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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

By now, most of us have heard about the lawyer who couldn’t turn his cat “filter” off on a Zoom court hearing, so that he appeared in virtual court as a cat. It can empower people across locations to share their individual ideas and build on others’ ideas. I’m sure we each have stories like this. Except when it isn’t!

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10 Tips for Starting a Virtual Social Change Book Club

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. A few people have asked me how to organize their own virtual book club, so I thought I'd share the process with you. Keep asking people if they'd like to join.

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The Advantages Of Online Strategic Planning

fusionSpan

You fill flip chart after flip chart with ideas. All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. There are many benefits to pacing strategic planning sessions and working virtually. You have lunch brought in so you can work without a break.

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Making Facebook Groups Rock for Nonprofits – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m also a champion for the Blue Key Campaign which is using a Facebook Group to coordinate and communicate around our work supporting the campaign. Last year, Darim Online used a Facebook Group to facilitate a virtual book club for the Networked Nonprofit. Finally, events, like docs, also have a comment stream attached.

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The Ideal Year-End Fundraising Campaign Timeline

CauseVox

If this is the case, then you should have a clear idea about how much you need to raise for the next fiscal year. Spreadsheets and shared files (such as on Google Docs or Dropbox) are phenomenal ways to keep everyone on the same page. Remember, it’s always a good idea to simply say “thank you” without any strings attached.

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

Get Fully Funded

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. A paid account is about $150 a year.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more. Top feature: The platform’s AI solution, Magic Studio , helps kickstart the creative process by brainstorming ideas for written copy and images. Explore top nonprofit solutions for virtual and in-person events. Nonprofits can access a 50% discount via Techsoup.