ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Do volunteers count? Volunteering is the heart and soul of the social sector. However, the “contributions of most volunteer services are not recorded in the conventional accounting statements because they do not meet the very specific requirements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB),” [1] the entity in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. That makes volunteers more valuable than ever before. They’re just too valuable.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Nonprofits use databases to handle volunteers, donors, staff, and more. Dean Graham, Tech Impact’s Senior Manager of Application Services, has been working closely with nonprofits for 6 years, consulting on topics ranging from business continuity to applications. Authorization. Image courtesy of The Connected Cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Guest Blogger Bio: Julia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations. By Julia Campbell .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Guest Blogger Bio: Julia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2021

Garnering support from volunteers can be tough. Getting enough volunteers can be tricky! You'll want to ensure you’re doing everything you can to maximize your odds of winning volunteers over. You'll want to ensure you’re doing everything you can to maximize your odds of winning volunteers over. Sign Up to Volunteer .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Guest Blogger Bio: Julia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

Participants who feel heard and respected will volunteer unique information, stories, and ideas. From your summer intern, back office admin, front line staff, volunteers, clients, partners and leadership, explore the stories, knowledge, and inspiration that each person brings to make your organization special and unleash their unique voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Do you offer a consultation to fully customize my system to my needs? The authors of this report spent over a hundred hours meticulously researching the top systems, so nonprofits can make the best informed decision when purchasing fundraising software. How long is the onboarding process?

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2014

This week is National Volunteer Week ! To recognize the tremendous work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions. Weiner Consulting Richard Wollenberger, Director of Information Technology, Parents as Teachers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. About the Author: Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The board should also be setting broad fundraising goals for the organization, in consultation with the staff, as well as making sure that there are firm deadlines behind your fundraising strategy. Photo Credit: Jukka Zitting The post The Four Key Fundraising Roles of Your Board of Directors first appeared on The Fundraising Authority.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

By: Kate O’Connor, Senior Analyst (Strategy), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Kevin Smeeing, Senior Analyst (Design), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Anna-Sophie Oertzen , Innovation Consulting Manager, Salesforce Ignite EMEA.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

we've compiled our five favorite tools to help you better reach and recruit volunteers to share the load and help your 501(c)(3) succeed. Many people would love to volunteer but simply don't have the time. Even better, their interface is clean, light and user-friendly for volunteer and nonprofits alike. Hands On Network.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2021

You could include some information on volunteering, provide a link to your website, or share a short video they can watch (and hopefully share) about your organization. Stories could be about beneficiaries or they could be about staff members, volunteers, board members, or even other donors. Email #2: Demonstrate more impact.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The adoption of Holacracy encouraged autonomy and distributed authority, key pillars today. The dynamic between volunteer leaders and the staff is a common bottleneck. “As part of managing growth and scaling the business, Zappos adopted the Holacracy constitution.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2021

By: Barbara Clarkson, Solutions Consultant at Economic Change CIC. Being able to report on this data in an easy-to-read format was very important, as was having robust induction and training resources for the volunteers who run the pantries. The volunteers find it easy and intuitive to use.”. About the Author.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This might mean inspiring individuals to donate , volunteer, advocate, become a peer-to-peer fundraiser, or otherwise support your cause. To secure support for your fundraising efforts, volunteer program, and other initiatives, your CTAs must be clear and compelling. Strategically craft your CTA language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2010

and world economies slowly sputter back to life, competition for donors, volunteers, and partners has never been more intense. The authors based the book on their decades of combined experience working with nonprofits, and on in-depth case studies of eleven visionary organizations. Deadline: December 23rd.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2024

National Nonprofit Day is coming up on August 17 th and it’s a great opportunity to engage your organization’s supporters, including donors and volunteers, and show them how much you value their support. Herring, a speaker, author, and nonprofit consultant, who wanted to raise awareness and appreciation for the nonprofit sector.

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Bloomerang

MAY 18, 2021

You spend hours developing content and materials and then “spray” them everywhere you can think of in hopes that something will land with someone that will result in a new donation or new volunteer. Evoke Action – Persuade your audience to contribute, volunteer, or share the word about you! .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

Author information Madison Gonzalez Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. Include a call to action. What should people do once they’ve heard your story? Spread the word?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In the first blog post of this series, we discussed the basics that need to occur to onboard any volunteer at any level. We took the process from greeting the fundraising volunteer at your door all the way to helping them connect with your mission, and quite a lot between. Your Program Volunteers.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to fundraising expert and author Penelope Burk, 67% of respondents attending a donor cultivation event credited it as the reason why they made their gift. . According to fundraising expert and author Adrian Sargeant , “The more immersive the experience, the more likely the impression can result in a donor relationship.” .

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Partnering with a technology consulting firm like Team DNL is an excellent way to get a great-looking, functional website for your cause without cutting corners or sacrificing other areas of your operations. Your site can also host tools for event registration and volunteer sign-up.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 19, 2021

By: Amy Matthews, Senior Director, Product Success and Services at Salesforce.org and Jared Henning, Associate Technical Consultant, Product Success and Services at Salesforce.org. Their vision is to move all program and volunteer data to Salesforce to develop a comprehensive repository of all fundraising and engagement efforts.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 10, 2012

Author: Jennifer Darrouzet. “As it happens, a lot of our volunteers are donors,” says Dora Chan. Well, for one thing, could your team answer this: “To what extent does our own volunteer list overlap with our donor list?” You might be asking: why should I care?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I was surprised that many of the participants hadn’t heard of or taken advantage of the many useful and free resources out there for getting a pro bono volunteer to do some of the technical skills. This post is a round up of how to find volunteers and others to assist with the nitty gritty data skills.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

I am closing down my consulting business at the end of April, but the Museum 2.0 I will do what I can to ensure the blog continues to present well-written, diverse projects and ideas, both from me and guest authors. I hope you'll forgive a self-oriented post explaining why I'm doing this. First, a reassurance--I'm not ending the blog.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. 7 : Involving a board member or volunteer who hasn’t made a personally significant gift themselves. Blunder No.

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Bloomerang

JULY 27, 2021

Even further than that, be sure to show your audience how they can also work to help your character achieve their goal by giving them options to get involved, such as donating or volunteering! Author information Madison Gonzalez Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc. Change Over Time: What is the result?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

This guest post was authored by Declan Murphy, marketing and social media coordinator at GiftWorks. Eastern time for a free webinar on how to start your own consulting practice. More fundraising professionals than ever are becoming consultants, and those professionals have an increasing influence on the sector.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

Build consensus on steps to take by involving staff at all levels as well as volunteer leadership. About the Author Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP, founded and owns Rogue Tulips LLC, a 501c consulting consortium committed to finding inspired solutions to the unique challenges facing clients in the 21 st Century.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As a nonprofit, you should be using waivers to protect your organization during fundraising activities as well during volunteering opportunities. Let’s get started by exploring the reasons why your organization should start using online waivers as a piece of its volunteer management strategy. Why use online waivers?

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

Marketing is also how your staff and volunteers feel and talk about your nonprofit in their everyday lives. When you have a good name in your community or discipline, the risk of a client, funder, or volunteer associating themselves with you goes down. About the Author. How does marketing impact your reputation?

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2021

Remember, this could be the people you serve but also staff, board members, volunteers, or family members of those you serve. Author information Madison Gonzalez Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc. As a storytelling coach and consultant, it is her mission to empower others to share their stories for impact and income.

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