Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nonprofit Storytelling Conference AFP ICON and NTC are fun and educational, but they’re really big conferences! If you work in development, major gifts, grants, or event planning, you’ll love the emphasis on identifying and crafting compelling stories that make your marketing and fundraising more effective.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s been a rough couple years for arts-based nonprofits. As pandemic aid has run out without patrons returning in pre-2020 numbers, many arts nonprofit across the country have had to shrink programming, cut staff, or close altogether. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Have fun with it! They created a campaign called #GiveAShit , where they made a series of custom poop emojis for social media’s biggest stars to share online, promoted a free app that lets people create their own emojis and held a poop-themed art gallery event in New York City. Appeal to emotion. Own your mission.

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Kindful

APRIL 28, 2021

The National Association for the Arts has a great guide to ensuring that your online events are accessible to all audiences. ” Granted, hybrid fundraising events won’t automatically accomplish this goal based on their format alone. Could you add an online live auction to a straight-forward in-person event?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Blog: Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology. Maddie Grant @maddiegrant from Washington, DC. Blog: Have Fun • Do Good. Blog: 501derful.org. Kris Putnam-Walkerly: @Philanthropy411 from Cleveland, OH. Blog: Philanthropy 411. Michelle Murrain: @pearlbear from Oakland, CA. Blog: Nonprofit Tech 2.0. Blog: Nonprofit Marketing Guide.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Outdoor Movie Night An outdoor movie night is a fun and engaging way to bring your community together while raising funds for your nonprofit. Themed Trivia Night Host a themed trivia night to bring people together for a fun and competitive fundraiser. Charge an entry fee for performers and sell tickets to spectators.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

It’s a great chance to check out a local bar, introduce yourself to fundraisers, and ease into your conference experience with a fun, laid-back evening. AFP ICON and NTC are fun and educational, but they’re really big conferences! We’ve seen fun games, raffles, photo booths, coffee stations, and more!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

Incorporating the creative of use of sticky notes into a meeting, training, or convening can not only be fun, but also an effective way to brainstorm, solve problems, or summarize discussions as the example above illustrates. By the end of the day, she was able to summarize ideas and takeaways that we discussed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Fast Pitch is a fun-filled evening where local nonprofits give three-minute pitches about their nonprofits. The ability to tell potential volunteers, donors, and champions your story in a succinct and cogent manner is as invaluable as it is daunting.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the other hand, new grant opportunities came to light, and if you were good at identifying them, you made your case to individual donors. Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? Plaque or award.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. Its funding has skyrocketed as major foundations and technology companies have made multi-million dollar grants and investments in its growth. the way the best museums do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S. In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. Early registration deadline is Nov. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2014

The redeemable rewards could grant them access to benefits they might not otherwise have: meet with a curator about a specific work in a collection, limited edition tote bags not available for purchase, behind the scenes tours, free parking, or even subscriptions to magazines. It’s fun, interactive, and keeps me coming back.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Arts and entertainment has the longest road to full job recovery at 18.3 months, followed by religious, grant-making, civic, and professional nonprofits at 13.4 Some sectors are recovering faster than others but they’re all growing, which means tons of new positions are opening up. . months; and health care at 13.2

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 6, 2013

Jill is also helping to form two Phoenix nonprofit organizations, one an art gallery and event venue, called The Wooden Tree, and the other, a therapeutic gardening center for PTSD veterans, called Shanty Shack Farms. Read Lindsay Walker's " What happened to the FUN in fundraising? ". Like this article? Get another!

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Artez Interactive For Fun Did you miss Rob Cottingham's cartoon coverage of the conference? If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations. Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" !

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Meeting of the Minds: An Engineer with a Desire to Help.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2020

In neighborhoods where birthday parades, bear hunts, and makeshift graduations ceremonies have been commonplace, the creation of neighborhood events and gatherings are a fun and appropriate choice for socially distant events. In reimagining their fun run/walk, staff recently announced changes to their annual campaign.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2019

Lewis Carter & Alexandra Coghlan On Putting The Fun Back Into Fundraising With Engaging Games. Fundraising HayDay is filled with helpful information about fundraising and grants. Epic Episodes Include: What is a Grant and Why Can’t I Pay You When I get It? What We Learned from Stephen King’s On Writing.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Get local businesses involved for prize sponsorships, and make it a public, fun event that everyone can come and watch. You can buy art supplies online at Michaels ! From chili cook-offs and dress-down days to auctioning off a coveted parking spot, starting a corporate crowdfunding campaign can be a lot of fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

She is also a Penn student and a current Top 15 National Finalist for the Washington Campus Compact's Students in Service Awards , as well as the winner of a DoSomething Grant. June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. If the space allows, be a low-cost gathering space for your community to have meetings, readings, exhibit art, post events, etc.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

will focus on donor cultivation, an essential step to getting the grant. We are here to talk about how to get more grants, specifically through donor cultivation. You can even do grant tracking, which we love as well. Her initials may be MBP, but to me, she’s the MVP of grants. Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2008

Why Do You Do What You Do (wdydwyd) is a community art project created by social entrepreneur, Tony Deifell, that asks people to combine an image and text to answer the question, "Why do you do what you do?" Perhaps, like many of us, he took the Why for granted?" Having started several nonprofits, he was doing, doing, and more doing.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2015

Adam Weinger is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the President of Double the Donation, a company which provides tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs. _. Sharing the matching gift word could be as simple as sending a tweet every now and then.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. Release Candidate to help with QA, which has been fun (and 2.3 for at least 4 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. What: The art of social instructional design. The community is hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish in collaboration with Omnipress. Understand the art of repurposing your materials to save time. I had sooo much fun creating. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

As Peter wrote: If someone enjoys Arts Event A because it’s social, informal, energetic, fun, and hip, why should we expect her to also enjoy Arts Event B if B is individual, formal, quiet, serious, and traditional (at least in its presentation, if not artistically)? Parallel programs require additional dollars.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Photos are fun. It couldn’t be an educational space with no works of art in it.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

If they give all of their money to the arts and education and we’re in human services and we have no connection to them, even though they are a well-known name, we might know what they look like, we might’ve had a passing conversation with them at one point, they’re still a fundraising unicorn. ” Right? So ask your.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2010

As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. I'll never take being able to walk for granted again. The kind comments and emails I've received this year from Have Fun, Do Good readers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

Nonprofit organizations are granted federal exemptions of certain taxes; for-profits are taxable. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Nonprofit organizations are governed by a board of directors; for-profits are governed by the owner(s) and, if a corporation, also a board of directors.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

The art of writing letters, and writing in general, has fallen by the way­side. The result could mean the difference between whether or not a nonprofit receives a major grant, acquires a new donor, or secures a key partnership. Case Study: The lost art of writing. When was the last time you received a handwritten letter ?

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