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Build Beautiful Charts & Graphs with Data Visualization on EveryAction

Everyaction

, or relying on (pretty ugly) charts with data estimates made in Excel or Powerpoint. Built on top of EveryAction's unparalleled reporting functionality, users can easily create pie charts, donut charts, bar graphs, line graphs, and area charts based on any criteria for data in their database.

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The Better FAFSA: What Colleges Need to Know Right Now

sgEngage

Until very r ecently , the federal government had not made changes to the FAFSA in more than 30 years and the process was overly complex, especially for first-generation students and those from lower-income backgrounds. The new FAFSA is intended to expand access to federal student aid and to simplify the application and award process.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA).

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How to Write a Case for Support for Your Non-Profit (Part II)

The Fundraising Authority

In this part, we’re going to look at the statement itself… including what concepts should go into your case for support as well as the actual process of writing the document. Use statistics and charts, but more importantly, tell the stories of those you have helped, use testimonials, and then back those up with the numbers. #6:

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Osborn, an advertising executive, invented the latter process of “organized ideation” in the 1930’s and popularized the technique in several books he authored called “ Your Creative Power ” and “ Applied Imagination.” It can also be used to create work norms or processes. What is Brainstorming? .

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Markets for Good Post: Design A Better Dashboard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take a look at any nonprofit dashboard and the most effective ones probably have an organizational process that lies beneath. A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Metrics for Movements.

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Exploring the Reporting Advantages of Salesforce Over Blackbaud CRM (BBCRM)

Cloud 4 Good

But don’t worry, as part of our commitment to bettering business processes and supplying transformational value through technology, we’d like to explore some of the major conceptual and terminological differences between Blackbaud and Salesforce. Next, simply choose what the chart should look like, how it should be labeled, and save.