Fundraising HayDay

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In this episode, cohosts Kimberly & Amanda discuss how conference planning taught them new skills in planning, organizing, and not being afraid to ask others for help. Listen in as they talk about creating the Southern Regional Grant Conference in 2013 and expanding it in 2020.

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

Steven has contributed content to the National Council of Nonprofits, AFP, NTEN and Nonprofit Hub, and is a frequent conference speaker. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project recently released their 2020 Fourth Quarter Report, which examined giving trends for the entire 2020 calendar year. 2020 is no exception.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2022

ABFE held their annual conference “Harambee: Let’s All Pull Together” recently with a mix of in-person and hybrid sessions. We each had many reflections from the conference. These are six key takeaways: . Racial equity is having a moment in philanthropy, but it needs to be a movement.

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HSF House

APRIL 17, 2024

Although many of the injustices I have witnessed throughout my life have informed my passion for the advancement of human rights, the disparities I saw throughout my community in 2020 deeply informed my collegiate mission to be an agent of positive social change.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day. Budgets tightened, conferences were cancelled, and networking events moved to less engaging virtual formats. When colleagues attend external conferences and workshops, encourage them to share what they learned with the team. COVID-19 abruptly changed that.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. There’s no doubt that just about everyone’s role changed in 2020. Remember Captain Obvious? He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com. No kidding! Not so fast.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

Little did I know then that this work would form lasting bonds, and that years later I’d find myself still sharing space at conferences, on Zoom, in bylines, and most recently in the creation of the Participatory Grantmaking Community. .

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 5, 2019

I'm back from the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago! The conference was great, as usual. I moderated two session at the conference and attended several more. It's never too early to start planning your trip to the 2020 Engage for Good Conference. Congrats to David, Megan and the entire Engage for Good team.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 25, 2024

Lisa Bowman was chief marketing officer and executive vice president for United Way Worldwide from November 2015 through February 2020. The man, who was hired despite Bowman’s concerns, allegedly escalated his harassment, and even suggested they share an Airbnb rental with her while the two were attending an out-of-town conference.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This article was inspired by a panel discussion on Ethical Storytelling at the Swaim Strategies Elevate fundraising conference in August 2020. This helps you build on a culture of trust in storytelling at your organization and reminds your colleagues why you do what you do every day.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

After NTEN had to cancel their annual conference, they set up a crowdfunding page where people could still donate to help cover lost revenue from the conference. N Street Village hosted their Shero walk virtually in 2020. Virtual Conference (aka UnConference). Did you have a conference planned that needed to be canceled?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here’s your #GivingTuesday & Year-End Fundraising Resource Package: Access Our Free Library Of #GivingTuesday & Year-End Fundraising Tools, Blog Posts, Webinars, and Conferences On-Demand: 1. In 2020, donors gave over $2.47 Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar. Need a tool to fundraise for free?

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 31, 2021

The shift to the virtual event space in the spring of 2020 forced us as fundraisers to redefine the traditional ballroom gala event. If you want to get a taste of what the conference was all about, you can view one on-demand session recording on our Thought Leadership Summit website. Beth Sandefur Events. The AV Department. Go Charity.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 5, 2023

I'm excited to be heading back to the Engage for Good Conference next month. The EFG conferences in 2020 and 2021 were virtual, and last year's live conference fell on the same day as my daughter's graduation from college. REGISTER FOR THE ENGAGE FOR GOOD CONFERENCE. It's been too long! always come first.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

In March 2020, Candid canceled all in-person events until a time to be named later. In this article from our 2020 annual report , Candid employees share how these changes affected them and the stakeholders they serve. Later in the month, we closed all of our offices and began working 100 percent remotely.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Three upsides of the Zoom press conference. Here's your social impact podcast playlist for 2020.?? Why your partnership program needs to focus on market leading businesses right now. ?? Marketing Your Cause 1. I love this from Scott Westcott. I've been pushing nostalgia-based marketing a lot recently. Brain Food 1.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, underscored a major theme during the opening keynote that carried through the rest of the conference: together. At a conference packed with grants managers, talk of data and data systems were abundant and layered. A big congratulations to PEAK for a very successful conference. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

One of the biggest highlights at the Nonprofit Technology Conference each year, without surprise, is the awarding of the annual DoGooder Video Awards. Please visit the site to view this video). Visit the awards website at YouTube.com/DoGooder to see the rest of the amazing submissions!

