Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

You could keep slogging ahead doggedly, or you could take some advice from the president who led the United States through the Great Depression, helped create the United Nations, and brought you the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination. 2) Brainstorm. Imagine you want to use knitting as the theme.

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Blue Fox

MARCH 17, 2021

There are so many resources (conferences, webinars, ebooks, and consultants) in the “fun areas” of nonprofit management but not as many focused on nonprofit organizational growth through financial stewardship. Per their advice, here are three financial reporting items your organization should keep a keen eye on.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Executive Director. The report explains how frustrations within a development position can commonly lead to myriad hurdles for an entire organization and offers tangible advice on how the sector as a whole can dramatically reshape the field of fundraising. Lindsay Walker. It’s no secret that fund development is tough work.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Jennifer Balink, Executive Director, Kindred Place : “A healthy culture requires nonprofit leaders to care for, root for and know their team personally. Lastly, make it fun ! When individuals are aware of their worth, they are able to remain motivated and engaged.”. You should be reinforcing your values as much as possible.

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Kindful

APRIL 28, 2021

Not only did they share their playbook in a Bloomerang webinar, but you can also watch the full event here: If you’re on the fence about dipping your toes into the virtual or hybrid event world, one last piece of advice I’ll offer is to start small. Could you add an online live auction to a straight-forward in-person event?

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Achieve

MARCH 29, 2023

Encourage your major donors to do one or more of the following: Volunteer Participate in peer-to-peer fundraising efforts Attend events Provide advice or pro bono services Serve on your board Use what you know about your major donors to suggest involvement opportunities that will resonate with them. Host appreciation events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Is it an easy and fun experience or something filled with frustration? Join the fun w/ these donor-friendly tips + a fundraising checklist [link] via @Network4Good. Share on your blog: Have a piece of advice that is all about “being your donor”? Do you know what it is like to be a donor to your nonprofit?

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Featured speakers included Salesforce Ben, Karen Fidelak (Senior Director of Product, Salesforce), Christie Fidura (Director, Global Developer Marketing, Salesforce), Tom Leddy (architect Evangelist, Salesforce), and Charlie Isaacs (VP, CTO for Customer Connection, Salesforce).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

So whilst Pride marches are fun, colourful, and celebratory in essence, these parades represent an ongoing movement for equality and human rights. To understand more about how we can tackle the challenges and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, we spoke with Aifric Ní Chríodáin, executive director at ShoutOut.

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Kindful

JUNE 22, 2021

These players can include your Board of Directors’ connections, friends of your current donors, guests of special events, alumni of your programs, and more. . To begin the process of donor acquisition, complete a sphere of influence exercise with your Board of Directors. Tapping your network. Throwing a house party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Here’s some terrific advice from Sarah Axelson. And of course, we’d have fun while we did all of these things. It included items that were fun and made us feel part of something bigger—like adding a song we loved to the “ETR playlist.” Don’t Forget the Fun! Sarah Axelson, MSW, is the Director of Training at ETR.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Title: Associate Director, Digital Marketing. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? My advice would be to ask around – see who’s already interested in social media in their personal life. Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Name: Amy Ganderson.

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Qgiv

JULY 12, 2022

Here are our tips for recruiting new members to serve on your board of directors. This is especially helpful advice if you’ve got volunteers with skills that would be helpful on a board of trustees. Make service a fun experience. Make board meetings fun by building in a chance to socialize during the meeting.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Otherwise, it’s just a fun meeting. There’s nothing wrong with fun, but you need to be strategic in your work. Or “What do you do for fun?”. They may tell you a story about a Development Director who was super nervous or a friend who asked for a big gift on the golf course. 10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Why do you organize?

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Bill Bruce, CEO of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, gives this advice. “I Recreational activities allow groups to practice working together in a fun setting and celebrate accomplishments. Kevin Ordonez,orgSource President and Managing Director of Digital Strategy, made this observation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Title: Director of Emerging Media. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? We’re starting by responding to every post on our “Just Others” tab, and doing more fun things like giveaways and open-ended questions for our fans. Name: Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

Here’s an analysis of what and why it happened from the HSUS’s Director of Emerging Media – Carie Lewis. Sure, our page has photos of cute animals and engages people in fun conversations about their pets. What advice would you offer to nonprofits are the other side of a social media crisis? What happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

I followed up with Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director) to learn more about how they went about this first very important first step for measuring social media – defining results. Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director).

