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Hold a BLOCKBUSTER Virtual Event Like The Dougy Center

Greater Giving

The development team learned and grew a lot over the last year, and now they’ve done it again: their second virtual event, the 2021 Reflection Benefit, was a week-long festival of activities that inspired incredible generosity and reached new audiences everywhere.

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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

It shifted to curbside pickup, provided take-home craft bags for family fun, and increased the number of digital services offered. In short, it was (and remains) an active and well-loved institution, but every one of its programs requires private funding. It started with one lighted sign in Portland, Maine.

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Member Appreciation Month wrap-up: #ntenthanks, event archives, and the grand prize winners!

NTEN

One of the most fun aspects of Member Appreciation Month has been the daily prize giveaways. We’ve given out prizes to members who have been particularly active and engaged, as well as to members randomly selected from our database, and announced their big wins via social media. 31st is Victoria Miller of Trisomy 18 Foundation.

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Making Connections: 5 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Strategies

Achieve

People who are actively involved in the community are ideal P2P candidates. Brainstorm fun P2P challenges like a dance or cook-a-thon to inspire increased engagement. Community connections. For instance, you might ask involved PTA parents to help spread the word about your upcoming fundraising event. Social media following.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

Best Use of Humor — The World Is Fun: Do 1 Thing. The nonprofit The World is Fun shows us a great option: make volunteering fun and easy. Then, it uses humor in its video, The World Is Fun: Do 1 Thing, to demonstrate it. But how to activate them? Please visit the site to view this video).

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On to New Adventures

NTEN

I was brought on board to help with the 2009 Nonprofit Technology conference when I returned to Portland after dropping out of a graduate program that wasn't a good fit and came at the wrong time. I plan to remain an active and vibrant part of the NTEN community. NTEN turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made.

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What's NetSquared Up to in May?

Tech Soup

In the last year we've extended our reach as follows: Number of active groups: 48. Number of countries with active groups: 20. Portland, OR's pdxtech4good shared the secrets of using Internet and smartphone tools to engage and support volunteers. Want in on the fun? How big is the NetSquared Local community?