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Flexibility and Resilience Carries the Day for Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston

Greater Giving

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Houston , the largest, one-to-one mentoring agency in the country, found those same qualities served them well last year when they needed to quickly switch from hosting their yearly gala to hosting a virtual fundraiser during the pandemic. Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston. Moving a Gala Online.

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At AFP Lead in Houston, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance students prepare for leadership liftoff

ASU Lodestar Center

On Wednesday, October 19, a group of 12 students from Arizona State University traveled to Houston, Texas, to attend AFP Lead 2022. Our students were separated from the larger group and put together with a room full of ‘emerging leaders.’ Gabriella Billett President, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association at ASU.

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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When a natural disaster strikes, I make a donation to my go to national or global charities for disaster relief Team Rubicon, Save the Children , and/or Global Giving. Here’s a list of suggestions from people in my network: United Way of Houston. Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. YMCA Houston.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health.

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Medical Surplus Alliance Connects With Guatemalan Hospital With Help From Boulder Based Software Company & Acclaimed Photographer

VisionLink

Medical Bridges, a Houston based Medical Surplus Recovery Organization and their Guatemalan partners Amigos Pro Obras Sociales organized the difficult and complex film settings that included hospitals, clinics, patient homes and the surrounding community. The team enjoying some local Guatemalan cuisine.

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Volunteer Retention Tips: How to Retain Volunteers in 2022

Volunteer Hub

Check out how these organizations are using VolunteerHub to streamline volunteer registration: Holocaust Museum Houston. Tip #2: Create Volunteer Groups Based on Interest and Skills. Organizing volunteers into groups based on their interest and expertise is a great way to save them time. Tip #3: Send Emails to Volunteer Groups.

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Nonprofit Technology Meetings In Your Community

Tech Soup

With 50 groups in 20 countries there’s probably a Net2Local group near you (but if there isn’t we’d love to help you start a new meetup.) :-). Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Houston, TX: Monthly Net2 Meetup. What have Net2Local groups been up to recently?