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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering an Analytical Approach to Strategy and Planning

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One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. Track your own data.

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Social Media: Ask What’s the Change, Not the Return!

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It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. It was created in the 1920s as a financial measure developed by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to make General Motors manageable.

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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

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At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

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The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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ROI: What are the best "I" words for nonprofits to think about Social Media and ROI?

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It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. He is talking about outcomes based program evaluation, not evaluating your social media strategy.

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Write Your Nonprofit Business Plan in 9 Sections

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Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. A good plan answers a number of who, what, when, where questions like these: What problem is your nonprofit trying to solve? Evaluation Plan. How much will it cost?

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