NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

When traditional recruiting tactics start to return lackluster results, consider implementing these five creative and free approaches to attracting volunteers: Mine Your Social Network. In today’s connected world, why limit yourself to your local area? Hosting fun local events could help draw more volunteers to your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The past 18+ months have been challenging for the nonprofit sector, but golf tournaments have provided and continue to provide an opportunity to gather safely, raise crucial dollars, attract corporate support, and steward donors and sponsors. Sponsorships are typically where nonprofits can bring in the most revenue from their golf event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. Help the organization apply for, qualify for, and manage its Google for Nonprofits. It doesn’t have to be a gift.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 11, 2011

And here’s the offer: 5 Nonprofits, 5000 Responses. They are going to give five organizations 5,000 responses each (these could be divided up into multiple questions or used all for one), for free, with just two stipulations: You can only use global or national surveys (not local). You have to share what you learn!

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Either way, it’s time to brush up on your peer-to-peer fundraising chops and check out some online fundraising ideas that you can use to attract donors to your nonprofit.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 9, 2024

Silent Auction Partner with local businesses or collect unique experiences to create a silent auction. A fun take on that is to set up a special lounge space in your venue to serve Rose in a special keepsake glass that guests can purchase for free refills throughout the event. This is also an excellent option for a sponsorship.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Instagram is especially useful for nonprofit event coordinators. A Bloomerang survey found that 44% of over 500 nonprofits surveyed said they’re active on Instagram. These tools allow your nonprofit event organizers to monitor social media chatter about your events and connect with supporters who are talking about it.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

When you start a new nonprofit, you realize pretty quickly that with so many options, it’s important that you pick the right fundraiser to get the money flowing. Which one works the best for new and small nonprofits? Is a 5K the right fundraiser for your new nonprofit? Actually, no, most nonprofits go with less-fancy events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. List of nonprofit donation platforms. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Way to accept donations or money from the event. And now, for the ideas: 1. Polish for a Purpose.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. Need help deciding what type of online auction your nonprofit should host? You’ve come to the right place!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the modern fundraising world, creating an online fundraising strategy is essential to the success of your nonprofit. From standard digital donation forms to peer-to-peer fundraisers , there are a wide variety of ways that nonprofits can fundraise virtually. What are the different ways to fundraise online? Virtual event fundraising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Consequently, I was pretty excited when the Alliance for Biking and Walking asked me to spread the word about their People Powered Movement Photo Contest. The Alliance for Biking and Walking creates, strengthens, and unites state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. bike walk advocacy nonprofit photgraphy contest

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This year, Giving Tuesday falls on November 28th, and nonprofits are gearing up for what has the potential to be one of the most lucrative fundraising days of the year. If this is your nonprofit’s first #GivingTuesday, use this workbook provided by #GivingTuesday to help your team get started planning. In 2020 approximately 34.8

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A well-run and well-attended fundraiser could be a game changer for your nonprofit. To sell more tickets to your nonprofit’s fundraiser, it’s going to require a multi-pronged strategy. To sell more tickets to your nonprofit’s fundraiser, it’s going to require a multi-pronged strategy. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Either way, nonprofits are preparing to get creative with their fundraising efforts and look to continue the momentum of last year’s massively successful Giving Tuesday. If this is your nonprofit’s first #GivingTuesday, use this workbook provided by #GivingTuesday to help your team get started planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. Engage influencers and free agents. How To Marry Social Media with Fundraising. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! This free event will launch our TechSoup's 2014 Storymakers event with a recipe for creating a break out story and advice on where to turn for inspiration in a cluttered landscape.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

This month’s chat focused mainly on sharing lessons and examples from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , which took place in Washington, DC, last week. Hyper-local communities. Contests to encourage content sharing. Some of the topics from the chat include: Engaging specific ethnic groups/communities.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Norton Satellite from Symantec is a free app that scans your Facebook feed for malicious links, as well as your Dropbox and local files for malware. The Box cloud storage app comes with 5GB of free storage to help you backup and manage your photos, documents, videos, and other files. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Best of all, most of these are free or cost effective so you can get the most bang for your buck and maximize the value of your marketing strategy. For example, if your small business offers classes, you might create a call-to-action button on your homepage that says “Sign up for a free trial!”

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

.” That being said, their fears and frustrations can create chaos, and part of your job as community manager is to make transitions as smooth and drama-free as possible. To gear up for our session on "Mixing Business and Pleasure: Managing Your Personal Brand in Social Media," we asked nonprofiteers (readers like you!)

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits. Traditional Fundraising Ideas We’ve labeled the following 17 fundraising ideas for nonprofits as traditional because they’re staples when it comes to fundraising.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The event brought together over 50 speakers and thousands of nonprofit professionals from across the social sector. Get to know their top insights and learning moments to accelerate the impact of your nonprofit’s next virtual fundraising event. Experience Our Nonprofit Event On-Demand. Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you know that fundraising events are a key part of your organization’s fundraising portfolio. You also know that sponsorship revenue is crucial to the event’s bottom line and your nonprofit’s return on investment. Because working together makes it a true win-win. Donated services.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Partner with a local restaurant or hire volunteers to cook their favorite Thanksgiving dish in large quantities. Pumpkin carving contest. It’s a win-win: you receive a portion of the ticket proceeds, and they get free publicity when you market the event to your constituents. Apple orchard/Pumpkin patch partnership.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

This post was written by Chris Bernard, the research and editorial director for Idealware , a nonprofit that creates impartial research and written resources to help other nonprofits make smart decisions about software. But surprisingly few nonprofits are talking about open data. Here in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. San Francisco, California: Nonprofits and Storytelling: How to Create Social Impact, First-Person Stories.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you have the power to turn the winter season into an opportunity to engage your supporters with a peer-to-peer fundraiser! Holiday Baking Competition Invite local bakers to participate in a holiday baking contest. This event works similarly to a holiday baking competition.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Sponsored by TechSoup Global (“ Sponsor ”), 435 Brannan St., Eligibility.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Interested in winning a free Microsoft Surface Pro 2 or 3 ? As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and TechSoup's Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, TechSoup is raising awareness about how nonprofits are taking practical steps to keep their organization safe: in the office, in the field, and on the go.

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