NonProfit PRO
MAY 20, 2021
Especially while navigating the effects of the pandemic on fundraising, outdoor events are a great solution to bring your supporters together to champion your cause safely. Heat up your summer with these outdoor event ideas!
Blue Avocado
MAY 20, 2021
It’s Spring 2021 and your board retreat approaches. Half of your board members—and all of those over 65 or with chronic health conditions—have received a Covid-19 vaccine. In this near future, perhaps new Covid-19 cases have dropped below 60,000 per day nationwide, and the positivity rate in your state is below 5%. Board members debate […]. The post How Nonprofits Can Return to In-Person Board Meetings and Retreats as the Covid-19 Pandemic Winds Down appeared first on Blue Avocado.
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NonProfit PRO
MAY 20, 2021
As nonprofits navigate through 2021, they are in a position where they are recovering from the effects of 2020, planning for the future and restructuring their workplace policies so they are better prepared for when the next crisis occurs. Download this white paper to learn how nonprofits are using technology to improve and sustain operations for the years ahead.
Cloud 4 Good
MAY 20, 2021
Download the Modern Day Advancement on Salesforce whitepaper to learn more about how there is no platform better suited to serve advancement teams than Salesforce. The post Modern Day Advancement on Salesforce appeared first on Cloud for Good.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 20, 2021
Humans who fundraise without being paid by your nonprofit are peer-to-peer fundraisers. They act as a “transfer device” for your nonprofit to ask for support, like other transfer devices. So, we often treat them as a device, a tool, to be managed, handled, negotiated with. but that is wrong, both practically and ethically.
Charity Village
MAY 20, 2021
Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Summary: During this interactive course, brought to you by Keela and Imagine Canada, you’ll learn about the four different communication styles, including the strengths and blind spots of each one, as well as diving into your preferred style and how you can adjust your delivery to remove unnecessary friction […].
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Charity Village
MAY 20, 2021
With everything that’s happening in the world right now, work can feel heavy and onerous. How can we bring back the joy in our work and feel aligned? On today’s podcast, business coach extraordinaire Lianne Kim shares with us her insight and tips on how to show up to work with a joy oriented mindset. […]. The post The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Finding your joy with Lianne Kim appeared first on CharityVillage.
Media Cause
MAY 20, 2021
In honor of GAAD, we’ll be diving into accessibility across digital marketing starting with website accessibility. . Most of the time when I reveal to someone that I am partially color blind, it’s met with surprise. I’ve worked for over 15 years in marketing as a project manager. Often I lead creative projects, and in those projects, what color something is matters quite a bit!
Forum One
MAY 20, 2021
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (WAAD)—a day to recognize and promote the importance of digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities and impairments. To help celebrate, here are five things you can do to help ensure your next digital product, project, or service makes the web a more inclusive place. 1. Learn how people with disabilities access, navigate and experience the web.
Candid
MAY 20, 2021
Nonprofits have overcome some serious challenges over the past year. The cancellation of events and the need to abruptly pivot their fundraising strategies and messaging have certainly been struggles, but, by and large, we’ve seen some amazing resilience across the sector. However, as things begin returning to “normal” in many parts of the world, remember that we’re still living and working through a major crisis.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio
The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.
Tech Soup
MAY 20, 2021
How do you keep track of all the technology tools your organization uses? As an exercise, just try to list them. You've got laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, and phones. Maybe you've got servers and a Wi-Fi router. Can you also list the makes and models of each — and do you know how old they are and when they're likely to need replacing?
Blue Avocado
MAY 20, 2021
Part 2: Personal to Personnel In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student, then as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and my stint as an Air Force Intelligence Officer. LVEC is a nonprofit whose resident staff, […]. The post Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It appeared first on Blue Avocado.
Donorbox
MAY 20, 2021
In the past few years, you’ve probably noticed several businesses and organizations using QR codes. But, even though these scannable codes have been around since the mid-’90s, they’ve only recently become common and many people still don’t fully understand what they are or how to use them. But, QR codes can be great for fundraising, […]. The post How to Use QR Codes for Nonprofit Organizations | Donorbox appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.
Blue Avocado
MAY 20, 2021
Covid-19 has had most of us asking generative questions at some point. What is the real purpose of our organization? If we can only do one thing, what should it be? If our leaders become caregivers, sick themselves, or even die, how will the organization run? Overall, succession planning gets a bad rap. But in […]. The post How to Plan and Execute an Emergency Succession appeared first on Blue Avocado.
Advertiser: Digital Ocean
Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.
Whole Whale
MAY 20, 2021
Fundraising is a HUGE field and there are many great oranizations that help improve the quality of the sector like the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. Hiring a Development Officer in-house is VERY competitive as one search on Idealist.org will reveal.
Blue Avocado
MAY 20, 2021
Dear Rita, In March of last year, when the pandemic hit, we spent a lot of time implementing the required Covid-19-related paid leaves of absence. We drafted leave forms and gave notice to our employees of the right to take these leaves, and we are very proud of our successful efforts in ensuring that employees […]. The post Ask Rita: FFCRA Paid Leaves 2021—Help!
Greater Giving
MAY 20, 2021
Top issues facing nonprofit organizations today. Last year, we conducted a survey of hundreds of nonprofit organizations across North America to find out what challenges they encountered in 2020, how they handled those challenges, and what they see for their organization in the future. You can read the report and its revelatory findings here: The State of Nonprofit Fundraising.
Double the Donation
MAY 20, 2021
Double the Donation and Windfall are thrilled to launch their new integrated solution. This exciting update combines matching gift insights with donor wealth screening to ensure fundraisers everywhere craft actionable, timely donor messages to drive contributions. “Windfall empowers nonprofits with actionable data, and Double the Donation’s robust matching gift insights complement our donor wealth dataset perfectly,” said Dan Stevens, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at Windfall Data.
Advertiser: Syncrony
Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.
Media Cause
MAY 20, 2021
In honor of GAAD, our second blog focuses on the harm symbols have on disabled community. . Symbols have always been a way for people to communicate. From cave drawings and petroglyphs, to street signs and emojis, symbols serve as a universal language that can cross cultures and extend generations. As designers, we use symbols to communicate complex subjects, change perception, and unify people around a specific cause.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 20, 2021
A former co-worker shared a great blog post with me awhile back about the most common complaints about the annoying things bosses do without even realizing it. Here are the highlights : 1. Making social events unofficially required. 2. Pressuring employees to donate to charity. 3. Calling employees who are on vacation. 4. Holding endless meetings. 5.
Bloomerang
MAY 20, 2021
I drive a Prius, so don’t get it twisted — there is also no judgment here of 25 year-olds (I’ve been one). But the no judgment piece is exactly the point here. I was at a happy hour networking event. Remember those? How we dreaded them and now they are… thought of longingly. At least, by me. . Well, I met this young professional who worked at a big professional services firm as a consultant.
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