GiveSmart

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From acting as peer-to-peer fundraisers, committee members, day-of-event support, skilled work, and board members, volunteers eagerly contribute their time and talent to support your mission. Share what training will be offered for the outlined role. So much of fundraising is cyclical. Conduct interviews.

Management

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

How do they hire, train, and retain people? As part of my volunteer work chairing a local Association of Fundraising Professionals committee, I spoke at a regional conference. Replacing key staff—especially high-performing fundraisers—is costly. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad.

Retail

Wild Apricot

JULY 23, 2025

Event Budget Templates for Nonprofits Some of the most frequent events we see nonprofits execute are fundraisers and workshops. Nonprofit Fundraiser Budget Template This template is perfect for fundraising galas, auctions and events like walk-a-thons. This might even be a budget within your larger conference budget.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 8, 2025

EmilyThabes from Beltrami County Historical Society Invest in board training and orientations for better results. I also encourage organizations to invest in board development training. Lisa Palermo from Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County Brief board training boosts understanding and focus at meetings. Relationship building!

Management

Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 7, 2025

So, let’s take a fun guided tour through this peculiar ecosystem and decode the mystery of nonprofit job titlesbefore you accidentally address a Vice President of Philanthropic Synergy as a mere fundraiser, offend their delicate professional ego, trigger an existential crisis, and find yourself updating your LinkedIn profile by lunchtime.

Nonprofit

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Built with small to mid-size nonprofits in mind, Bonterra Network for Good is a comprehensive set of tools for donor and volunteer management, online fundraising, messaging, and more. These tax deductions provide ample incentive for donors to contribute to fundraising efforts. Are you a nonprofit looking to grow your impact?

Nonprofit

Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

Nonprofits are facing ever-increasing challenges in obtaining financial capital, with reports of declines in individual donors , fundraising challenges , and proposed government spending cuts. This might mean attending conferences, joining peer communities, or volunteering to find the relationships you value.

Burnout

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

That's why I'm using my time slot at this year's Corporate Partnerships Conference (CPC25) to deliver How to Create a Lead-Generating Partnership Newsletter. Don't miss this presentation - it's part of CPC25's full-day conference, which will include other outstanding sessions. Gang, this conference is wicked affordable.

Conference

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 1, 2023

Alex Dunn, the Millionaire Grant Lady, has been selected to present at the this year’s Association of Fundraising Professionals Dallas Fort Worth Philanthropy in Action Conference on June 16 th. This is the southwest’s largest and most prestigious regional conference of fundraising professionals.

Conference

Wild Apricot

MAY 5, 2010

Here’s an incredible free learning opportunity for fundraisers – especially if you’re looking to earn CFRE credits – and you won’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home or office to take part! Fundraising Success magazine presents the first-ever Fundraising Success Virtual Conference & Expo 2010.( read more ).

Conference

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Hint: If your constituents are more comfortable now with virtual opportunities to lend their support, check out Fundly’s list of virtual fundraising ide as to get inspired for your next campaign.). Step 3: Make a training plan.

Training

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I get so frustrated with nonprofit leaders who are short-sighted and don’t see the benefit in paying for training and professional development for their staff, particularly the fundraising staff. How do they expect their professional fundraisers to keep their skills up-to-date without attending seminars and webinars?

Training

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As I've been thinking about it, the three things that help leading through uncertain times fit perfectly with fundraising too. We shouldn't be surprised - fundraising is all about leadership. So leadership principles should apply to fundraising too. 3 Commitments for Fundraising in Uncertain Times. See what I did there?).

Fundraising

Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You worked hard to meet last year’s fundraising goals, and now you’re able to look ahead at a new year filled with new possibilities. To help start your year off strong, consider prioritizing these five fundraising ideas today. Use these insights to inform your nonprofit’s year-round fundraising activities.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Fundraising during Covid has been disruptive for everyone – every single sector has been impacted but particularly those that work in event fundraising. Due to social isolation policies, many nonprofits have had to cancel or reimagine their future fundraising events (depending on their location). Crowdfunding.

Fundraising

Joe Garecht Fundraising

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Your job, as a frontline fundraiser, is to put yourself in a position to meet as many new donors as possible… preferably with a warm introduction or in a situation where you are meeting the donor alongside others who already know, trust, and support your organization. Photo Credit: Steve Cliff from Pixabay .

