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As nonprofits look toward next year, they are facing a range of decisions about how to best adapt their organization to the ongoing pandemic, including a safe return to the workplace, and whether donors are ready to attend in-person fundraising events.

The prevailing wisdom? Nonprofit leaders must continue to stay flexible and nimble. In the Trends Snapshot, Nonprofit Leaders Forecast 5 Trends That Matter Now, we share the key trends nonprofit leaders need to know as they plan for Q1 of 2022:

  • Hybrid Work: Employees are eager for a long term hybrid/remote work environment. In order to attract and retain top fundraising talent, nonprofits will need to support this change.

  • Fewer In-Person Donor Meetings: The speed and convenience of video conferencing outweighs the burden of zoom fatigue and the cost of travel, while phone calls add intimacy and strong engagement.

  • Videos Expand Audiences: Online videos have long been in the fundraiser’s toolkit, but the pandemic revealed that videos don’t need to be polished and highly produced to garner strong engagement.

  • Rethinking Traditional Galas: Donors aren’t clamoring to go back to a busy schedule packed with galas — in fact, they’re happy to give without them.

  • Prepare for the Next Disruption Organizations blindsided by the pandemic can prepare for the next crisis by creating “rainy day” funds now.
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As nonprofits look toward next year, they are facing a range of decisions about how to best adapt their organization to the ongoing pandemic, including a safe return to the workplace, and whether donors are ready to attend in-person fundraising events.

The prevailing wisdom? Nonprofit leaders must continue to stay flexible and nimble. In the Trends Snapshot, Nonprofit Leaders Forecast 5 Trends That Matter Now, we share the key trends nonprofit leaders need to know as they plan for Q1 of 2022:

  • Hybrid Work: Employees are eager for a long term hybrid/remote work environment.

  • Fewer In-Person Donor Meetings: The speed and convenience of video conferencing outweighs the burden of zoom fatigue and the cost of travel.

  • Videos Expand Audiences: The pandemic revealed that videos don’t need to be polished and highly produced to garner strong engagement.

  • Rethinking Traditional Galas: Donors aren’t clamoring to go back to a busy schedule packed with galas.

  • Prepare for the Next Disruption: Organizations blindsided by the pandemic can prepare for the next crisis by creating “rainy day” funds.
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