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The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.  

Candid

It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. By contrast, positive emotions and experiences broaden our perspectives and build up our mental resources, facilitating increased innovation, social connection, and solutions. Instead, consider how you can celebrate small wins.

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No Tricks, All Treats: 18 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraising Ideas

Qgiv

An app-based scavenger hunt can also facilitate a hybrid event if you have participants who are more comfortable virtually attending. From skeleton-shaped cookies to ghost-topped cupcakes, there are plenty of baked goods you can choose from to help donors celebrate Halloween. Halloween movie night. Need inspiration?

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Expanding Your Donor Network Through Fundraising Events

Bloomerang

For example, a movie-themed event or a gaming night can bring together a diverse audience. Arrange inclusive community events: Community gatherings that celebrate diversity and inclusivity can resonate with a broad audience, including those who are passionate about social causes. Make the process as seamless as possible.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Devi Thomas (DT): With the recent honoring of Junteenth, so much of what we do around the day is a celebration of freedom. The mistake will be if we just look for easy things to celebrate. Juneteenth is both an occasion for celebration and a moment for reflection. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama.

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What Are Your Best Tips for Organizing or Facilitating a Charity 2.0 Event?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They asked their friends to figure out how much money they might spend on a Saturday night out (dinner and movies) and contribute the money to City Harvest , a nonprofit organization in New York that rescues food from restaurants and supermarkets and delivers it to soup kitchens and other programs that feed the hungry.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Later in the morning, I facilitated a large group discussion hour-long discussion right before lunch with Greg and Laura Efurd from ZeroDivide. Listening to the conversation and watching the audience for signs of energy drop, I inserted some movement into the discussion related to the topic by asking them to do the ” failure bow.”

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Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Explore

Qgiv

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Movie nights. Host a virtual peer-to-peer fundraiser movie night! John Center media throughout the year. Social fundraisers.

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