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. Denver, Colorado: Not Your Grandmother's Website: Mobile/Responsive Web Development. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Friday, July 3, 2015.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. 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.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference AFP ICON and NTC are fun and educational, but they’re really big conferences! Check out our recap of AFP ICON 2023 here.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

Make sure they have the right date and time for your auction to mark in their calendars so they won’t miss your event. Include the website URL where your donors need to go to register. Or maybe you’re planning for a fun theme your bidders can dress up for. Create your auction website. Date, time, and location.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Website or event page so people can find it. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Canva is a great tool for designing images. Bike-a-Thon. World Bicycle Day (June 3). Ice Cream Social.

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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. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Website Building and Design.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Once you’ve pinpointed what you need new volunteers to do, write out “job descriptions” for different volunteer roles to put on your volunteer website. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Collaborate with local businesses.

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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. You need a website to be the hub of all your online activities. With both platforms, the coding happens behind the scenes while you build your website block-by-block, page-by-page.

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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. Technology (website, network, etc.) Now, hope is not a bad thing. But you need some practicality and planning to go with it.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

The best way to encourage year-round donations is by building an effective online donation form that donors can easily find on your website. Standard events are great for bringing your donors together for a bit of fun. For example, if you’re hosting a food drive, it makes sense to reach out to local grocery stores to seek out support.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

Show your members your virtual fundraising campaigns are fun, convenient, and engaging, and they’ll feel much more excited to participate. Or, if your online donation form is hard to find on your website , members probably won’t take the time to find it. Live performances from a local band or comedian. Host an event.

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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. 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.

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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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Write a blog post about your campaign and share it on the #GivingTuesday website. Schedule regular social media messages and send a newsletter or e-blast to ensure your community has November 30th marked on their calendar. Have fun on social. Pitch your local press. Share your story. Send a save-the-date.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

People do not want to miss out on something fun and exciting! The right platform will help you create a branded event website , support ticket types, with sales, enable registration , and integrate with event marketing avenues like social media channels and email campaigns. . Create Ticket Tiers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

In undertaking a landscape review of many well-known P2P event websites, findings were consistent with that paradigm across spring events. However, fall event websites told a much different story. Fall event websites seem untouched by the pandemic. To hit a website and see business as usual is disconcerting.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

Buffer allows you to schedule your posts for social media ahead of time and curate content from other websites through feeds. 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.

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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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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

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. You can invite local media personalities to help emcee your event or get involved in some other way. This is a lot more enticing to journalists.

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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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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

People do not want to miss out on something fun and exciting! The right platform will help you create a branded event website , support ticket types, with sales, enable registration , and integrate with event marketing avenues like social media channels and email campaigns. . Create Ticket Tiers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? Swag or merch: calendars, printables, planners, notebooks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

September 21-October 12: I'll be offering my Juicy Blogging E-Course: The Art and Play of Blogging.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. Give Local worked with other organizations to highlight nonprofits during the holiday season.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2015

Making It Fun. Though your organization’s mission may be serious, there are many ways to add fun to your P2P campaign. And, fun is important for keeping your fundraisers engaged and motivated. Building Your Communications Calendar. Today, I’m sharing some ideas for launching your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction The holiday season holds a special place, not just on our calendars, but also in our hearts. Set up a gift-wrapping station at local community events or malls. Collaborate with local organizations to support families or children in need. Support a Family/Child Program Make the holidays warmer for everyone.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Time-block your week with an online calendar. Using an online calendar like Google Calendar can be great for planning out your time because you can see your day, week, or month at a glance, and access it from either your desktop or mobile device. The real benefit of using a calendar is block scheduling. Watch this 6.5

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2012

Do you know local restaurants, cupcake shops, hardware stores or grocers that would be willing to provide gift certificates for a prize drawing? But do give your constituents control over, or the ability to decide, things like the theme of your next event or the cover of your annual calendar. Don't be timid! Let loose!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2023

Team sponsorships Do you have support from local businesses in your community? Virtual Sports Fundraising Ideas Virtual walk Take your traditional 5K, fun run, or walk online by hosting a virtual walk-a-thon. Set up an online peer-to-peer website and have your team and other participants set up their own individual fundraising pages.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Email Ideas Website Ideas Social Media Ideas Online Marketing Ideas Community Activity Ideas Digital Donor Acquisition Ideas Using Email If you’re looking to connect with online donors, email is going to be a powerful tool. Try adding email opt-in forms to your website. There’s probably more than one reason. Give them what they want!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. What is a Widget?

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) An outdoor fun run might draw in more attendees in the spring or summer when it’s warm versus a cold early morning in January. Will weather impact your event? Is this an annual event?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 27, 2007

Facebook allows developers to create third party applications -- widgets -- that can be attached to member's profiles - tools for calendaring, say, or advanced messaging. Many of these to date have been "just for fun" - there are at least a dozen tools for listing and rating books and movies for example.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We have our clients use a calendar so they can color code their Asks, Warm Touches, and Communications to make sure donors aren’t being overasked. Get your website ready. Make sure your website is up-to-date when people visit during this busy season. Make sure your campaign message is front and center on the website.

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