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9 Lessons Learned from Hosting Virtual Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, watch the 2020 Raise the Region Gala from the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia: ?. In addition to offering chat, make a local phone number available to your viewers during the program. 4) Live chat with your viewers. Have one or two of your team log into the available live chat and moderate it.

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

Entire communities have been destroyed, and millions are without power across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, and more than 100 lives have been lost in the wake of this dangerous Category 4 hurricane. Funds raised go to Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) in Virginia.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Depending on the organization’s size and locality, there may be specific local issues or pieces of legislation that are most important for them to make supporters aware of. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive.

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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

One great example of the intricate connections of habitats, wildlife, and people is our Cumberland Forest Project , located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet in the Central Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. Development and unsustainable hunting led to local extinction of elk in 1855. © Steven David Johnson; July 2019.

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Tech Local: New 501 Tech Clubs

NTEN

NTEN's local meet up groups have been popping up all across the US over the last few months. While each group has its own local flavor, most meet monthly to discuss nonprofit technology topics, learn from peers, and connect with the local nptech community. flickr: Eva the Weaver. Don't see your city on the list?

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Outstanding Volunteer Scout

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He pulled together volunteers from his community, involved the local public library in Chantilly, Virginia, and scanned and proofread 24 books. Our Bookshare.org team was delighted to work with Matthew, who was meticulous in his preparation and organization. I saw his completed project workbook, and it was impressive.

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Bookshare.org and Lobster

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My tradition is to make smoked lobster for my wife, Virginia, and the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, was kind enough to print this fact in an article titled: What notable business leaders are doing for Mom. Now, that's the way a great website is supposed to work! What does this have to do with lobster?

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