sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. Build the right-fit event and they will come. And they will donate.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 17, 2011

It's how I met Holly Ross in the first place. Now I'm on the Board of NTEN and Holly and I joke about my being the "calendar police" since she almost scheduled a NTC over Passover again another year and I caught it in time. Something similar happened a few years back when NTEN scheduled NTC over Passover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the most important exercises I do is a “Fishbowl” where participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar. It’s Not Too Late To Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar – Guest Post by Holly Minch, Lightbox Collaborative.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 17, 2011

It's how I met Holly Ross in the first place. Now I'm on the Board of NTEN and Holly and I joke about my being the "calendar police" since she almost scheduled a NTC over Passover again another year and I caught it in time. Something similar happened a few years back when NTEN scheduled NTC over Passover.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Yesterday, I had a lot of fun giving another webinar for Nonprofit Webinars, this time focused on DIY Social Media Management. Content Calendar. Why create a content calendar? For looking for a list of suggested tools, here’s a place to get started! Refer to the slides below for examples. Easy reference.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Have fun with your avatar! For future reference, bookmark the Horizon Venues Event Calendar. Finally, know that when you go into public places, your Facebook/Oculus username is visible and serves as your primary identifier in the Horizon Metaverse. Explore and have fun. It will save you time in the long run.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 25, 2023

A crucial part of this strategy should be the creation of a year-round fundraising calendar. This calendar serves as a roadmap for your organization, guiding your fundraising efforts and ensuring that you’re consistently engaging donors and potential supporters throughout the year.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

My calendar and ‘To Do’ list were written in a notebook. Google Calendar has many rivals in the marketplace, but for meeting the scheduling needs of a busy nonprofit, I can’t imagine a more effective tool. When you accept invitations via email, the meeting gets automatically added to your calendar. With a pen.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

If you don’t already have a set of brand guidelines, now is a great time to put them in place. While you may feel inclined to write a fun blog post on a random topic, if it doesn’t tie into your goals, it probably shouldn’t go on your site (maybe that means it’s time to start a personal blog!). Start writing.

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Media Cause

JULY 29, 2022

You can express your creativity in the way you communicate with supporters, in how you approach challenges at your nonprofit, or the way you balance your calendar. Your creative “products” might be saving 30 minutes on your calendar or coming up with new, unexpected ideas. Have fun adding your creative insights into the world!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. And yes, sometimes there is a place for these types of fundraisers , especially when they’re planned and executed well. Make it a FUN event that people talk about for days afterward.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission. Spring provides the perfect weather and some great scenery for a fun run event.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

This can be a fun way to engage your volunteers and remind them of a fun memory whenever they wear their masks! Your volunteers can place these portraits anywhere in their homes to remind them how special they are to your team. A party Host a fun experience to show appreciation to volunteers.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 29, 2023

Fun Fact These courses were designed by a team of professional educators and instructors to be clear, concise, and useful. If you’re looking to develop a deep understanding of the tools and features in your Neon One account, this is a great place to start. Fun Fact We’re always updating our Support Center articles!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

A member newsletter or club newsletter is a great tool to share important information with members in a place they likely visit every day, multiple times a day: their email inbox. For example, a “Song of the Week” newsletter section might seem fun (and, to be fair, it is!),

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

It feels like that's a way in which the arts can be visionary, be change agents, and also be really fun and playful, which is primary to living." - Gabriela Masala This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Gabriela Masala talking about how to organize have fun do good flash mobs. Gabriela is the Founder of the One Love Alliance.

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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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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Here Are 19 Ideas for Easy Nonprofit Fundraisers While these ideas pretty much run the gamut, they all offer a mix of supporter engagement, community involvement, and fun creativity that all successful events need. Some well-placed, colorful signage and a fun atmosphere (i.e. There will always be some assembly required.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

And because we love rapid ideation and an excuse for a fundraiser here at Whole Whale, we’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Get a selection of your breakfast favorites and a variety of milks — make it extra fun with a pajama party vibe for your supporters. Enroll Now.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . One fun way to organize this in this transitional year (with not everyone ready to join others inside) is via a Zoom call with volunteers. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

How fun and easy, right? Often, these folks are more interested in the candle, calendar, candy bar, etc., Grants definitely have their place in a healthy fundraising plan. And lots of events or “fundraisers” usually only bring in nickels and dimes. Has this happened to you? Broken Model #4: Grants.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

And with the right event management tools, organizing your guests and tracking your fundraising progress can be done all in one place! Customize your event pages, simplify the registration process, and manage your guests all in one place! Pricing Reach out to Fun Team Events for pricing details.

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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! Candygrams.

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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. Fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

In fact, here are 10 places nonprofit leaders often go to find donors—ponds they expect to be teeming with fish—but instead they come up empty. 10 Places You Can Stop Looking for Donors . Create a super fun event, build it up over time, and you will attract a range of donors, including those who can give big.

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sgEngage

MAY 22, 2023

By using a shared calendar application or a project management tool like Trello or Asana, you can make sure the whole team is up to date on all finished and upcoming tasks. Gather All Your Nonprofit’s Financial Statements Gathering your statements is actually a step we’ll mention twice.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Adding a calendar widget to your event form helps remind supporters of your event to increase attendance. Adding detailed directions and fun images to your event homepage is one of the best ways to make your donors feel valued. Taking care of your attendees is the best way to achieve your goal. Don’t stress too much over social media.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 30, 2023

Adding a calendar widget to your event form helps remind supporters of your event to increase attendance. Adding detailed directions and fun images to your event homepage is one of the best ways to make your donors feel valued. Taking care of your attendees is the best way to achieve your goal. Don’t stress too much over social media.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To help you build your content plan, Neon One has created a 2024 Nonprofit Calendar that you can download as a PDF or add to your existing personal calendar. To download the calendar or learn more about nonprofit content planning, here’s a quick overview of this article: What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nonprofit Storytelling Conference AFP ICON and NTC are fun and educational, but they’re really big conferences! The NIO Summit is a great mix of fun themes, actionable content, and outstanding networking opportunities. This virtual conference is a free three-day event that takes place exclusively online.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

We may even have some fun in store for you! The Beacon Lounge will be our home-base, and here are some of the fun things they have planned to make it your home-base, too: Daily Events in the Lounge include: Breakfast from 9-11: Get your morning buzz on with coffee and food sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Use Gamification: Gamification can be used to create a fun and interactive experience for your attendees. If you build in this fun element and reward participants with appropriate prizes, you can all but guarantee that attendees will remember and talk about their experience for a long time after the event has wrapped.

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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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Auctions are fun at any time of year, but Giving Tuesday presents extra opportunities for your nonprofit to host a successful auction. Host an auction. Throw Giving Tuesday house parties.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

One place to start is by looking at the demographics of your donors and supporters. Now that you have a marketing strategy in place, it’s time to design your actual auction announcement. Make sure they have the right date and time for your auction to mark in their calendars so they won’t miss your event. Ticket price.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

Members not knowing how to use your virtual donation platform , or not even knowing about your campaign in the first place. Show your members your virtual fundraising campaigns are fun, convenient, and engaging, and they’ll feel much more excited to participate. Low social media engagement. Stagnant campaigns. Host an event.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Take a look at your own calendar for a moment. Do you have extra time to spend on courses that, while fun and interesting, aren’t going to improve your life in a noticeable way? In its place, we custom developed a course that explained how to fill out the forms and then showed learners how to do so through examples.

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