Blue Avocado

JANUARY 14, 2025

Quality, dedicated nonprofit volunteers and skilled staff are the key to any successful mission. When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is your biggest challenge in recruiting and retaining skilled staff or volunteers?” Finding serious and dedicated long-term volunteers is difficult.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

A group of volunteer photographers has set out to fix that, as 404 Media reports. Some of the stars seem very happy to have a replacement headshot on their Wikipedia page, the first stop for many people to find out about that person. Any media uploaded to Wikipedia has to be made freely available for anyone to use.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Harnessing the passion of your nonprofit’s dedicated volunteers can pay off significantly over time. In fact, the current estimated value of an hour of volunteer work is over $33 , representing an incredible opportunity to drive support for your mission. This journey is also known as the volunteer lifecycle.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 27, 2025

As of March 2025, over 104,600 people are on a transplant waitlist, which could take months, if not years. In 2021, a team performed the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead person. Also, the study only observed one person for a relatively short time. Some dont survive the wait.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Adapt and Overcome: How 2020 Brings Innovation and Flexibility for Volunteer-Led Programs For the US Marines, the concept of “Adapt and Overcome” is central to their philosophy of innovation and problem solving to address all challenges, unexpected situations, and chaotic environments. The lessons from their efforts are relevant still.

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Community buildingcultivating a network of engaged donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries who share a sense of belonging and commitmentmight be the most overlooked strategy for long-term success. Leverage storytelling to build connections Storytelling connects people emotionally to your mission.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

in 2022-23 , its worth asking: What are the drivers behind Americans volunteering less, and how can we boost volunteer retention? Here I’ll highlight the key factors Ive seen in my volunteer engagement roles over the past 20 years and suggest practical tips for retaining volunteers. For example, in the U.S.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

But for the rest of us, ensuring that volunteer leaders are up to speed on the numbers is a significant responsibility. Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention. Board members are personally responsible for the organization’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Is that even possible?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 16, 2024

This clarity helps people grasp the importance of its work and motivates them to support the organization. Brand Fix #2: Show Supporters “What’s In It For Them” Nonprofits often assume that their cause’s intrinsic value is enough to attract donors and volunteers.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to boost workplace volunteering and community impact can create significant value for both parties. Encourage use of Volunteer Time Off Eighty-four percent of Civic 50 companies offer their employees paid volunteer time off (VTO). company.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Here at Bloomerang Volunteer , we’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of nonprofits during their event planning processes. A well-planned fundraising event can leave a lasting impression on all the people who attend, which can, in turn, result in greater long-term support for a nonprofit organization.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone. The second type of storytelling that your non-profit will engage in, and our focus for this article, is telling the stories of the individual people and groups that are involved with your organization. How to Solicit Stories for Your Fundraising Work.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

The inertia of decades of existence often precludes a data-informed state, instead relying on anecdote, trusting in the gut feeling of longtime employees or volunteers, and the way things have always been done. People who answer the surveys are merely the people who like taking surveys, or else have some kind of axe to grind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

people who want to help. Ask yourself, your leadership, and your trusted lead volunteers to fill in the blank: At the end of our event, we want our supporters (or) attendees to leave feeling __. 3. Some tips for communicating well are: Rally your lead volunteers to develop clear, direct, and mission-centric messaging and assets.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You have to get comfortable asking people for money – even if you think asking for money is the last thing you would ever feel comfortable doing. Before you start making Asks, you have to assemble your Board, recruit your initial volunteers, set up an accounting system, establish a website, and tackle a few other tasks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

By Melissa Russom , a communications strategist who helps nonprofit organizations clarify their brand and message to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to them. We trust people more than we trust companies. Social media aims to connect people with people. 2) Choose the right people.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Maybe you relied on your database manager, digital fundraising specialist, or volunteer coordinator. Segmentation and personalization – Drill baby drill! The wrong message to the right people? The right message to the wrong people? People are different, but in predictable ways. Both are crimes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

