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From Novice To Champion: Empowering Board Members

Bloomerang

Board match programs in your community that your local community foundation or United Way may offer. These programs can connect you with potential board members already engaged in philanthropy and community building. Review board lists for organizations with shared values. Give them a 1:1 orientation.

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How can nonprofits build an effective website to engage donors and volunteers?

ASU Lodestar Center

Soup kitchen volunteer opportunity” means “I want to help local homeless in my community, what is a reputable organization I can help with?”. Integrate testimonials, before and after pictures, and personal details about your positive impact. Ask your current donors and volunteers for reviews.

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Community Foundations, Donor Advised Funds, and Cloud-based Technology – An Insider’s Look At This Winning Trifecta

Connection Cafe

I recommended six grants for my 2019 year-end distributions and the entire process required an investment of twenty minutes of my time; and what a wonderful feeling it brought me to know that my local food bank, animal society, homeless shelter, and others will have much-needed, end-of-year support for their missions.

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Nonprofit Storytelling: The Quick and No-Nonsense Guide

Bloomerang

This also helps preserve the integrity of the story and avoid exploitative storytelling. If you need help developing your character, review Bloomerang’s guide to conducting nonprofit interviews ! Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. Video storytelling.

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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For example, if you had to switch to a virtual silent auction at the last minute in 2020, review your results to see which elements worked and which didn’t. John Center for Homeless Men recently added some engagement to their Raisin’ the Rent event with virtual house parties !

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

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Your best bet is to review creative ideas that other nonprofits have already tried and found effective. Consider creating a virtual volunteer program and brainstorm ways that your supporters can help digitally. UrbanPromise Charlotte implemented a program during the pandemic called “Family Meetings.”

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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