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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities.

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Seven Ways to Improve Engagement With Your Nonprofit Financial Reports

BoardAssist

A dimensional chart of accounts structure creates a separate field in your database for each bit of expense information rather than cramming all the information into one account code field. Dimensions also enable your accounting software to run faster by streamlining the chart of accounts. Provide a basis for comparison.

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Guest Post by Steve Waddell: Systems Mapping for Non-Profits - Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The production system maps aid an organization to understand how work actually gets done, in comparison to formal org charts. These are points that, when focused upon, have a large ratio of amount-of-effort to desired-change.

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Give your audience a real-life comparison to your statistic so they can grasp it immediately.”. What is the best ratio of spoken language to visual slides in your online presentation? Are we talking about a population the size of Rhode Island, or the number of people who can fit inside a stadium? Well, that depends.

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6 Online Speaking Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Give your audience a real-life comparison to your statistic so they can grasp it immediately.”. What is the best ratio of spoken language to visual slides in your online presentation? Are we talking about a population the size of Rhode Island, or the number of people who can fit inside a stadium? Well, that depends.

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Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, here's a comparison between last year and this year and another opportunity to consider improvements. It is not useful to know how many posts you write on a monthly, weekly or daily basis or the number of the words for comparisons either. Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4 Technorati ???Authority??? Authority??? Cost (what!).