The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Other event types that can enhance peer-to-peer efforts include: Tributes End-of-year fundraising celebrations Contests Races Tournaments Galas Community service days Getting creative with events provides variety in the fundraising journey. This allows organizations to quickly build strong fundraiser teams and tap into new donor bases.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Have your development team set a few search alerts up to streamline opportunity tracking! Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. Give people good reasons to meet with you, get them excited about your work, and develop the relationship from there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Emmaus works with the team to determine what support each client needs while living with their caregiver(s). They invite the public to join their grassroots advocacy team with a goal of helping to shape public policy and improve all lives. Shared Living. They provide over 1 million hours of direct support on a yearly basis.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed. These toxic behaviors are obvious.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Whether it’s small communities coming together offline to train and share knowledge about using technology or it’s innovation projects competing in the same contest working together instead – we hope you’ll find this short paper compelling and share it with your networks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

We have some new ideas for software Benetech could be developing. What blew my mind in the demonstration was how the Zerofootprint team took a metro area’s schools, and mashed the energy consumption data together with student census data to demonstrate how much the energy costs by dollar per student per year.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. It’s a quantifiable, specific, measurable goal your organization’s team agrees is important and doable if everyone works together. Work with your team to determine your Impact Goal. Your planning team. Can you do it?

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

Personalized communication creates a touchpoint that humanizes your organization and develops stronger donor relationships. . If you’re hosting an event for National Nonprofit Day, invite virtual volunteers to spread the word on social media or judge a live contest. . The Right Way to Onboard and Train Volunteers.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

T-shirts A t-shirt with your organization’s logo is a great gift idea for your volunteer team. The ideas are endless: bowling nights, trivia contests, cocktail hours, weekend barbeques, and more! Help with professional development For many volunteers, working at a nonprofit can be a great way to build their resumes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Meet the Fight Hunger Web Team From left: Anna Yl??-Kauttu, e Forsyth-Sommer, Cordelia Salter-Nour, and Emanuele Quinto - photo in flickr with bios Fight Hunger is a division of the UN World Food Programme set up to help end child hunger by 2015 which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal. Kauttu, Susanne Th??rnqvist,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Offer to support the development director, development committee, board chair, or ED in their fundraising tasks. Consider matching board members with a more experienced board buddy or even creating a board team to hit a collective goal instead of individual goals. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

About Us | Overview | UX Test Kitchen - "The UX Test Kitchen is a nonprofit interactive agency providing free website and media development to other nonprofits. These are some links I wanted to share from March 18th. Find me on Delicious for more! Our staff comes from various companies - such as Razorfish, Time Inc.,

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in International Development from McGill University. Jake Furst – Foursquare - Jake is a Business Development Manager at foursquare , where he helps merchants reach their customers and brands engage with their audiences in innovative ways through the foursquare platform. He loves bacon.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

As you begin the item procurement process, it’s vital that your team maintains an organized list that tracks each item’s status. Post-event analysis yields many more insights and takes less time when your team is able to easily filter through data in your CRM. After your virtual auction , study your engagement data and revenue totals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. We’ve also compiled a team of Ambassadors , who are emerging leaders in the six award categories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

A Contest Built on City Data. " Apps4Warsaw also teamed up with Orange Labs, the research and development arm of multinational telecommunications giant Orange , to build a platform and publish the 50 datasets. The contest got a total of 72 entries, which Sobieszuk said was a huge surprise and success. Apps4Warsaw.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The Lexington Housing Community Development Corporation (LHCDC) hosted its 3rd annual Pull A Cork auction event but instead of its regular in-person operations, it was pivoted to virtual. You might even host a quick superhero trivia contest to test your attendees on their superhero knowledge. The most impressive dish wins the contest.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. For more information on their study, visit the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The good thing is, you can take the time now to develop the voice of your organization and define your brand. Self-funding and just sharing results with your followers is robbing them of the opportunity to be a part of the team! You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

By the way, with EveryAction Development, you can plan, implement, and track all direct mail and efforts, and monitor ROI. Suggestion: A member of our team once received a 'Thank you' note from a political campaign with no other ask. Suggestion: If you really want to maximize the number of people who purchase swag, have a contest.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

TechSoup’s Telework Team. TechSoup started putting it to use right away, particularly on our Online Community and Social Media Team. This team brings you our discussion forums. This team brings you our discussion forums. They are an actively teleworking team with members in many locales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. Our brainstorming session included our three-member communications team and our Development Director.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Convincing your executive team to use crowdsourcing shouldn’t take bribery.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.

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See3

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

The site includes lots of video (with more coming), quizzes on global development and extensive Q/A on a variety of global development topics. The site includes lots of video (with more coming), quizzes on global development and extensive Q/A on a variety of global development topics.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. Please support me by voting and commenting here. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

Three overarching topics caught my eye at the upcoming AAMSE Annual conference in Minneapolis : MACRA and the QPP, Member Engagement Strategies, and Professional Development. Professional Development: Focus on Leadership. Diversity in Leadership Development Programs: Assessing Needs, Opportunities, and Options .

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2014

As a close-knit team of tech veterans launched Caravan Studios, a series of inspiring events began to unfold. The Caravan Studios team were asking to hear about problems because they wanted to try to solve them using technology. The contest sought solutions to support and empower trafficking survivors. Tell Us Your Woes.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Tip: Schedule a demo with our team on how you can quickly start a peer to peer fundraising campaign for your virtual fundraising event. Create a series of challenges that test team skills, endurance, and aptitude with a games tournament. Games Tournament.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Citrix Online : Do you work within a distributed work team? Then tools like GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, and GoToWebinar from Citrix Online let you share your desktop and collaborate with your creative team. You can use Citrix’s webinar tools to teach your team how they can contribute to digital story development.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The day will be capped by a demonstration of the top three finalists in the Apps for America 2 contest. Other members of the DataMasher team will also be on hand including lead developer Sandy Smith ( @sandys1 ) and Project Manager Michaela Hackner (@ kalabird ). We're attending the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC today.

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