walking into your work day, not as a break, but to help you do your work. That means rethinking meetings.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Outlook and Google calendars can also be useful beyond scheduling meetings. If you’re not up for having a Zoom meeting, try Slack or other messaging tools to foster connections. Try taking a short walk during your lunch break to give your eyes a break from staring at a screen, get the blood pumping, and give your brain time to reset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Meetings can not only be a waste of time if they are not well designed, but can also zap our energy. Even worse, the meeting can be so boring that participants tune out or cancel. One way to shake things is up to host a “Strolling” Meeting. It is called “Strolling” (not walking) to be inclusive.

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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. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Some organizations even have their nonprofit board recite the mission statement before each meeting to remind everyone of the organization’s purpose. Your board needs to know what they’re walking into and how they can help. What committees are in place to help you meet your goals? . Again, get specific here! Why do you do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

2) Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Here they are: Rituals. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Walking Through the New Requirements One by One Email Authentication: Senders must have three forms of verification in place to prove they are who they claim to be: DMARC, SPF, and DKIM. .” Ensure you are covered throughout to meet Google and Yahoo’s new standards.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For those who haven’t done it much, it’s as unnerving as meeting a werewolf on a dark night under a full moon. Kind of like going for a walk in the woods at night and hearing a chain saw fire up. Face your fear on this one like walking through a cemetery during a full moon. Shoot video/be on TV. Fire a volunteer.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

99Pledges – Best GoFundMe Alternative for Walk-a-Thons. It’s easy to get started, the fees are low, and you get to keep whatever funds you raise (regardless of whether or not you meet your goal!). Best GoFundMe Alternative for Walk-a-Thons. Bonfire – Best GoFundMe Alternative for T-Shirt Fundraising. Givebutter.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Meet Sarah, a passionate and dedicated supporter of your local Humane Society, an animal rescue organization. This allows nonprofits to tailor their communication and engagement strategies to better meet the unique needs and preferences of each group, ultimately improving donor engagement and fundraising success.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

For many nonprofits, in-person meetings and events are key to carrying out their mission. Lesson #2: Adapt your fundraising strategies. Lesson #2: Adapt your fundraising strategies. For example, you can pair a virtual walk-a-thon event with a crowdfunding or peer-to-peer campaign. . Lesson #1: Be resilient and plan ahead.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, most of what makes for a productive board meeting happens before the meeting is even called to order. . The agendas you create for your board meetings will act as the roadmap for your meetings, letting everyone know what will be discussed and how they can best contribute to the conversation.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You spend your days in back-to-back meetings and sitting behind a screen all day. . having a cup of tea, walking the dog, or doing yoga) before jumping into your work. . Have shorter meetings.?. If you feel like the number of meetings has increased during the pandemic, you’re not imagining things. Schedule focus time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

If your organization has benefited from any other peer-to-peer campaign from GoFundMe, or a walk/ride event, thank those fundraisers and donors. Help line up meals or meetings with donor prospects identified by the organization. Set up face-to-face meetings or phone calls to ask contacts to donate. It doesn’t have to be a gift.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Monday, October 17, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Join former museum professionals turned Blackbaud solutions experts Kelly Merrion and Leigh Moring as they walk you through how you can use wealth analytics and intuitive reporting to identify your guests and increase giving and engagement. Take breaks: Get up and stretch or take a short walk.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 26, 2023

The grant will automatically renew each month for as long as you need it (so long as you meet the ongoing Google Ad Grant requirements). We’ll cover everything you need to know about applying, including: The Basics of The Google Grant Application Step 1) Meet the Google Ad Grant Requirements.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

I doubt these same nonprofit CEOs and/or board members would brazenly walk into an operating room and try their hands at surgery. . 2: Educate nonprofit management and board members. . Want to add more training at your board meetings in bite-sized chunks? taking the donor out of the story. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

You’ve smiled through back-to-back-to-back-to-back meetings with donors and your best donor prospect just cancelled on you, and now you’ve got to finish that grant report before you can go home. In my book , co-written with Aliza Sherman , we walk through plenty of warning signs, along with self-care activities to alleviate your stress.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills. And it’s why I’m a huge fan of whiteboards and written brainstorming meetings. via article, book, webinar, meeting, etc.)

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2023

These experts are well-versed in the latest technologies and nonprofit trends, so they can guide you through choosing, implementing, and optimizing the best solutions to meet your needs. As your nonprofit grows, your constituent relationship management system may no longer scale to meet your needs. You need a more robust CRM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2015

I also shared some tips and information about integrating more standing and walking at nonprofit jobs, which tend to be desk jobs. Finally, I shared some examples of nonprofit walking communities, for example, “ Take a Walk.” ” I documented resources, photos, and tweets from meet up here. .”

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

If you can, plan for them to experience things like “a day in the life” of one of the people you help or invite them to volunteer to stock the pantry, clean the shelter, walk the dogs, or fulfill your mission in other ways. Make sure the need is compelling and that you can tie it in with a specific dollar amount. . Plan a 24-in-24 campaign.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Read part 1 and part 2. Developing a loving, empowering, all-embracing culture that meets everyone’s needs is a balancing act. Even if folks come from different walks of life, they can become united through commonality of purpose. Just meeting once with someone or sending them an email is not going to make them a friend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also expanded my practice to designing and facilitating internal meetings for nonprofits and foundations on a variety of topics, including activating a culture of wellbeing and innovation labs.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

If you’re not seeing a commensurate increase in funding, how do you ensure your organization has the financial flexibility to meet that demand? MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2 P.M. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2:45 P.M. SPEAKERS: Julie Remmelts, Vice President of Finance at Operations, Headwaters Foundation for Justice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Or when you’re walking at night and something unexpectedly scurries across your path? You can also hint that a surprise is in store for the viewer: You’ll never believe what this puppy does when he meets the cutest newborn kitten ever! Arousing Emotions. What happens in your body when you see a bully picking on a little kid?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

The first thing I did was to take a walk at the Stanford Dish , a nearby nature hiking area, without my mobile phone. It is a amazing how a short walk in the woods, a park, or other natural area can make you feel good. And, ironically, the science to back this up also comes from Stanford University.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

Additionally, having a strong digital presence can help you maximize revenue, even if you have less than a month to meet your goal. Say a basketball team hosts an annual walk-a-thon fundraiser in which they collect pledge donations for each mile their participants walk. Short fundraising timelines.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Or, even better, would you like to meet for coffee?”. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. But it may seem too forward for a donor you don’t know at all or the donor may not want to meet in person for health reasons. Otherwise, it’s just a fun meeting. Awesome, right?).

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

It’s Free: You can register for free to attend the 2-day conference! The best part is that we tailored this summit to meet your needs. This year’s Digital Fundraising Summit is specifically designed to meet these needs: you’ll find out how to raise more while spending less time and money. But, free space is limited.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. I started using a Fitbit to monitor and motivate me to move, but I also sought out some ways to make walking part of work. I’m now walking the talk about walking meetings.

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