Greater Giving

APRIL 27, 2022

Once upon a time, much of the nonprofit industry leaned on annual in-person benefit events to meet budget requirements. Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston’s traditional annual fundraiser offered guests a memorable culinary tasting experience for virtual guests by delivering cuisine to their homes.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

“Our volunteers, docents, and donors are instrumental in the success of the museum and its programs,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston. VolunteerHub is user-friendly, support is outstanding, and the features are industry-leading. Why Volunteer Management Software.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. Jobs & Workforce Development: Nothing Stops A Bullet Like A Job — Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries’ tagline is a mini-masterpiece, telling a memorable story in just six words. Filling lives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. The Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program works with historically black colleges and universities to create career opportunities for students. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In the 1980s I worked in direct mail fundraising for nonprofit organizations, then I shifted into the publishing industry in the 1990s. Our food bank is also assisting the Houston food bank. Over one million people in the Houston area are still without electricity, so they can't store or cook fresh food.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Each winter hundreds of peer-to-peer fundraising professionals and industry experts gather to share new ideas, hear about industry trends and learn what’s happening in peer-to-peer fundraising. Digital Marketing Conferences (DIGIMARCON) / Houston, TX / $945. Name (a-z).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Plus Ed Schipul has a list of panels from folks in Houston. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. Not on this list?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

If we rub up against other fields—political science, psychology, games theory, the entertainment industry—we will encounter concepts that may be old hat (or cool innovations) in those fields, but have interesting new applications when transposed to museums. Museums benefit from the intellectual equivalent of the edge effect.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

One of our first programs is our culinary school in Port-Au-Prince, which helps train aspiring chefs from Haiti and give them the skills they need to obtain jobs in Haiti’s growing tourism industry. We're currently active in 10 different countries. This year, we have activated kitchens to respond to the volcanoes in Hawaii and Guatemala.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

MORE : The Mobile Marketing Association provides a larger list of mobile initiatives, separated by industry. Organization(s) : mGive & Keep A Child Alive, mGive & the Washington Nationals, The MLB and the Children’s National Medical Center, mGive & The All-Star Game, Stand Up for Cancer, and Make a Wish Foundation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2015

Many in the arts industry say that the subscription model is dead. Organizations like the Guthrie Theatre, Washington Pavilion, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, and Houston Ballet are experiencing a subscription resurgence and renaissance. But if it were dead, wouldn’t it have just disappeared by now?

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I have been in philanthropic development for nearly 20 years and started my career as an event-based fundraiser, worked into individual giving throughout Southwest Louisiana, Houston, and then moved here four years ago.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

And as I got to learn the sector and was talking to other leaders, talking to other fundraisers, I found that a lot of the approaches or advice or industry misconceptions were keeping great organizations from growing. I found out pretty early that a lot of things weren’t quite adding up. The compass and the pyramid is still the same.

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