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When props don’t cut it – advocating for your virtual volunteer roles

Twenty Hats

As a veterinary resident, part of her job involved teaching, and that responsibility did not end with the shut-in. Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. The concern right now may be timing.

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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. Encourage them to use their social network.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues? Hold interviews.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

Inform donors of breaking news and/or problems as soon as possible. . It also includes sample templates, worksheets, and my Creative Ways to Thank Your Donors guide with 72 ideas you can use! A helper, not a hinderer. . It’s helpful to: Inform donors how their gift was used. Remind donors when it’s time to renew or fulfill a pledge.

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44 Ways to Turn Nonprofit Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

Connection Cafe

Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide samples of everything. Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. Encourage them to use their social network.

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Hello Museum World!

Museum 2.0

Front of House is Hard Work: While I did gallery teaching for many years, for most of my career, I’ve had a desk and a phone in non-public space. My children particularly loved watching a technician/ scientist work on processing an avian taxidermy sample. But, in writing that book, I also found people came to me about their problems.

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A simple, but profound, change in how we think about volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

A small sample of the positive words they have shared include: empowered, humbled, motivated, grateful, awed, helpful, effective, connected, valuable, and inspired. She currently teaches NMI 104: Managing Staff and Volunteers for the ASU Lodestar Center. Not once have I had anyone share that they felt “used” or “utilized.”