Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

Managing volunteers can be one of those tasks that’s easy to forget about until it’s too late to catch potentially costly mistakes. The best volunteer management strategies start early. Consider these best practices for building successful relationships with your volunteers.

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Achieve

MAY 11, 2022

The same goes for your volunteers — they want to know exactly what they’re getting into before signing up for one of your volunteer opportunities. Your volunteer role descriptions let potential volunteers know about the skills required for the role, the tasks they’ll be completing, and other important logistical details.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Their donation history. Their volunteer history. For community-based nonprofits, try searching for local employers that offer giving programs, like matching gifts or volunteer grants. Their donation history. Their volunteer history. Volunteers serve as the heart of your organization.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades. Letters to the editor don’t have to happen at such a large scale—they can be directed at local and regional media organizations, too.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Ask local bakeries to offer sweets to sell to further motivate donors to purchase a treat. Work with local clothing boutiques and designers to create runway looks and sell tickets for your community to get a look at upcoming items.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Get more people to help Take a look at your reports and determine who among your participants has a history of helping out. Data-driven nonprofit event examples Whether you need to drive membership or volunteers, use your nonprofit’s data to create events tailored to achieve your goals!

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By integrating Raiser’s Edge NXT with VolunteerHub, nonprofits can better leverage two sources of constituent information and gain a more comprehensive view of each individual’s engagement and contribution history.

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Many benefit concerts become annual events or make history for their cause. Foster community engagement at your benefit concert as local musicians, volunteers, and donors all gather in one place for a cause they care about. Benefit concerts are often celebrations of major achievements or a part of a larger fundraising campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

This ensures seamless data transfers between the platforms, providing access to accurate information like the spelling of donors’ names or their giving histories. Vs. “Donors’ tireless support and the generosity of our local community helped get 100 laptops into the hands of local students interested in pursuing computer science careers.”

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the history of nonprofit organizations. Many times, fundraising and volunteering took on the form of a collaborative effort.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

For instance: Customer Relationship Management systems (CRMs): help us track donor interactions and giving histories. Donation History: Identify segments of donors by frequency of gifts, amount of giving, or those who may need to be reengaged. Annie is active in her involvement at local animal welfare initiatives.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Mailing thank-you, birthday, or holiday cards, signed by your staff or volunteers. Here’s how you can get started on this fundraising idea: Begin by diving into your fundraising data and analyzing the giving history of your donors. Joining the local affinity group you’ve been hearing about from your network.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History. New stories surface, like arrowheads long buried, providing constant shifting of information that gives vitality to history."

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 4, 2024

If you’ve launched dedicated mobilization efforts in the past, ask past volunteers and advocates for feedback so you know how to improve. For instance, if you’d like to boost voter registration in a certain local community, you can send more voter information communications to people in that area. Collect feedback from stakeholders.

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By integrating Raiser’s Edge with VolunteerHub, nonprofits can better leverage two sources of constituent information and gain a more comprehensive view of each individual’s engagement and contribution history. This synchronization ensures that both platforms maintain consistent and accurate data at all times.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

National Back to School Month History. Reach out to your local schools to see if they’re looking for any specific supplies for the school year. Volunteer at your local school. Even before the school year begins, many schools need volunteers to help run their back-to-school events and help students get acclimated.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This includes things like the salary of your event coordinator, part-time marketing staff, a huge percentage of the development and marketing team’s time over a one-, two-, three-, or longer month period, a huge portion of the executive director’s time leading up to the event, time volunteer coordinators spend managing volunteers.

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Media Cause

MAY 14, 2021

This month is an opportunity to remember and honor the history of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and celebrate their cultures and heritages. . 11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know. A brief history of Anti-Asian violence and xenophobia. What you can do to help: Volunteer as a foot patrol.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history. Many nonprofits that organize Pride events will be in need of volunteers throughout June to help organize and make their parades, rallies, and celebrations a success! Not sure where to start looking?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The other type of data nonprofits collect as part of prospect research is philanthropic data, including personal information, past giving, and nonprofit engagement history. When you know more about your supporters, you can create more targeted social media campaigns that take their preferences and history into account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. Events also serve as a chronological history of your nonprofit’s Google+ Hangouts on Air.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2022

What Is the History of Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Volunteer for a local organization. Volunteering at one of these organizations helps in so many ways. You can support a local nonprofit organization that provides services for people with breast cancer by donating money or time.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

Focus on volunteering to build mutually beneficial relationships. If your nonprofit needs to fill volunteer positions, asking millennials for their support is a great way to begin building relationships. Two of the best ways to engage millennial volunteers are when you need pro bono services or help running your upcoming events.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

On the flip side, community foundations and local nonprofits can organize citywide or regional giving days, like Spur Local’s Give Local Together Campaign , rallying entire communities in support of various causes. This page helps donors understand your nonprofit’s purpose and how contributions are utilized.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Neon CRM

MAY 23, 2023

Whether you’re looking to contact your congressional representatives or donate to a local nonprofit, here are four groups you’ll love (plus a resource for finding tons more). You can connect with a local chapter— take a look at their chapter directory to find the one nearest you.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

I called Mary to learn more about this brilliant example of a small museum thinking in big and courageous ways about community participation in local history. Like most of our projects here, it’s a case of organic development based on our mission, which is Morrison County history. How do we get the history of the poor?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Beyond donors, you can also ask your volunteers, social media followers, and those who sign up for your email list. RSVP here to join us for a fun day out in support of our local after-school program. The more people you get to opt in, the more supporters you can cultivate relationships with over text.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In every locale in which it is used, participating entities should adapt its application to its particular context. The first step to local adaptation is involving affected populations in the community’s story of change. Coordinate efforts through a backbone support organization: Facilitate, convene, coordinate, mobilize.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. So how can social good organizations take advantage of an innovative tool like this?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For example, if your town is known for gorgeous cherry blossom trees, offering paintings with these trees by a local artist can inspire bidding. For example, a local bike shop could donate a bike, helmet, and a voucher for a free tuneup. Look for B&Bs in unique locations, such as beachfront or mountaintop locales.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 23, 2023

Or offer volunteer opportunities. Ask them to come and volunteer in your office or at one of your fundraising events. Their giving history should determine how you talk to them. Recently lapsed donors with a history of multiple gifts are much more likely to give again than those who donated just one small gift a few years ago.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

If you live in an area with some morbid history or well-known ghost stories, you can add a few stops on your scavenger hunt related to those creepy tidbits for your more daring donors. Empty barns, a volunteer’s house, or even a forested walking path are all great options. Haunted House fundraiser. Halloween baking class.

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

These steps make up the path organizations usually follow as they’re trying to encourage one-time donors to get more involved with their organization—like volunteering, creating a recurring donation, or increasing their financial support—sometimes up to the point of making a major gift or bequest.

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