Charity Village

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Volunteer BC, the provincial association for promoting the value and impact of volunteerism has elected its new board for 2022-2023 at the Volunteer BC AGM. The new board brings together a unique blend of non-profit and entrepreneurial experience to the organization.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

When asking members of The Storytelling Non-Profit community about their organization’s newsletter campaigns, the top challenge their organizations were facing was to find the right type of content that keeps their audience engaged. A great strategy that I recommend is to create a list of broad content ideas for your non-profit newsletters.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Canada’s Volunteer Awards (CVA) program recognizes volunteers, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses for their contributions across the country. The Awards highlight the many ways that volunteering strengthens communities. Nomination Deadline: April 26, 2023, Eastern Standard Time.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2014

As if contributing to a cause that’s bigger than yourself wasn’t reason enough to give your time, volunteering your time to a charitable cause has some hidden benefits, too. If it is so intuitively obvious that volunteering is beneficial to someone, why is volunteering at a 10 year low ? Volunteering helps to combat depression.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

To many people, a successful, noteworthy company is not just one that earns profits or offers enticing employee benefits. That’s where corporate volunteering comes in. To win the support of employees, consumers, and other stakeholders, you must also stand as an advocate for social change. 77% of consumers are […]

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Charity Village

JANUARY 6, 2022

Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits will be taking on new clients in early 2022! Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits provides management consulting to enable nonprofit leaders to improve organizational performance and social impact. They are a volunteer organization that […].

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Thanking volunteers for all they do is crucial to keeping your volunteers coming back again and again. Volunteers pour their heart into your nonprofit’s work. Volunteers can Save you money by providing labor so you don’t have to hire staff. which makes volunteer hours add up fast! And that’s a shame.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2014

of of Americans over the age of 16 volunteered in some capacity between 2009, and 2013. Whether it’s through public out reach, word of mouth, or online recruitment, finding the best and brightest volunteers is difficult. Learn how to better manage your volunteers. So how do you find better volunteers? Click Here!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Building a non-profit website might be the most intimidating aspect of launching an organization. The experience people have on your non-profit website will influence what they think about you and if they think they can trust you. Or do you have one amongst your Board members and volunteers? Next, think about photo quality.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I continue to evolve my thinking about how to tell non-profit stories. This is natural in any line of work, but in non-profit storytelling I find that it mostly impacts my process for writing and telling stories. I also read a lot of non-profit stories that are simply just the facts told chronologically.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. For many of the non-profit professionals that I work with, story interviews are one of the most challenging aspects of storytelling. Check out The Ultimate Guide to Collecting Non-Profit Stories. .

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2021

Their original business plan relied solely on taking a cut of each franchise’s profits, until a sharp-eyed accountant highlighted that their greatest resource was, in fact, real estate. I use this analogy because I believe every nonprofit is sitting on untapped potential: the volunteer.

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Volunteer Hub

JULY 8, 2022

Creating and implementing a volunteer time off policy can provide much-needed support to the community, help develop skills for employees, and boost morale. According to an Employee Benefits Survey , conducted by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), only 26% of employers allow employees to take paid time off to volunteer.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. Two Types of Non-Profit Storytelling. In my experience, when we talk about “storytelling” in non-profit fundraising, we’re talking about one of two separate things. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

When I talk with non-profit professionals about their storytelling endeavors, I often get asked questions about interviewing someone for their story. Story interviews for non-profits are a skill you can master. Story Interviews for Non-Profits – Why You Need to Have a Conversation and Not Just an Email Exchange.

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Charity Village

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The Canadian Knowledge Hub for giving and volunteering is a new resource for non-profit professionals and organizations. The purpose of the hub is to act as a catalyst for the sector and provide professionals with an evidence-based understanding of the nature of giving and volunteering in Canada.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Volunteers give expecting nothing in return. And it is quite literally what defines them as a volunteer. However, getting the most out of your volunteer force can be difficult, and finding ways to help them achieve more can be even more taxing. Give a volunteer too much to do, and they can quickly feel taken advantage of.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2020

The lifeline of all mission-driven organizations is the volunteer. According to the Independent Sector, a national advocate for the nonprofit sector, “A volunteer can impact the quality of services in charities and congregations while reducing costs.”