Conference

Greater Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

We want to thank everyone who joined us online for the APEX: Greater Giving User Conference 2022! Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to share some of your stories and insights with our audience at this years fundraising conference. A Focused Group at the Fundraising Conference.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

MarketingProfs , an online marketing resource center, is presenting a free virtual conference on online marketing. Tools Social Networking Training Running Your Organization Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Marketing. Many of their offerings require a paid membership, but this one is gratis. Tools Web 2.0

Conference

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 9, 2023

Years ago, the Grant Professionals Association started the Conference Navigators Program as part of their annual conference. They pair regular attendees with first-timers a month or two before the conference. Let’s create a list of quality grant training opportunities for this fabulous community of ours.

Grant

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s time to reveal the big news—TEDx Speaker and nonprofit founder, Alex Sheen, will be headlining Qgiv Conference 2024 as our keynote speaker! Qgiv Conference is one of Qgiv’s many initiatives designed to provide nonprofit professionals with exceptional fundraising tools and learning opportunities.

Conference

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The impact of software training on nonprofit staff turnover Three tips for improving software training for your staff Take the next step with your nonprofit’s software training The impact of software training on nonprofit staff turnover How do you keep things running smoothly when you have nonprofit staff leaving?

Training

Strategic Grants

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The article ’15 learnings we’re sharing from 15 years of working with grant-seekers and fund ers’ by the Strategic Grants team first appeared in the Winter 2024 edition of the F&P (Fundraising & Philanthropy) magazine. Fundraisers are braver and bolder than ever.

Grant

The Fundraising Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2023

As the leader of a small but mighty team of fundraising professionals, who end up wearing a lot of hats throughout the year, my paper planner is also used as a leadership tool. We also layer in board meetings, conferences, planned vacations, major grant deadlines, planned donor engagement activities, direct mail, special events, etc.

Calendar

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. In her work, she has fulfilled many different fundraising roles and has served as a grant reviewer to determine who received grant funding. Can you train AI?

AI

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Fall has arrived, and with it comes fundraising season! Not a fundraiser? Seattle, Washington: Salesforce Administration — Training for Nonprofit Organizations. Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania: TechNow 2015 Conference. Seattle, Washington: Salesforce Essentials — Training for Nonprofit Organizations.

Fundraising

Critical Fundraising

JULY 10, 2024

At conferences, panels buzz with emerging experts advocating for responsibility in AI deployment. First, it permits us, as nonprofit professionals, to focus on those things that we are already experts on, such as fundraising or programme delivery, and deprioritise talk about ethics, an area where few of us consider ourselves experts.

Ethics

Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We were up in a New York City office tower, gathered in a big conference room, surrounded by smart, thoughtful board members. If they invested in their fundraising program by hiring more staff and giving them systems, training, coaching, and support - then success would be fairly easy to achieve. Wish you could have been there.

Fundraising

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 13, 2024

This is why fundraisers like grant professionals exist. Secure buy-in from leadership to get program employees to come to the training. Just as program directors and advocates need to understand their role in the fundraising cycle, grant professionals must learn about the programs and services provided by the organization.

Grant

Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2012

Acteva event management experts will share information on best practices and event management tools to help make the most of your planning efforts for community building, networking, training, and fundraising events. Want to see an example of how a library system manages registration and marketing for staff workshops?

Management

Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

By tapping into the plethora of free resources, your team can better prepare for your fundraising campaigns to raise more money and more awareness for your cause. These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Optimized fundraising. Enriched knowledge. Enhanced outreach.

Nonprofit

Greater Giving

JULY 5, 2024

Better engage attendees in fundraising and other event activities. Examples include webinars, live-streamed sessions, online conferences, and virtual trade shows. They can include conferences, roundtables, workshops, and trade shows. However, there might be a limited availability of large conference sites in your area.

Conference

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 29, 2024

This requires embracing opportunities for skill development, whether through reading books and articles, attending conferences and workshops, or participating in online courses and webinars. Invest In Training and Workshops Some of the best resources available in any industry are training programs, webinars, and workshops.

Mentor

Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. or the fundraising letter you hoped would generate $7,000 barely nets $3,000…. …or or your online fundraiser barely brings in $2,500 when you were counting on at least $4,000. Fundraising is about relationships. .

Fundraising

Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. Tags: Tech Planning Consultants Training Running Your Organization Services. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

I've just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin and I'm pumped! Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Fundraising and Customer Relationship Management. Portland, Oregon: NTC Round-Up: Mini-Presentations from the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Conference

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. Code for America Civic Hack Night.

Training

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

How can you grow and track your fundraising efforts? George Weiner of DoSomething.org encourages nonprofits to think of their websites as relationship-building vehicles, not fundraising ones: "Most non-Vegas marriages don’t happen on the first date, it starts with a reasonable ask and comes after a relationship has been developed.

Software