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Matching Gifts Best Practices

Robert Weiner

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. 29% of respondents reported raising over $250,000 in matching gift income in 2008. 29% of respondents reported raising over $250,000 in matching gift income in 2008. 63% raised over $50,000.

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Matching Gifts Best Practices 2009

Robert Weiner

The findings included: 96% of respondents accept matching gifts (down from 99% in 2008), but only 60% actively ask individual donors to request matching gifts. 41% of respondents said they have employment information on at least 50% of their constituents, up from 24% last year. Over 26% raised over $250,000. in last years' survey.

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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

ASU Lodestar Center

The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3]. Based on ASU's relatively new presence in the community, this is very encouraging information. For more information on social network theory and analysis software, see the references below. Like this article?

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Whether the movement of information is one-way (knowledge transfer) or a two-way flow (knowledge exchange), an organizations ability to pursue its core mission can depend in large part on effective communication. and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic. Here’s a few that I found most informative: Best Practices for Big Data: Learning from the Past While Looking to the Future.

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The Questions Every Nonprofit Should Ask About Sensitive Data

NTEN

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Do you really need this sensitive donor information to perform your mission?

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

ASU Lodestar Center

When developing mechanisms to improve downward accountability, informal mechanisms provide opportunities for unexpected communication with nonprofit staff and empower clients to provide perspectives relevant to their experiences (Wellens & Jegers, 2016). Nonprofit Management and Leadership , 26(3), 295-312. doi:10.1002/nml.21191.