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Report Release: The 2010 Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey

NTEN

Did we see evidence of this in our annual Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending survey conducted at the end of 2010? Compared to previous years (this is our 5th year of conducting the survey), certain areas of investment did seem to drop. Well, yes and no.

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

Report Release: The 2010 Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending … – "Nearly 1,200 nonprofit professionals filled out the latest annual survey, sponsored by NTEN and The NonProfit Times, providing us with another year of benchmarks and data concerning: salaries, outsourcing, recruiting, organizational structure, and other aspects of Information (..)

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. consistent, structural challenges. consistent, structural challenges. As part of a. of more than three months.

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Research Friday: Battling Domestic Violence with Data

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field. Like this article? Get another!

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Carefully consider fee structures to find the right balance between access to features and a high net donation amount. The GAHC had been using Excel to manage campaigns but didn’t have a way to view each donor’s giving history and other crucial donor information. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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Research Friday: The Trouble with Pay Raises

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In fact, there is a huge tendency for employees to get disgruntled and de-motivated by the compensation structure.