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5 Essential RFP Writing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Engage in online forums, email listservs, and directly with vendors or agencies. This preparatory step ensures you create an informative document that minimizes back-and-forth queries, leading to more precise proposals. Expand your reach by sharing it with different groups, listservs, and affinity networks.

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8 Actionable steps for any nonprofit RFP

EveryAction

An RFP, or a request for proposals, is a process disguised as a document. While an RFP may look like a regular document with a list of things to do and brainstorm, an effective one breaks down a project (usually a big one) into parts and set out dates and milestones to get that project done. Finally, get views on that awesome RFP!

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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

For organizational leaders, deputizing—and supporting—the right person at your organization will return huge dividends in the form of clean, organized, and well-documented data structures. There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products.

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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. Document your data entry standards, policies, and procedures before training so users are taught to do things the right way from the start. Test the computers and software in the classroom before every training.

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Lame spam of the day: BBB service Re: Case # (various numbers)

Robert Weiner

A friend posted about them on a listserve and said that clicking the link downloads a virus. The details of the consumer's concern are presented in enclosed document. The detailed information about the consumer's concern is explained in attached document. The details of the consumer's concern are contained in enclosed document.

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Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources

Tech Soup

Katherine told our Dulcey Bower that her churches use Microsoft Office for their email and documents, Dropbox. Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv.

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New Study: Social Media Use By Foundation Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Foundation Center released a report that documents the usage of social media tools by foundation executives based on survey responses from 73 members of the Center’s Grantmaker Leadership Panel. in philanthropic work, and highlights the social media activity of two “power users&# in the field.