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.
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.