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Develop quirky, unexpected, and fun ways to surprise donors. As nonprofits, we must follow this advice and live our gratitude for the donors who make our work possible. Your organization is the facilitator of the relationship between the donor and the recipient. Try not to get in the way. Focus on how the donor makes a difference.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? This much fun , Deborah Elizabeth Finn #15NTC = Amazing , Liza J. Translated from [2015 ??? ?? ????(NTC)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We'd like you to meet Linda Widdop, Tech Impact’s, Director of Technology Services. As Tech Impact grew, I transitioned into Director of Technology Services where I now provide technology advice and solution development to nonprofits around the globe. TechSoup : What are your particular areas of expertise?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 6, 2014

Had I listened to my Doctor’s advice in the first place, I may not be sitting here right now, 4 days post surgery, with my head wrapped in ice and still eating mush. It’s not always fun asking for money, but maybe it should be. Big mistake. Then, success will follow.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Can you imagine me anywhere not having fun? I remember working as a Development Director and not liking my boss much. There are an awful lot of Executive Directors and Board chairs out there who have little in the way of leadership skills. It wasn’t easy, but we were able to be successful in fundraising as a team.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2009

It was so much fun to catch up on things and chat about all the craziness in our lives. Sometimes, I wanted another Develoment Director to talk with about grants and foundations. Who do you have that you can lean on for professional advice? I had lunch with my friend Karla today.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 23, 2013

Can''t decide what business book to take on your summer vacation this year to accompany your "fun-reading" books? More important, David gives you lots of practical, real-world, wise, straight-forward advice on how to communicate more effectively as a leader -- all tips and techniques you can start to do when you return from vacation.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2020

They can make your lives more fun, easier, or livelier. It's actually one of the first things that Dr. Gretchen Sorin, Director and Distinguished Professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, told my cohort in our first week of our MA program. We often spend more time with peers than friends or family.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

But the best part was the chance to work with Ellie Schindelman , director of education, who is a dynamic trainer – on the design of the program. For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. Next, we did a role-play.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 14, 2009

Hey SF Bay Area Have Fun * Do Gooders! My fellow panelists are: Gayle Roberts , Development Director, SF LGBT Community Center Barbara Saunders , Communications Consultant & Writer Sherry Berman , MA, Owner, SWITCH And here's the event blurb: "Do you want to learn how to network or build upon your networking skills? See ya there!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2014

Contributing to a blog is like contributing to the Pharmacy of Life: Some days we’re Confucius, dispensing wisdom, while on others we’re more like Ann Landers, dispensing advice to anyone who will listen. Thirty years ago that was my dad’s response when I told him I had been named Assistant Director of Development at Viterbo College.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 22, 2011

Can't decide what one business book to take on your summer vacation to accompany your "fun-reading" books? More important, David gives you lots of practical, real-world, wise, straight-forward advice on how to communicate more effectively as a leader -- all tips and techniques you can start to do when you return from vacation.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Super fun branding: they wove the theme of brunch throughout all of their materials and graphics to help it stand out and to give participants a cohesive feel. Executive Director Andrea Buchanan said “Our Duradash fundraisers are really loving the CauseVox platform! Who wouldn’t want to watch? The ease of the platform is everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Last week at Netsquared Net Tuesday, Peter Campbell, IT Director at Earthjustice , created the above slideshow that offers an overview of the Day of Service. We host a strategy session where we pair up local nonprofits with nonprofit technology experts on a variety of topics - from online fundraising strategy to giving advice on databases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Make it fun. and is really stifling Pinoy creativity) and some directors uploaded some movies on Guimaras (some will upload more videos soon.).

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 19, 2014

They want their worlds to meld together so they can have fun at work, and care enough about their work to let it bleed into to their everyday life. One of the ways Jean suggested to actively involve the Millennials in your organization is to appoint one to the board of directors. Put Millennials On Your Board. Take Big Risks.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

(We also ask about your thoughts on Facebook privacy policies, and where we should hold our 2013 NTC, so it's not all fun and games, people!) If you want advice and recommendations on nonprofit tech resources, then NTEN members in our LinkedIn group are who you should ask. > NTEN Members LinkedIn Group.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here’s my advice for how to get the most out of bbcon and I can’t wait to see you there! Food and drink will be served– with plenty of dancing, music and fun. I’m a 17-time bbcon vet and have spoken 23 times at bbcons worldwide. Wednesday, October 15. You’re going to want to have your alarm set on Wednesday morning.

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