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I took the helm as President of the Grant Professionals Association on January 1, 2020. Our annual conference was selling out often. But you already know the ending to this timeline – March 13, 2020, hit, and the world stopped in my corner of the country thanks to COVID-19. Our membership was climbing.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

nonprofits (79 percent) plan to prioritize talent acquisition in 2022, up from 59 percent in 2020, a report from human resources firm Nonprofit HR finds. Nonprofits focused on diverse talent acquisition in 2022, survey finds. December 9, 2021. Nearly eight in ten U.S. Grants totaling $23.5 December 8, 2021.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 13, 2022

In September 2020 I penned an article entitled Battling Burnout as a Grant Professional where I shared several resources to help overcome the struggle. A good boss can ease the burden, help determine the priorities, remove the “extras” that aren’t necessary to meet your organization’s mission, and so much more. It was a lot, all at once.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I didn't do much coaching before the pandemic, but it's been a great offering since March 2020. They don't need conferences. Boy, was I worried about how I would continue speaking in March 2020. Macy's 2020 Believe campaign for Make-A-Wish is like a masterclass in cause marketing. I've learned something too.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 3, 2024

Lately, it seems I can hardly open a newsletter, attend a training, or look at a conference schedule without seeing the word AI popping up everywhere. Also, when I was in school, by the year 2020, we were all supposed to be living on Mars, but here we are firmly on the earth. AI writing is the wave of the future. Is AI writing right?

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HSF House

AUGUST 19, 2024

Ford Undergraduate Research Awardee Amidst the vast social unrest and economic uncertainty in the year 2020, residents in my hometown of Pasco County, Florida, were faced with anxiety beyond the rampant global pandemic and the inequality it heightened. Ella Windlan, Editing, Writing, and Media major, David B.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Amid the racial reckoning of 2020 and the inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. philanthropic sector overall responded with a heightened commitment to racial equity.

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Sharpshooter Communications

MARCH 12, 2021

We made it through the dumpster fire that was 2020, and we’ve kicked off 2021 with a renewed excitement for our work. They also host the GPA Annual Conference—fingers crossed we get to see everyone in Seattle this year! Okay, okay. We know—some days are better than others.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I had the esteemed pleasure of presenting at the Grant Professionals Conference (www.[link] Shavonn earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020 and is a Grant Professionals Association Approved Trainer. Last year, I presented the session "Logic Model LIVE!".

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 14, 2017

Smithfield has set a goal to employ 4,000 military servicemen and servicewomen by the end of 2020. Conferences like COMMIT!Forum Presented by the Corporate Responsibility Association and CR Magazine , the conference will be held at MGM National Harbor, just outside Washington D. meatpacker to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.”

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

At a conference earlier this month in Cambridge, Massachusetts, security expert Deepak Taneja maintained that Internet of Things (IoT) security is a " time bomb ready to explode." Gartner, a research firm, estimates that by 2020, the IoT will include 25 billion devices. What's the Internet of Things Again?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The story goes that company co-founder, Jay Love, was attending a fundraising conference and caught a session by Adrian Sargeant. B: I always go back to 2020, it was such a challenging year for a lot of people. We came out of 2020, and it kind of feels like we’re still in 2020! Or maybe an Australian throwing tool?

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

The long and short of it is that the Digital Fundraising Summit is a virtual conference designed to help nonprofit marketers and fundraisers thrive in today’s digital-first world. It’s Free: You can register for free to attend the 2-day conference! It’s easy to look back at 2020 and think that it was a fluke of a year.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

CauseVox’s Year-End Fundraising Fair was a mini-conference featuring 16+curated sessions with a big impact on year-end fundraising. Studies have shown that the last few weeks of the year are a time of heightened generosity and philanthropy. So how can you take advantage of the season of giving to raise more for your organization?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . Martin and Jasmine were coming up significantly short when we met them in July of 2020. . Part 1: Start your email with a success story. .

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

In 2020, galas and other fundraising events look a little bit different from the way they used to. Some options could be: Panel discussions with experts Breakout sessions or other educational sessions Virtual classes Webinars Virtual tours Virtual conference. Virtual Gala Fundraiser. Ok maybe quite a bit different.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2020, individual donations totaled $324 billion – whereas corporate giving was only 4% of this total. Create an anchor/connection: build trust with the person by sharing how you know their company, have used their products or services, shared their content, attended the same conference, etc.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

How do you reserve a conference room? Have you ever started a new job and had your orientation basically end after you are shown your desk and receive your ID badge? That has definitely happened to us. When are staff meetings? How do you use the phone?

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2020

Screenshot from loom.com website, march 2020. This can include: converting project-based grants to unrestricted support; accelerating payment schedules; and not holding grantees responsible if conferences, events, and other project deliverables must be postponed or canceled.

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