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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

But it should be reinforced in person during the orientation for new members and in the documentation they receive. Financial literacy workshops. Explain how both documents reflect organizational priorities, goals, and objectives. Directors should understand this responsibility before they accept their appointment.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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How to Maintain Relevance and Revenue in Today’s Economy

Association Analytics

How can you set up better collaboration and document sharing? Invest now and you’ll save your team time and effort in the long run A few questions to consider include: Where can you automate processes? Where are you repeating your efforts? Which reports are necessary and which ones are outdated?

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Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event

Greater Giving

Example: “To raise critical funds through a community gala to support our after-school literacy program for underprivileged children.” Remember, a successful fundraising plan is a dynamic document. This succinctly expresses the purpose of your event and aligns with your organization’s overall mission.

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Martus 4.5: Lowering the Barrier to Better Information Security through Strong Crypto

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

can now be configured in less than 10 minutes by anyone with basic digital literacy skills, so that even less tech-savvy users can easily and quickly implement Martus’ secure documentation capabilities with distributed backup. The biggest highlight of this release is that Martus 4.5 We’re very excited about Martus 4.5.

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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

Kindful

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. This document is the outward face to the world. Hold monthly meetings.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

If we do not document the different needs of each group, the most at-risk and under-resourced communities will continue to fall through the cracks. We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty.