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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.

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How to Sell MORE Sponsorships for Virtual or Hybrid Events

Greater Giving

Make it more than a transaction—offer sponsors tons of valuable and rewarding ways to get in front of people in their community. Sponsors at live fundraising events are accustomed to certain benefits—banners in a ballroom, a table and dinner for their guests, sometimes on-stage recognition. Offer Sponsors REAL VALUE.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. Tagging corporate sponsors and partners. Since the LinkedIn community is a social network built for business and nonprofit professionals, it is absolutely a best practice to tag and thank your corporate sponsors and partners.

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A Guide to bbcon 2021 Virtual for Nonprofits

sgEngage

Lindsay Lewis, Executive Director of Philanthropy and Data Management at YMCA of Greater Houston, will talk about how to overcome a lack of organizational trust in data. Remember, you can also schedule one-on-one time with attendees, speakers, and sponsors using the networking feature in the virtual platform. .

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Givelist: Combine A Social Media Meetup with A Canned Food Drive like Houston and Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Netsquared Net Tuesday meetup in Houston tonight is holding a canned food drive to support the End Hunger Network. The breakfast is sponsored by FirstGiving and Marketwire. Tomorrow, I'll speaking at The Boston Social Media Breakfast. Frank Days - soccer dad, social media gadfly, and COO of Firstgiving.

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

Most recently, he helped launch Sponsored Stories in the non-profit space with organizations like the Special Olympics, Alzheimer’s Association and UNICEF. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. He loves bacon. Carl Sagan is his homeboy.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

“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. Why Volunteer Management Software. We also needed to improve our process and organization of volunteer data.”