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#datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. If you like charts for understanding trending and relationships, this is a great one! charitytuesday is your charity taking part on Tuesdays? - Are you on Twitter?

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

Your Donor Management system helps you identify potential major donors and spot trends in giving. To make matters more complicated, some people donated green marbles to pay for dog and cat food. A simple report with a pie chart can easily show you that. So set up your Chart of Accounts right from the get-go.

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Interview with Shonali Burke: Analytics Tell Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She set up a private Facebook Group to facilitate our support for the campaign. A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing?

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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. Highlight key performance indicators.

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How Churches Can Go High Tech with the Collection Plate

Tech Soup

A growing trend among most of us these days is paying for things more with credit and debit cards and less with cash and checks. This trend means even the smallest churches may find it useful to explore low-cost ways to accept electronic donations for offerings, tithes, and other gifts. Collect Donations Anywhere, Any Time.

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User Experience: What Can Frank Lloyd Wright Teach Us?

Forum One

Institute for Peace 's " Building for Peace ," where the designer has layed a yellow bar chart over the banner image instead of aligning it in the right column. Incidentally, here's a lovely set of images of several Wright homes with brilliant green foliage as a backdrop. Thanks for the creative tour, @mojoguzzi!

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