Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The local restaurant wants to host a chicken wing night and donate 20% of all sales to your nonprofit! How fun and easy, right? So really, all you’ve done is help promote a local business, spent your valuable social media space and time driving traffic to the event, and maybe you’ll end up with a couple hundred dollars.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

You should, because it’s awesome fun. Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, but you’ll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Not sure if hosting a NetSquared group is for you? Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. Check out one of our events!

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

Your choice is very important for your group and your supporters. Make sure the product has a good price point but will also deliver a solid profit for your group. Set Tangible and Achievable Goals Do think about goals on two fronts: for the group and for the individual. Create a calendar and stick to it. Be very clear!

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

You should, because it's awesome fun. Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, you'll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Not sure if hosting a NetSquared group is for you? Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Upcoming Events.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Slack automatically organizes students into smaller course-group channels with industry mentors to help ensure their success. People’s Action Institute is a national network of state and local grassroots power-building organizations united in fighting for justice. In the 2020 U.S.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Gift cards Give your volunteers a gift card to their favorite local business or restaurant. This can be a fun way to engage your volunteers and remind them of a fun memory whenever they wear their masks! Framed photos This could be a group shot of all the volunteers or an individual portrait of each volunteer.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Make sure you’re tailoring your messages to different groups of people by creating multiple contact lists, like a segment of new supporters and a segment of longtime supporters. Team up with local news. Build your campaign contact lists.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Cold calling doesn’t work well in fundraising, and it’s no fun. Create a calendar of Asks. Then move onto other things.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The NetSquared regional ambassadors will also be on-site sharing the joy of being a NetSquared organizer and participating in the fun. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re fundraising for your church’s youth group, your school, or your kid’s sports team, investing in the education and wellbeing of your kids is priceless. For a fun twist the kids are sure to appreciate, turn your car wash into a dog wash for the furry friends in your community! Balloon raffle. Candygrams. Restaurant night.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. They could help you coordinate a corporate volunteering day or connect you with a local club that is seeking a volunteering opportunity. Collaborate with local businesses. Connect with civic groups.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. We put BOCs on the calendar about once a month and talk about anything new in our lives like things going on with our families, our workout routines, new music we love, an awesome movie we saw, etc. Have fun with it!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

For example, a “Song of the Week” newsletter section might seem fun (and, to be fair, it is!), but it’s an idea that would be most likely to intrigue members of an acapella group, not members of a construction contractors association. Whatever you do, maintain a content calendar and be consistent.

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Qgiv

APRIL 7, 2021

Your other fundraisers can watch the fun unfold and cheer on participants from the ground or via an online livestream of the activity. That said, if you’ve got a group of motivated donors looking for a unique event experience, the daring nature of an over the edge fundraiser could make this a profitable fundraiser for your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. For example, perhaps your nonprofit’s mission is to refurbish local community parks.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. It goes without saying, but calendar year-end is a critical time for many nonprofit organizations. percent after inflation adjustments) for calendar year-end giving in 2022.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Not a fun place to be. Mark off a couple of blocks of time on your calendar to research things like supplies, materials, and equipment online or call local vendors to find out what things cost. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in. Now, hope is not a bad thing.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

See if your state, local, or regional AFP branch is hosting a reception! You’ll meet up with fundraisers from your area and make valuable local connections. There are tons of affinity groups you can connect with, which is a great way to meet fundraisers with similar backgrounds, affiliations, and hobbies.

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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. This annual publication documents legal, political, and social developments in 54 countries and four European institutions over the past calendar year.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. Because so many people use Mailchimp, it is easy to get support via Mailchimp Facebook groups and YouTube tutorials. For content creation, you won’t find a more fun tool than Canva.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! The 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. Drop us a line!

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

or a for-profit business, school, religious, or community group committed to spearheading a project benefiting a charity, then you may register as a #GivingTuesday partner organization. Schedule regular social media messages and send a newsletter or e-blast to ensure your community has November 30th marked on their calendar.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

The platform lets you have private, one-on-one conversations or create group channels. It’s fun, too—you’re given the option of creating a channel for “water cooler talk” and customizing emojis. It allows for you to search for documents, threads and hashtags. And, the kicker: Trello is free to use.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Portland, OR: Digital storytelling for fun and nonprofits. If you’re holding regular events gathering the #nptech community let me know and I’ll include you in the next community calendar! Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Portland, OR: Digital storytelling for fun and nonprofits.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media gives your nonprofit the opportunity to broadcast your mission far beyond your local community. Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

This can be through email groups, digital breakout rooms, or other chat board software. If you’re looking for where to begin, check out the resource How to Start and Manage Your Nonprofit’s Email Marketing Calendar. Contact Local Media. The main goal is to create an experience where people can engage with one another.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

"Meetings" come in diverse and innovative formats like Mississauga, Canada's Geek Talk — Coffee and Convo; Pangani, Tanzania's Social Media Surgery ; and Birmingham, United Kingdom's Summer Tech for Good Social in a local pub. Join us at your local group. It will be fun — we promise!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

Finding new and creative ways to connect with our communities both online and locally (while maintaining a safe social distance) is critical. My favorite features: Their events calendar. With nearly 50 virtual happenings on their calendar during the month of April alone, they make social distancing and community building look easy!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The NetSquared regional ambassadors will also be on-site sharing the joy of being a NetSquared organizer and participating in the fun. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Newest Groups. Saturday, February 28, 2015.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

HR constantly reaches out to this important group and can provide excellent guidance on the best way to engage them. Before you create your annual campaign calendar or set fundraising goals, make sure you take time to assess, assess, assess. Organize a healthy competition between departments that is fun and positive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.” To take it a step further, bring some fun into the workplace with an employee-driven break activity that happens at the same time each day. Peers for Progress National Peer Support Groups.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Create a super fun event, build it up over time, and you will attract a range of donors, including those who can give big. Another way to leverage support from a place of worship is to ask if you can speak to a Bible study, women’s group, or social justice committee. Your local Chamber of Commerce. Please support us.”

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