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Mastering Your Virtual or Hybrid Event: A Program that Keeps Guests Smiling – pt.1

Greater Giving

A purely online fundraiser with a livestream, a remote auction and a virtual donation appeal was new to almost everyone—there were no tricks of the trade or conventional wisdom to fall back on, and many of the classic approaches to fundraising simply didn’t apply. Trying to broadcast an event to hundreds of people is challenging.

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How to Host a Benefit Concert for Your Nonprofit

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Music is great at bringing communities together, and while it may take a lot of planning, hosting a benefit concert can be incredibly rewarding for both you and your supporters. A benefit concert is a musical event used to raise money or awareness for a charitable cause through ticket sales and other donations during the event.

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Mastering Your Virtual or Hybrid Event: A Program that Keeps Guests Smiling

Greater Giving

A purely online fundraiser with a livestream, a remote auction and a virtual donation appeal was new to almost everyone—there were no tricks of the trade or conventional wisdom to fall back on, and many of the classic approaches to fundraising simply didn’t apply. Trying to broadcast an event to hundreds of people is challenging.

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How to Run an Online Fundraising Campaign

Get Fully Funded

It’s an online-fundraising-friendly environment out there, with everything from donate buttons for your Facebook page to crowdfunding sites that leverage the power of relationships. But whether people will donate or not is another topic altogether. A link to donate! But it’s not a “build it and they will come” situation.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. GroupMe :: groupme.com. HelpAttack! :: helpattack.com.

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Creating Positive Change through Music: Interview with Christina Murray

Have Fun - Do Good

For the last several years, Symphony Nova Scotia has been changing children’s lives with music. Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of your supporters are becoming overwhelmed with tweets, status updates, emails, texts, and print and broadcast media and because of that it’s getting more difficult for your “Thank You” message to stand out from all the noise. Since I have returned from Asia I have cut my consumption of broadcast news by 95%.