Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Brennan Draves and his mother, Lindsay Draves, at school.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Matching Gifts By far, the most popular form of corporate giving is matching gifts, with 65% of Fortune 500 companies offering matching gift programs. The concept of a matching gift is simple: An employee contributes to their nonprofit of choice, and their employer matches their donation at a predetermined ratio.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Now, here’s the more surprising part of monthly giving: Not only do you get more money when someone gives a monthly gift, but the loyalty level increases. Many will give to your Giving Tuesday and year-end campaigns in addition to their monthly gifts. First, figure out what your average gift amount is from one of your last appeals.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. In reality, the van or other gift you receive is not exactly what you would have purchased. And it’s called an inkind gift.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

How much tech skill is required? Cloud storage: For file sharing and storage, you can start with Drive through Google Workspace, so all documents can be stored in a convenient, accessible place. Most people you work with, from students to volunteers to Board members, will already know how to use them. Some cost a little.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. To pave the way for philanthropy to become a required course for college students and to make it as easy as possible for colleges and universities to integrate it into their curricula. 3) Giving 2.0: 3) Giving 2.0:

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

CELI does this work by equipping emerging leaders and professionals with the skills and expertise to lead the transition to a clean energy economy. They believe everyone deserves access to safe and welcoming public spaces, regardless of where they live. How CELI Takes Action on Earth Day. Park usage reached an all-time high in 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Peace Fellows are graduate students who work with Advocacy Project 's community based human rights partners around the world. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. is an ongoing book and blog project that shares schoolyard stories -- both good and bad -- to help current student feel less alone in their social bewilderment.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our volunteer program plays an important role in providing the MacEwan student body with much-needed resources, services, and programs that would otherwise be unattainable without the support and commitment of volunteers,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It can be helpful to lead a planning process within your own organization that examines your organizational assets and access so you can translate them into benefits. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

BJ: Most games I have designed through museums have been in partnership - with professional game designers, with high school students, with scientists (and other content experts), and with digital developers (that AR component of the pterosaurs card game was amazing). What are some of the skills that you think help folks design games?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. Will you have partner or major donor support through a matching gift? Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Make sure everyone has access to clean water? I’m a grad student, after all! And being a grad student means I’ve got more than a few limitations, economically speaking. Not only are these gifts more accessible — regardless of age or income — they're habit-forming: transforming a small giver today into a major donor tomorrow.”.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. It doesn't just stop here! So don't wait! Did your event make the list? Feb 15 - 16.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle tells the story of four students: Spencer (Alex Wolff), Bethany (Madison Iseman), Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain), and Martha (Morgan Turner) as they follow the same path as Alan Parrish. Once inside the world of Jumanji, the students assume the form of their chosen avatars. Welcome to the jungle, gang!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

I will be leading several workshops called " Exploring Cambodian Culture " at the Sage School (preK-8 school for gifted students) during "Cluster Week." The site defines it as: CultureQuests allow students to examine, understand, and appreciate diverse cultures, including the student's own culture.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Having to rely on virtual fundraising to get through some difficult times opened many people’s eyes to the convenience, ease, and accessibility of online events and fundraisers. From giving days to matching gift drives, there are many kinds of basic online fundraisers that are perfect for your organization. Matching gift drive.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

If your fundraising plan doesn’t include a strategy for finding, cultivating, and asking major donors for a large donation, you’re missing out on some big gifts for your small nonprofit. Larger gifts equal more net revenue which means you can do more good. So, let’s get you some major gifts, okay? They don’t know who to ask.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Major Gifts – If you’re a nonprofit major gift officer, then Fundwriter can help you write great donor-facing content like prospect outreach emails and meeting follow-ups. Here is one of the complete drafts it generated for our example… What writing models/skills does Fundwriter.ai The Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Incredible assets, skills and resources to offer to your community but they are in need of more awareness, promotion, visibility and representation. A genuine enthusiasm for sharing their skills, building knowledge and developing relationships in the community even if they haven’t done it before. Large and small (or no) followings.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Knowing how to write effective fundraising emails is an increasingly important skill. Reviewing past fundraising campaigns to see which inspired the most gifts. Another important step to take here is to make sure an inspired donor can easily move from your appeal to your donation form, then make a gift.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And so it’s not uncommon that as you’re working through your gift tables and your commitments that your leadership or your donors will want to rush out and, you know, launch the social media campaign or start a new grassroots initiatives. Not being able to build out your gift tables. Momentum is really important.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

How to Spot a Great Story Sometimes even the most skilled fundraisers find it hard to spot a story that’s going to spur donors to give. Connect the story to the larger problem your donor will help solve with their gift. And like a Zoom conference, it assumes that your interviewee can easily access the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

There’s still time for your organization to secure important year-end gifts—if you can capture people’s attention and motivate them to support your cause. This uplifting post included one hashtag, #EverySinglePerson, highlighting PIH’s belief that every single person deserves health care access. How can you break through the noise?

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Using a combination of Blackbaud Luminate CRM (LCRM) and Luminate Online, the Foundation was facing limitations in the way they managed their constituents, donors, gifts, events, and emails. At Riley Children’s Foundation, every gift received makes an impact, and every act of giving has the potential to greatly improve the lives of children.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. From communications to fundraising to technology to leadership skills, the conference offers something for everyone. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The gift shop features wonderful products created by disadvantaged communities that PDA works with, since poverty is a huge factor in procreation and vulnerability to disease. One of their programs is to have restaurants that provide employment opportunities and skills development for street kids on their way out of poverty.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.”

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This idea can also be paired with a number of other fundraising event possibilities like movie nights, lock-ins (for older students), and other childcare activities. Workers (they don’t have to be students!) Work-a-thons make for a great way for your congregants to raise funds while sharing their gifts with others in your community!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

We’re going to talk about the difference between securing a one-time gift versus reliable, recurring, major funders. And the first fundraiser to get 10 donors to increase their annual gift wins.” All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. You can choose Sandy. One of them is Sandy. Mistake number two.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

We’re going to talk about the difference between securing a one-time gift versus reliable, recurring, major funders. And the first fundraiser to get 10 donors to increase their annual gift wins.” All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. It takes 12 to 18 months to cultivate five, six, or seven-figure gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. This is an important employment skill for them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

I'd say we have got more than 15 people on-board now for this idea, which is to put all the research that has been done on this issue into one place where people can access it. We lecture, and we're also trainers with the US Attorney's Office, so we've given trainings to police on how to identify victims of trafficking.

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