Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

At Salesforce.org, we are proud to see how much of our community — whether it’s our employees, our partners, or the nonprofits we support — is jumping in through funding, advocacy, or volunteering. Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized! To secure new volunteers? Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. Are you using social media primarily to raise money?

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 15, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Celebrating National Nonprofit Day: Honoring Leaders of Change August 17th isn’t just another day on the calendar; it’s National Nonprofit Day, a day to honor and recognize the monumental contributions of nonprofit organizations across the nation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine. The project is called “ Tech2Empower ,” organized by Wake , an organization on a quest to leverage technology for women’s empowerment globally. Seventy-five percent are women and children.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. Organize in-kind donation drives for goods or services that your nonprofit needs.

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Twenty Hats

JUNE 7, 2021

Measuring volunteer impact benefits more that your program: it empowers YOU. The life of a volunteer manager can feel lonely. We have a primary purpose in our organization—the subject matter expert, you might say. This purpose often means we are the only ones in charge of scheduling and coordinating volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

Channels for engagement : Knowing which channels your donors use to engage with your non-profit, such as attending events, volunteering, or sharing content on social media, can help you develop engagement strategies that resonate with them. How do I use donor personas? She typically donates around $50-$100 per donation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono. Cheryl Timoney (CT): At the beginning of the pandemic, there was a huge focus on the shift to virtual and engaging volunteers and the community through digital means.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

If you want to support breast cancer patients and survivors, volunteering at hospitals or for organizations that are dedicated to the fight against breast cancer is a great way to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Participate in a fundraiser. The Susan G. Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative. Zero Breast Cancer. Final thoughts.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. Such processes, if they even exist, are often too informal and lack clear expectations of what it means to be accountable for a nonprofit organization’s success. Reality 1: Most boards live by the rule of thirds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. Next, she asked for a volunteer to come to the front of the room and read their card. She modeled reading hers.

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Kindful

AUGUST 17, 2021

Digital technology is making it increasingly easy for boards and volunteers to engage with and support their organizations. Create social media messages with clear calls to action—to donate, volunteer, post, or share stories and events. Invite them to be raving fans for your organization. Thank and acknowledge them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

I had always been an informal mentor, but when I moved to Florida, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer, a ‘Big Sister’. Fostering Understanding & Breaking Down Barriers It’s also an opportunity to educate: more than 68% of the volunteer mentors are white or non-Black. She loved cheerleading (so did I!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

I recently learned about an nonprofit organization in India dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. The organization is called Video Volunteers. In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One big key to your organization doing well is how involved and dedicated your board members are. By recognizing and addressing their unique requirements, you create an environment in which they feel valued and invested in your organization’s mission. Think about organizing board retreats , workshops, or fun team-building events.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Do some research and see if there are any organizations or schools near you that are hosting workshops, lectures, film screenings, or other educational opportunities you can attend! Their grantees come from all over the world and the fund partners with organizations thematically with a current focus on economic empowerment.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2023

Great volunteers can be a huge asset to your nonprofit, donating hundreds or thousands of hours of work each year to your cause. When your nonprofit is new, young, or small, finding volunteers and plugging them in to a role they enjoy can be tricky. After all, it takes work to find new volunteers and you want them to stick around.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

Looking for fundraisers that will work for your faith-based organization? Take a look at the different ways faith-based organizations just like yours were able to host peer-to-peer fundraisers that work! When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations that offered food bank services had to rethink their drop-off processes.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

Huge organizations have huge teams and designated employees just for nonprofit public relations and outreach, media connections, and communications. The best stories to pitch the media (or include in any communication materials) have the following: Struggle/Solution : What community/personal issues does your organization address?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

The pandemic initiated a massive worldwide shift in how and where work gets done, and nonprofit organizations were not spared. In a 2021 survey by NonprofitHR , more than a third of those surveyed (35%) said they left their jobs due to dissatisfaction or disengagement with the current organization or culture. Bridging Skills Gaps.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Nonprofit organizations are often pressed to do more with less. Your staff is expected to be more efficient, your organization more productive, and your mission more manageable all while your piggy bank is light. You may decide to host a book club at your organization and discuss the specific points covered on a regular basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I And community organizations can use data to illuminate the challenges they face.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. This is a cultural shift that involves everyone; nonprofit leaders and staff, board members, volunteers, donors, foundation leaders, members of the public and others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

Early last year my colleague Noel Dickover and his co-workers at PeaceTech Lab organized a workshop in Mumbai, India to help activists use technology and media to prevent gender based violence. Here’s two programs that use technology to support women and girls and are an inspiration. The Tech Girls of Dharavi.

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

The chatter is everywhere, and it can be challenging for organizations, especially those that tend to have fewer technical resources on staff, to know how these new tools might help (or hinder) their work. How can you tell if your organization might be able to use it? Consider the following questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Consumer feedback offers critical information to funders, non-profit organizations, and the low-income people who use services and programs. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. Please join us for the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The royalties that I earn from my books have been donated to nonprofits to support women’s and girl’s empowerment work and given this past week, I am all the more convinced of the need to support such programs. WAKE works closely with private sector partners to provide tools, products and volunteer advisors.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. One in five people there live at the poverty level.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

At PIMCO, we understand that it’s our responsibility to effect meaningful social change, both as members of an organization and as part of our larger communities. First launched in 2007, PIMCO’s original volunteer programming was limited, supporting 23 events across various business locations. What Community Engagement Means at PIMCO.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2019

Oftentimes, stakeholders are so far removed from the budget and the balance sheet that they may have no clue how the organization is doing, or they only give the financial statements a cursory review without going deeper. I always like to see 3-6 months of cash on hand – this lets me know an organization is strong and sustainable.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines. The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. I delivered a keynote for Social Good Brasil in 2012 and for a conference on volunteering hosted by Fundação Telefônica in 2014. Empowerment. This was my third visit to the country. Content is king.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent. Image by Codilicious from Flickr. Designate a cheer leader. Gather your tribe and rally the base.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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