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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history. In this guide, we’ll take a broad look at volunteerism to explore its history and benefits. We’ll cover: Volunteerism definition History of volunteerism Types of volunteerism Why is volunteerism important?

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The Not-So-Secret Way to Power Your Nonprofit’s Future Growth

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Why event registration and data collection are important to nonprofits It’s true you can post on social media to get supporters’ attention, but that’s kind of like throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping some of it’ll stick. However, there’s a more efficient way, and that’s using a platform for your event registration.

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Bright Idea: Setting Up Online Event Registration with Beacon College

Qgiv

The Salon Speaker Series brings in speakers, educators, authors, and entertainers from Florida and around the country to educate, edify, and entertain by exploring Florida history. To make it easy for attendees to register, Beacon College created an online registration page to help with this event and others in their Salon Speaker Series.

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

Qgiv

Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. In our 2020 Navigating the Unknown Report , we found that over 50% of nonprofits pivoted to virtual events last year. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay!

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Fundraising CRM vs. Fundraising Platform: What’s the difference?

Qgiv

You can search your CRM for a donor’s giving history when you’re planning an appeal, prepping for a donor visit, or just getting to know your constituents. You can often add attributes, track donor histories, and even make segmented donor lists to aid you in targeting your communications. Why is a CRM important for fundraising?

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5 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Virtual Events Are Here to Stay. In response, we saw an explosion in the number of events that made the pivot from in-person to virtual. Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways.

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91 Nonprofit Industry Conferences + Professional Development Opportunities in 2021

Top Nonprofits

Whether you are new to the industry or have a long history of working for, or with, nonprofits there is always something you can learn from others. From about mid-February, through the end of 2020 most were either cancelled or moved to a virtual platform. In 2021, we saw most continue with purely virtual models until about late spring.