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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

EveryAction

We're just a few weeks away from one of the most highly-anticipated nonprofit conferences of the year and, seeing as it will be hosted in Washington, DC, our team wanted to share some favorite local spots to eat, drink, and enjoy the sights while visiting for 17NTC. You can't come to DC in the spring and not see the cherry blossoms.

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Bitcoin for Nonprofits: Cryptocurrency Fundraising for the Future

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alex Wilson , Director of BlockShop DC and founding partner of The Giving Block. Bitcoin is a digital cash with no middle-men, no central authority, and truly peer-to-peer in a way that couldn’t be censored or controlled. If you’re in the Washington DC area, stop by for one of our happy hours. Let’s start with the basics.

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Organic Social Media to Increase Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Working with NGOs, thought leaders, and policymakers in DC for the last decade, she specializes in getting people to care about complex issues that might otherwise get ignored. Position your nonprofit as a trusted resource on social issues to establish authority. Educate and inform your audience. People trust people over logos.

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Guest Post: What Good Could Come After a No?

Twenty Hats

It was 2020, and I was already getting nervous about the every 17-year invasion of cicadas these nasty insects, due in the Washington, DC area in 2021. In the ensuing years, I have become a great fan of managing up , the idea that you can use your influence to reach your goals without the authority to make the final decision.

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

A pre-pandemic study by the Urban Institute – a research center based in Washington DC – also found eighty percent of nonprofits relied on volunteers, but did not have the knowledge to engage and adequately manage them effectively. Author information Nick Wood Freelance Journalist & Author Nick Wood is a freelance journalist and author.

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Nonprofit & Technology Tweetup in DC This Week

Connection Cafe

Author: Jordan Viator. If you’re in the DC area, be sure not to miss this week’s Nonprofit & Technology Tweetup hosted by Convio (@ convio ) and Nasdaq (@ nasdaqomx ) partnering with local organizations and professionals committed to advancing civic engagement and bringing change through social media technologies.

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Don’t Miss These 10 Nonprofit Conferences in 2023 & 2024

Neon CRM

The event also featured two keynotes, one from Afua Bruce and Amy Sample Ward, co-authors of “The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World”; and a second by Lisa Mae Brunson, CEO of Wonder Woman Tech. If you’re a professional fundraiser, AFP ICON is your marquee event.