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Spring Fundraisers: 5 Best Practices for Walkathons, Bikeathons, and Other Athons

CauseVox

Peer-to-peer fundraisers (aka social fundraisers) harness the power of your supporters to raise money on your behalf. These types of fundraisers are popular because they have the potential to raise twice as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. You can also structure prizes as a raffle.

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Why You Should Do A Cost-Benefit Analysis Before Throwing Your Next Nonprofit Fundraising Event

Bloomerang

At its best, a nonprofit fundraising event is fun. Let’s look at the cost to raise a dollar for a range of fundraising strategies. In the best of all possible worlds, it cost 50 cents to raise a dollar from an event. Awareness raising” meets folks at the very beginning of the development/marketing pipeline.

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The Ultimate Guide to Social Media for Nonprofits

Qgiv

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. Social media helps you build more connections within your community, allowing you to raise more awareness and money for your cause. Engagement. Fundraising.

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then, I have participants work in small groups, using a structured brainstorming process. Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group. Ritual of staff praise at meetings or monthly award, not just a raise.

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How to Pull Off a Successful Nonprofit Virtual Gala

Top Nonprofits

With the right preparations and technology, you can host a successful virtual gala that raises funds, helps your nonprofit strengthen connections, and engages your supporters in a fun evening. The exact structure of your gala planning team may vary depending on your nonprofit’s size and event needs. Share This Post!

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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

Qgiv

Volunteer tasks can range from simple to complex depending on how you wish to engage volunteers and how your organization is structured. Whether you’re a brand-new nonprofit looking to recruit your very first volunteers or are a seasoned pro, it’s important to first evaluate and assess your volunteer needs and to do so frequently.

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Fundraising Metrics: Don’t Just Count the Dollars

ASU Lodestar Center

dollars raised) are the most commonly used metric for evaluating fundraising staff, but they are not the only metrics that we as managers should track. These must be tracked and evaluated. In addition to these structures, there are also cultural mechanisms one can employ to make the performance evaluation system a success.

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