Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Showcasing your volunteers’ journeys not only celebrates their invaluable commitment, but also fosters trust and connection within the community, highlighting the human impact behind every effort. Is celebrating your volunteers and how much they mean to your work a simple but surefire way to get others to get involved?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Full disclosure. One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. I just want to mention a few of them.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. Invite people who would not have seen your online promotions to join you at the ballroom, office or pub to be part of your celebrations and conversations. There are many ways you can participate in OWD09 and help celebrate the web. Today is OneWebDay !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Amy Sample Ward from NTEN invited me to participate in an online webinar with other NTEN community champions to talk about GivingTuesday efforts. So, of course, I’ve invited Joao to participate with me on an online webinar hosted by NTEN to celebrate #GivingTuesday at 11:00 am PST on Dec. 2nd (GivingTuesday) at 11:00 am PST.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To celebrate you, our amazing community of readers, we look back at the Candid blogs that resonated the most with you this year. Four common grant proposal documents (free samples included) by Melissa Pulis of Candid Next up, a familiar theme reemerges. As a bonus, get free sample documents to see what success looks like in practice.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A sampling of badge art from Salesforce.org Trailhead modules. The heroes of this story are the trailblazing customers, partners, employees, and volunteers who Salesforce.org celebrates during the inaugural Week of Learning from October 4-8.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is just a sampling of the ideas I heard. CREATIVE GRATITUDE MESSAGES Social media posts Kudos cards (i.e., collections or exhibit tours at museums, a fire fighting training center for a city, and the control tower at the – you guessed it – the airport [by now, we were all ready to sign up to volunteer at the airport!)

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Start with a prompt to create a skeleton sample golf tournament marketing plan that your team can further flesh out with your content, or verbiage for promotional emails. Partner with local influencers and celebrities. Start by thinking about celebrities, influencers, or personalities your nonprofit already has a relationship with.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here’s a list of spring fundraising ideas to help you celebrate the season with your supporters: Spring fundraising ideas 1. Tree planting Earth Day is in April, and you can launch a tree planting campaign to celebrate with your community. Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization.

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Bloomerang

JULY 12, 2021

Remind them of their loyalty by celebrating their donorversary. . Another great way to make your donor feel known by you and subtly remind them to continue supporting your organization is to celebrate their “donorversary.”. You can celebrate with a card, a call, or even an email. What’s a donorversary?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Distribute discovery questions Most of the time your volunteers or board members will be leaving messages but arm them with a few sample discovery questions just in case they get a donor on the phone: May I ask what inspired you to give to us? Celebrate your board members for participating in the thank-a-thon with food and prizes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Even before I turned the big one and the year after and many years before, birthday celebrations have been about cake and getting others to donate to my favorite cause. I was delighted to see Amy Sample Wards's Facebook Cause for several reasons.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

Here is a sample board skills assessment: Board Member Information What is your name? Here is a sample statement to the board of directors: “Dear Board Members, I hope this message finds you well. What is your position on the board? How long have you been a member of the board? What is your professional background?

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

To celebrate 21 years i of grantmaking data, we’re taking a look back at how far we’ve come and how we’ve evolved over the years. 2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. private and community foundations.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Some interesting prognostications collected by Tech Soup Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014 : Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013, we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

Toolkits that include sample messaging (email templates, social media posts), successful campaign examples, and graphic assets like official logos and images are especially helpful. Keep the conversation going by celebrating milestones, offering up support, checking in on them, and giving guidance whenever you can.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

While this is a small sample size, it was highly targeted to people interested in nonprofits. Investigate working with social sector influencers (not celebrities). We received 38 total responses from university students, young professionals, high school seniors, and members of the military, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years old.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Celebrate their accomplishments annually with a thank you party/dinner/reception/etc. Celebrate their milestones.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 21, 2023

Host an Outdoor Summer Concert Fundraiser What better way to celebrate the season than with the magic of music? Charge an entry fee or sell tiered tasting packages , and offer attendees the opportunity to sample a variety of beverages. Reach out to local musicians or bands willing to donate their talent for a good cause.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Use this Complete Toolkit for Nonprofits for a sample timeline to get on track with your communications. In 2020 approximately 34.8

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Celebrity meet and greets It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to sit down for lunch or a video call with your favorite celebrity. Private cooking classes Connect with a professional or celebrity chef to ask if they’d be willing to donate their time to a private cooking class.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

Did you know that in some countries International Women's Day (March 8) is celebrated with flowers and gifts? Numerous nonprofits and NGOs are organizing events and campaign to celebrate. I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. You can find UN-related events on WomenWatch.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here’s a sample: Dear [donor first name], I’ve been thinking about you and wondering how you are. Acknowledge and celebrate their return. What to say to win them back: be heartfelt and personal The key to winning them back is making them feel special, valued, and important. All it takes is a note of thanks. My lapsed donor came back!

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Use this Complete Toolkit for Nonprofits for a sample timeline to get on track with your communications. Last year approximately 34.8

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

Maybe you just celebrated your nonprofit’s second or third birthday. You can also find templates for nonprofit bylaws and nonprofit bylaws samples online, if you feel like your refresh will be more of a rewrite. Now, you are not so new anymore. Or maybe your nonprofit has been around for years. What’s the Process to Update Your Bylaws?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Amy Sample Ward. A few weeks ago, 35 board members and community leaders helped us launch the 2013 NTEN Challenge with the goal of raising $50,000 to celebrate reaching 50,000 NTEN community members. What a year! From new programs to new members, 2013 was a great year.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. It’s a good practice to celebrate reaching milestones so everyone involved in the process feels valued and motivated to continue. Are you on track to meet your goals? If so, excellent job!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tim sat down with Steve McLaughlin as part of the Blackbaud Institute Index’s 10 th Anniversary Celebration series to discuss how testing and data are critical to identifying and optimizing your value prop. One reason is that many do not know how to define their value prop, let alone express it succinctly.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Instead, deliver a message that tells them how easy it is to get started ( 1 in 4 emails you send will usually results in a donation ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 4, 2009

The National Federation of the Blind is organizing events around the country to celebrate his birthday and the invention of Braille. It helps blind people all over the world, as this recent sample of Hindi Braille demonstrates. We're very proud at Bookshare.org about our support of Braille.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And NTEN CEO, Amy Sample Ward , discusses digital inclusion and the need for safe discussion spaces for creating a more equitable digital future. And be sure to join in the Member Appreciation Month celebration - with free webinars and prizes for NTEN Members all November long!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. It makes you feel good to give and celebrate and be part of a network of people doing the same. Kami Watson Huyse calls this a shared accomplishment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Anyone and everyone who gives anything — time, money, experience, skills, networks — in any amount to create a better world can be philanthropist. She shared many stories of philanthropists with far less money and notoriety than celebrities and wealthy people we typically think of as philanthropists.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s the perfect way to celebrate Pride Month in the US for LGBTQIA-focused organizations — the Charleston-based We Are Family hosted one last year to fund its new drop-in center. Set up tasting tables with glasses and laminated A/B/C cards (they will get wet) for people to try to match the samples to the bottle. Donations for Dad.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

All month long, NTEN Tech Clubs have been gathering to celebrate Member Appreciation Month, throwing parties and giving away prizes. Organizers Farra Trompeter & Amy Sample Ward pull a name for one of the prize raffles. Below are some photos of the fun from New York, DC and Toronto.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). What did you do to celebrate Memorial Day today? Did you #gosilent?

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