It’s more apparent than ever that waiting for “normal” to return is a sure way to fail. And an essential part of moving forward is going to be creating and executing effective virtual events. At DonorPoint, we have partnered with numerous clients in various different fields of the nonprofit industry, and we wanted to share …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Big River Renamed as DonorPoint Company Directs Focus on Scalable Nonprofit Software and Donor Experience Cleveland, OH – DonorPoint (www.donorpoint.com) a donor engagement software developer based in Cleveland, Ohio today announced their new name. The company, formerly called Big River, made the change as part of a company-wide refocusing of their mission …
As Fall becomes Winter, and clocks “Fall Back” now is as good a time as any to look at your current work-from-home situation and see what tweaks you can make to benefit your productivity and mental health.
When you run a physical event the first and most important thing is to effectively communicate to your audience where the event is taking place, how to get there, and what is expected of them from when they arrive. Is it a costume ball at a historic venue, a business casual mixer for young professionals …
It’s Not Just Your Complaince That Matters Tips to Ensuring Third-Party Compliance For Data Security As recent events in the donor software world have shown, you not only need to be vigilant about your own data security, but make sure that any third party vendors with access to your data are compliant as well. Assurances …
We’ve all been asked a lot in the last few months; change how we work, how we learn, how we do just about everything. And of course, we’ve been asked to help a lot too. And some people are beginning to wonder if we’ve blown right past donor fatigue and on to something completely different …
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One of Big River’s founding principals was to bring change. Not only to the way nonprofits approached fundraising, but to how they told their story to potential supporters. And since the best way to lead is by example, we looked at how we approached our products and our customers and decided to make some important …
Online Tools Help Ensure Physical Return The tagline for the Huntsville Museum of Art (HMA) is “Bringing People and Art Together” But for 70 days, that mission was physically impossible. After closing on March 17th, the museum, located in Big Spring Park in the heart of downtown Huntsville, finally got the go-ahead to reopen at …
Not to be overly cavalier, but I am willing to guess no one had “Global Virus & Civic Unrest” as the title for any sort of contingency plan if your organization even has a contingency plan. Or a Disaster Recovery Plan. Or any Scenario Planning. And that’s OK, you shouldn’t have. These types of plans …
How to Utilize Volunteers in Virtual Events By now, just about everyone has had a physical event impacted by current health and safety guidelines. “Out of an abundance of caution” has probably been used in many mass emails, and more and more nonprofits are turning their attention to organizing creative online events (to see a …