Nimble AMS

APRIL 20, 2022

One of the simplest ways to boost volunteer engagement and retention at your association is to have leadership create meaningful connections with volunteers. When volunteers feel appreciated, they’re more likely to invest in your association, saving your staff precious time and resources. Volunteers donate.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

To improve the experience for volunteers, nonprofits should focus on providing a supportive environment, clear communication, flexible opportunities for involvement, and a chance for personal growth. This cultivates a community of dedicated supporters. Effective communication improves experience. Responsiveness.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Volunteers are the backbone of every nonprofit’s workforce, and having a good volunteer staff helps your organization accomplish more for your cause. To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Professional associations have a lot on their plate. We’ve assembled a list of some of the best tools you can implement in your professional association to help you meet different goals. Robust association management is a central component of running a successful professional association.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

After all, donors are unlikely to feel valued if they receive the same AI-created email from every nonprofit they support. eCardWidget’s guide to charity eCards provides examples of the different occasions nonprofits can send eCards to supporters to show they’re valued: After a donation. Videos for specific supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. A volunteer handbook gives volunteers the information they need about the organization and its mission, and answers any common questions they may have.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As a volunteer manager, it is your job to ensure that all of the volunteers you oversee are adequately trained, engaged, and contributing. Supervising your volunteers is essential to creating a successful team and achieving the goals of your organization. Establishing Boundaries & Expectations. Recognize Good Work.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How to Get Millennials to Support Your Cause. They don’t plan to keep the same job for long and are looking for ways to grow both personally and professionally. Focus on volunteering to build mutually beneficial relationships. They are cause-oriented.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2022

You already know where to look to recruit volunteers , but once you have them, how do you manage them? There are tons of tools and softwares out there to help you register, schedule, and communicate with your network of volunteers, and it can be hard to find one that’s right for your nonprofit’s needs. Timecounts. Signup Genius.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the vast landscape of nonprofit operations, volunteers are the unsung heroes who fuel the engine of change and community service. Attracting and engaging volunteers is both an art and a science—a nuanced dance of understanding, inspiring, and retaining individuals driven by purpose rather than profit.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

As with any new relationship, start with a small step. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. Be clear about your goal for the meeting, whether that’s to learn the top 3 charities they support or what they think about your new program or something else. Start With Gratitude.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 9, 2022

The need for volunteer recruitment at nonprofits is ongoing because it is impossible to retain 100% of volunteers. The ebb and flow of volunteers is natural, but that doesn’t mean nonprofits should give up on recruitment. Here are ten creative ways that nonprofits can start recruiting volunteers: 1.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Volunteers are integral to nonprofit organizations’ day-to-day operations. Without these dedicated supporters, many nonprofits would struggle to reach their annual goals. However, successful volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention are no easy feat. That’s where volunteer management software comes in.

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Twenty Hats

MAY 3, 2021

From an outsider’s eye, volunteer management may look easy: just be friendly when volunteers come in and thank them when they leave; be thankful you even have volunteers coming in to do the mission-oriented work. I was with my organization long before I became the volunteer manager. If only our work was that simple.

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Kindful

MARCH 8, 2021

As a nonprofit professional, you don’t have a lot of spare time on your hands. The days of emailing your supporters one by one or spending hours sending thank you notes are gone. Volunteer thank you. When you need something done, you need it done in a way that accomplishes the task in the most efficient way.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

After all, we are the home of professional experts. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge. Consider how you will integrate thought leaders into your current marketing plan and how your plan might expand with this additional support. So how do you begin to tap this new resource?

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

Nonprofits are lucky to keep high-performing development professionals like her for 18 months. They need a supportive culture of philanthropy flowing throughout the organization that actively engages other staff, board, volunteers, and current donors to strengthen discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

It will also help them build better relationships with major donors and their broader donor base. Gain insights into donor behavior, understand stakeholder preferences, and more, while freeing up time for relationship-building. These messages deeply connect with supporters. Nonprofits now can and should use AI fundraising tools.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Their stories explored the value that credibility brings to every relationship and the most stressful situations. To support our constituents, we created ‘Ready to Serve Safely,’ a website listing restaurants that were going above and beyond to provide safe dining. Employees empathized deeply with the distress volunteers experienced.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Individual giving has seen a steep decline, with donors becoming more selective about the causes they support. This combination puts immense pressure on nonprofits to find creative ways to engage supporters and bring in donations. Social platforms are all about relationships first.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 22, 2014

If your nonprofit uses volunteers, which it almost certainly does in some capacity, you’ve undoubtedly at times found it difficult to find volunteers. Whether it’s because your regular volunteers had prior engagements, or enrollment is typically low, without volunteers our nonprofit organizations do not go.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 14, 2022

Throughout this article, we’re going to cover the ins and outs of using an innovative new strategy, Facebook Challenges, to engage supporters through the following points: Introduction to Facebook Challenges. They offer a low barrier to entry for your supporters, many of whom have existing Facebook accounts and are familiar with the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing. Pictured above).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

For nonprofits, it’s proving to be a valuable resource for writing communications, deepening engagement with supporters, and fundraising. Keep reading to check out our list of ways your nonprofit can leverage ChatGPT and use AI to enhance donor relationships, optimize communications, and ultimately increase revenue.

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Achieve

MAY 11, 2022

The same goes for your volunteers — they want to know exactly what they’re getting into before signing up for one of your volunteer opportunities. Your volunteer role descriptions let potential volunteers know about the skills required for the role, the tasks they’ll be completing, and other important logistical details.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Working with volunteers and including them in your nonprofit’s strategy can be meaningful, challenging, and rewarding, all at the same time. Hear it from a volunteer!

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But what if you could find out more about potential supporters before they even donate to your nonprofit for the first time? When you screen potential supporters before they’re even associated with your nonprofit, you won’t waste time on engaging prospects that will just donate once (if at all) and then disappear.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2019

They attract an ideal audience—donors and businesses with high-capacity networks often interested in supporting community events with exposure to an affluent and influential demographic. Are you looking for meaningful ways to build relationships with donors and sponsors? Are you trying to attract more corporate partners?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

This isn’t about filling seats; it’s about enriching your organization’s culture and capabilities with new perspectives to support your mission and drive growth. Dive into your personal and professional networks. Keep the conversation going: Develop relationships with potential members through regular updates and check-ins.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 10, 2024

This is underscored by the 84% of them who support charitable causes in some way and the 59% who do so through donations. That is some of the data from the research arm of software giant Blackbaud, following a survey of more than 1,000 Gen Zers and nearly 300 nonprofit professionals.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2024

Nonprofit professionals turn to prospect research time after time to enhance and strengthen their fundraising strategies, especially when it comes to their major giving programs. For example, a prospect’s political donations and volunteering history might reveal that they prioritize environmental causes.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

But how can you attract passionate advocates who will show up ready to volunteer, sign petitions, attend rallies, and otherwise take action to help you create positive change? The Campaign Workshop Joe Fuld, president Often campaigns make assumptions that people on the team—volunteers, donors, etc.—understand Don’t assume!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Many nonprofit professionals will tell you that the answer is “time” and/or “resources.” No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation. 3) Support. Know you’re not alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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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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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Nonprofit volunteer management teams depend on volunteers as the lifeblood of a nonprofit organization. A volunteer’s time is a great gift, and smart nonprofit volunteer management teams will do whatever they can to keep their dedicated volunteers around. Volunteers perform best when they can do what they know.

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