The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Beyond the Basics: Elevating Volunteer Engagement for Nonprofit Success Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. What if there was a way to create meaningful volunteer opportunities that benefit both your organization and its volunteers?

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Rewarding volunteers can be gratifying and valuable without breaking the budget. Here are 5 budget-friendly ideas for volunteer recognition. Maximizing volunteer productivity is one of the most researched nonprofit topics. Creative and inspiring volunteer recognition programs don’t have to be super expensive.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2014

While volunteers keep your staffing needs minimal, and allow your nonprofit to focus on the next big project, are you really getting the most out of your volunteers? Did you know that a disengaged volunteer is more likely to be a no-show or spend most of their volunteer hours socializing? Create leadership opportunities.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 17, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on the support and dedication of volunteers to achieve their goals. Recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers can be a challenge, especially in today’s busy and competitive world. In this article, we’ll explore some best practices for recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

Volunteers have the unique capability to bolster your organization and generate excitement and engagement within your wider community. Volunteer work often contributes to greater long-term sustainability because it can provide a reliable source of support during challenging times. . Volunteer Recruitment. Volunteer Engagement.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 12, 2021

If your organization is looking for new ways to recruit and engage virtual volunteers, here are 4 tips that can help create a smooth process for both your organization and volunteers transitioning to a remote setting. According to Independent Sector, the value of a volunteer hour in 2021 is $28.54 Leverage Technology.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As any volunteer manager knows, volunteer scheduling is a fundamental part of the day-to-day operations of all nonprofit volunteer programs. Knowing how, when, and where to break down the system of responsibilities for your volunteers will determine the quality of their experience as well as the success of your events.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea. For volunteers, it enables skills development, and improves wellbeing by connecting their work with their purpose. So you might say that pro bono volunteering is a win-win-win.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Most associations don’t have an easy way to measure member engagement across all their different systems and touch points. These webinars were repurposed from existing content, along with content from committee members volunteering as subject matter experts.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 27, 2021

Finding new ways to engage volunteers is crucial for nonprofits in 2021. Here are 3 ways nonprofits can increase volunteer engagement with gamification. Incorporating gamification within a volunteer program can help an organization retain and engage valuable supporters. Volunteer View – VolunteerHub.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

CRM (which I am defining rather loosely, rather than tightly, for the purpose of this post – as the tool or set of tools used to track constituents, donations, perhaps even events and volunteers) are arguably the most important technology tools that nonprofits use. It’s got a great community of developers and users.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many nonprofits work in tandem with volunteers to move their mission forward and keep expenses down. Engaging volunteers helps get the word out about your mission, since most volunteers share their passion with their personal and professional networks. Recruit Like Your Mission Depends on It.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical. If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Don’t forget volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

Web3 is a new version of the internet that uses blockchain (IE a secure but transparent record keeping system) to decentralize the management of the internet, thus reducing the control of prominent companies such as Google or Meta.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Most nonprofit board members volunteer because they want to support a worthy cause. While a board’s priority is always governance, its members may also be the organization’s best spokespeople, fundraisers, volunteers, and technical experts. Each of these roles has one thing in common – documents. FULL BIO ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. 2) Seek out volunteers. Ask previous fundraising campaign volunteers if they can lend their creative talents and help out with the technology powering your event. 3) Send reminders to guests.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2021

But as communities continue to rely on volunteers to deliver vital services, it’s important to remain vigilant. So, we enlisted the help of a public health expert to bring you these rules for keeping your volunteers healthy while continuing to ensure the wellbeing of your community. Require volunteers and staff to wear masks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

Many organizations in the nonprofit sector rely on the help of volunteers. Whether this is in office work, stocking inventory or helping to prepare for an event, the volunteers are a highly valuable asset. Skilled volunteers are a special type of volunteer. Exemplary management practices.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Visionlink systems are fully engaged with Hurricane Dorian response. The National Shelter System is being used to help manage dozens of shelters in Florida--and states north, as Dorian continues along its predicted track.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Prioritize your most important emails on these days and times to get higher open rates and better click-throughs. Join Our Latest Events + Volunteer Days. When to send it: Tuesday, 12/15.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Donors, volunteers, partners, and sponsors are considered the “life blood” of nonprofit organizations and foundations. Imputing information on a specific donor, volunteer, or affiliated business is the first step to creating a matrix of interactions and a database of useful information. What is the person’s name?

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Establish Your Own Donation System The upcoming changes remind us of something important: It’s about time you had your own sandbox to play in. While social media is amazing for widening your reach, nonprofits need robust independent systems for fundraising, systems that can neatly integrate with or complement social media tools.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 17, 2021

“Overall, we are very happy with the relationship that we have with the VolunteerHub team and the features that the volunteer management software is providing our nonprofit on a daily basis,” said John Bode, Food Center & Volunteer Manager for The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Paul and Minneapolis. We really love Admin 2.0

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VisionLink

JULY 25, 2019

We are pleased to provide systems used by both FEMA, and NVOAD and their member agencies. Our systems are designed to allow the emergency management community to work more effectively whether that is through intake, case management, volunteering, contributed goods and services--and coordinated multi-agency collaboration.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

NRDC Gold – Nonprofit Since 1970, NRDC has been working to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. The work that the center does is crucial in rural communities, where it improves the health of rural populations and helps to keep many rural hospitals open.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We support other languages simultaneously — and the system builds the other-language fields and forms from translations automatically. With the experience of tens of thousands of incidents and hundreds of large, named disaster operations, we've built solutions that are proven to work. Or keep them on cost-saving standby. Want to learn more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Note from Beth: I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. I read an early draft of the book and think it is a very important idea for those of us in the nonprofit community embrace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We pull in donation opportunities, volunteer positions, petitions, event, and other actions from 60+ different sources. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to? That’s today. I was surprised to the say least.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

I’m really proud of the work our organization does, but our old system was holding us back from really maximizing our potential — and our hundreds of chapters across the country. Read about what pushed us to make this change, the challenges with our old system, and what we’re hoping to achieve with a digital transformation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. They depend on the quality of the data collected in their donor management system. They attend your fundraising events and sign up for volunteer opportunities. What would you do differently?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2021

Your Local Pantry (YLP) is a social franchise which is different from a food bank in a number of important ways: The pantries are member-run, open to anyone local, and the membership is not time-limited. Salesforce’s mobile capabilities allow volunteers to log into the community via tablets and to record the relevant data for each visit.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Leaders must be able to communicate each of those points to both staff and volunteers and to present risk within a cognitive framework.” Boards that are professionally, demographically, and ideologically diverse are more likely to be open to risk tolerance. But the typical association model challenges agility.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. But that’s okay: by being vulnerable and open to change, you can transform your organization into one that mirrors your constituents and better serves your mission.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Importance of Volunteers. “The value that volunteers provide our organization is tremendous. We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteer’s commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Healthcare Data Silos Healthcare data silos, or divisions within the healthcare data system, are due to hundreds of applications running at once. From donor management to volunteer communications and major giving planning, every nonprofit has plenty of data to manage. Save staff time and costs by avoiding manual entry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

It is important to look at the platform the CRM system is built on. Can donor behavior such as opens, clicks, donations, volunteer hours, social media post alter subsequent communications? There are also volunteers – people that can best contribute to the cause by donating their time.

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