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The Power of A Thank-A-Thon

Greater Giving

Scripting Your Thank-A-Thon Calls Develop a Thank You Script Provide an outline for your volunteers to follow. Print Call Scripts with Blanks Print call scripts for each volunteer with blanks to personalize greetings and mentions of specific contributions. Keep it brief, around 10 seconds. Wish them well.

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7 Virtual Volunteer Ideas

Whole Whale

Expand this task to managing a public contest for supporters to email in pictures that volunteers can then clean up and put into the master library. Build volunteer relationships, create new opportunities for existing supporters, and develop a donor pipeline. Virtual Volunteer Tools Bundle. Engage More Volunteers.

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Upcoming Webinar March 29: Mapping Philanthropy - Data Visualization for Good

Tech Soup

We will also turn our attention to several data visualization tools developed by the Foundation Center and other organizations that showcase how the philanthropic community has responded to a variety of issues. Who Are the Presenters? George Ford has been with the Foundation Center since March 2004.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. I created a script of conversation starters/questions about crowd sourcing and using social media for program delivery. The first layer of preparation was the content.

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Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When the IDEO team was working on a new financial tool for a project in Mexico, they used Lean Startup’s focus on Customer Development to test it with real potential customers. Back to the Roots’ mission is to make food personal again through the passionate development of tools that educate and inspire, one family at a time.

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