This new version of the world wide web aims to make the internet more autonomous, going beyond net neutrality, and bringing power to the people instead of internet providers and big corporations. She offers expert tips to nonprofit organizations planning to move their in-person auctions online. Why Should Nonprofits Care About Web3?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While the total funding for nonprofits continues to rise, data shows that fewer Americans are engaging in giving and volunteering. To address this pressing issue, The Generosity Commission recently released its capstone report, “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2022

With COVID restrictions putting the brakes on many of the past two years’ large gatherings, nonprofits are anxious to resume in-person events – and supporters are looking forward to attending. how many people might attend, the kind of menu (no more buffets?), selected artworks in person. . under a tent?), with the virtual.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. other people in your network.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This Gold Avocado article by CPA Carl Ho explores some internal controls for the very small nonprofit: How nonprofits need to enact clearly defined checks, balances, and procedures in their operations even when the entire organization is just a handful of people with a mission. That’s a strong check on the person who handles the money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

Try filtering for donors who: have a lifetime gift amount of $500+, 10+ volunteer hours, 10+ soft credited gifts, and gifts coded with your social media campaign or your annual appeal solicitation. Direct people to your website. Handwrite a personal letter from time to time. How can you identify your multichannel donors?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Volunteers are superheroes! It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Naturally, our personal to-do lists grow increasingly long as year-end nears. That way, you’ll give your team enough time to prepare marketing efforts, finalize logistics, and recruit and mobilize personal fundraisers (if you’re running a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign ). Early preparation is key in ensuring a successful campaign.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A tale of two volunteer programs Have you ever showed up early in the morning to volunteer on a cold Saturday morning having skipped coffee or breakfast, only to be asked to wait awkwardly with other strangers making small talk? The email includes some great candid photos of you with the other volunteers and staff working.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The findings counter a prevailing narrative that it's become trendy , and common, for young people to diagnose themselves with a specific condition without any professional help or support. Chatterjee is a volunteer advocate for International OCD Foundation.) People may be exposed to misinformation or hear about cures that don't exist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

By Kevin Santiago , Marketing Director at Paybee – an all-in-one charity fundraising platform that specializes in virtual, hybrid, and in-person fundraising events. It shifted again in 2021 as small social gatherings returned, enabling nonprofits to produce hybrid fundraisers that connected them with in-person and online donors.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Crafting a Compelling Employer Brand People want to work where they know theyll make a difference. Showing you care about employees well-being makes your nonprofit a place where people want to stay. Consider building personalized benefit packages that reflect the unique needs of your team.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. Today, statistics show that one in five consumers has more than 1,000 unread emails in their personal inbox. That’s a way for people to opt in to stay in touch with our organization.”.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 10, 2024

Leading volunteers can often feel like walking a tightrope as we balance many seemingly conflicting things: For example, needing to be a people person while also tapping administrative and tech skills; Managing people and events, while also leading a strategy….

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2024

What would your nonprofit be without the dedication, passion, and commitment of your volunteers? You might be surprised to learn that 92% of volunteers *will* give to your organization, according to a recent study by Fidelity Charitable Giving. Here are some tips to get started engaging volunteers as donors at your free clinic.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

In-person visits should be approached with caution in an active disaster zone, but you can improve your organizations communications remotely via email, phone calls, text, and social media, assuming services remain available. No matter how large-scale a crisis, its a personal experience for everyone affected.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

*This is Part II of a series focused on nonprofit volunteering and volunteer programs. They can also be a major undertaking where the need for volunteers to support the event is high. Data shows that 1 billion people volunteer around the world annually, and 64 million Americans take time to volunteer every year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Make a plan to segment your constituent base and decide who from your organization will make personal contact with your constituents.”. Many nonprofits rely heavily on in-person fundraising. Engagement.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 29, 2024

the 39 th president of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, with sadness and fond memories of his tireless work for people around the world. (Photo Courtesy of Habitat For Hunanity) Nonprofit leaders reacted to the death James Earl Carter, Jr., Carter, 100, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Experiences: People love getting to do something unique, interesting, and valuable, even more than they like “things.” Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters. These exist already!

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