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Budgeting and Forecasting for Nonprofits & Charities

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: August 11, 2022 Summary: Having a sound budget is essential for every nonprofit and charity. A sound budgeting process allows organizations to better manage their funds and provides greater transparency to funders. However, creating a good budget comes with its challenges.

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

Greater Giving

The livestream is the only point of contact between guests and the cause , so it must look good, sound good, and maintain excitement and tension throughout to keep people from walking away. Trying to broadcast an event to hundreds of people is challenging. You Don’t Need a “Big Budget” to Achieve Fun. Easy Day-of-Event Production.

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

Greater Giving

The livestream is the only point of contact between guests and the cause, so it must look good, sound good, and maintain excitement and tension throughout to keep people from walking away. Trying to broadcast an event to hundreds of people is challenging. You Don’t Need a “Big Budget” to Achieve Fun. Easy Day-of-Event Production.

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How to Report Live from Nonprofit Events and Conferences

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Conferences, fundraising events, marches and protests, online events, TV broadcasts, and updates from the field are ideal for live reporting. Be cognizant of backdrops, sound, and lighting. According to the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , 52% of nonprofits worldwide have used social media to report live.

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New on SSIR: Should Nonprofits Act Like Businesses or People?

Amy Sample Ward

That may sound strange, but let me explain: Consultants and others often advise nonprofits to focus on business objectives such as streamlining departments, minimizing overhead, and creating a results-focused organization.

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Two Audiences, One Big Party: How the Woodland Park Zoo’s Hybrid Gala Made $2M

Greater Giving

But Cate and Steven didn’t want virtual guests to feel left out, so they broadcasted parts of the live program on the virtual livestream. Making Virtual Guests Part of the Fun.

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How to Communicate Meaningfully with Nonprofit Supporters in an Election Year

Media Cause

Five —Communicate Compassionately + Sound Like a Person Your ability to engage, motivate, and mobilize your supporters when communicating in an election year is directly linked to your understanding of who they are. Be careful to comment on policy, not politics. It’s going to be a year—but we’re in it together.