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. For many of the non-profit professionals that I work with, story interviews are one of the most challenging aspects of storytelling. Check out The Ultimate Guide to Collecting Non-Profit Stories. .

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

What you might not have known, is that donations and volunteering often go hand in hand. In a study conducted by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, those who said they’d volunteered in the last 12 months donated as much as 10x more than respondents who had not volunteered at all in that same time span. Donors or volunteers?

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TechImpact

MARCH 4, 2014

And leading volunteers is often times the most difficult task of all. Volunteers are working for no reward, no payment. Participating and being hands on is often times the best and most direct way to motivate volunteers. Remember, your volunteers are there because they want to be. Find ways to play. ?Think Be flexible. ?If

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs are driven by the desire to innovate, not necessarily the desire to make a profit. Create a for-profit business: The U.S. Sponsored groups can always file for a 501(c)(3) status after you’ve proven your concept can gain support from donors and volunteers. According to the U.S.

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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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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Despite 10% of the American workforce working in the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations still rely heavily on volunteers to complete its mission. That being said, nonprofits everywhere are constantly looking for enough volunteers, to bolster up its roster. Learn how to better manage your volunteers. Click Here!

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TechImpact

APRIL 1, 2014

Or did you know that the highly trafficked social media outlet has recently launched a new platform, called the Volunteer Marketplace that helps match nonprofits with talented volunteers? Both are true, and by utilizing this powerful platform you are enabling your nonprofit access to hundreds or thousands of skilled, volunteer workers.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

A for-profit business with hundreds of paid employees will run differently than a nonprofit business being supported by hundreds of volunteers. As opposed to an employee receiving their incentive from a paycheck, motivating a volunteer who is not being monetarily reciprocated for their services can sometimes be a daunting task.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The post How To Celebrate Volunteers Who Make Your Work Possible appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. General nonprofits npTech social media technology volunteers' However, the better question […].

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Volunteers are often the unsung heroes of the nonprofit sector. The Third Sector Today originally talked about a volunteer’s importance, and how incorporating them into your tech strategy can pay dividends. Americans volunteered 7.9 Americans volunteered 7.9 Incorporated volunteers are happy volunteers.

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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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TechImpact

AUGUST 28, 2014

No matter what kind of budget your nonprofit has, everyone can agree that volunteers are one of the best investments–primarily because they are free! However, mismanagement of volunteers due to other budgeting restraints could turn a fun, giving-back experience into a stressful, this-feels-like-work one. Survey volunteers.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Today’s volunteers are tech-savvy, and very busy. So why not engage volunteers where they spend most of their time–on their mobile phone. Check out these 5 tips from VolunteerMatch.com , on engaging volunteers and supporters via a mobile device: Text Reminders. Image courtesy of The Cause Project. Check-In at Events.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Volunteer managers have the immeasurably difficult task of keeping a workforce happy who is receiving no monetary compensation for their efforts. There are, however, steps that you and your management team can take to keep volunteers happy, helping and coming back for more opportunities in the future. Find and keep great volunteers.

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TechImpact

MAY 19, 2014

The more people volunteer, the better off your nonprofit is. We all know the hours donated to your nonprofit by ardent volunteers contributes both directly and indirectly to helping your nonprofit complete its mission. According to several studies , volunteers are more likely to donate more than those who do not volunteer their time.

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TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

Despite the efforts of social media networks like LinkedIn , many nonprofits still struggle engaging, gaining, and retaining volunteers. The good news is, a simple change in frame of mind when thinking about your volunteers could be all it takes to greatly improve retention and engagement. Deeper understanding of Volunteers.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 25, 2021

Yet this would have been an even greater challenge without the countless contributions made by volunteers, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses across the country to support and strengthen our communities.

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