Fri.Oct 24, 2014

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Infographic: The Right Crowdfunding Platform For Your Nonprofit

TechImpact

'With #GivingTuesday only a few weeks away, chances are good your nonprofit is thinking about one thing, and one thing only. Fundraising. It’s true, the holiday season is the season of giving and that holds true in the nonprofit sector. The month of December alone comprised 19.5% of the overall charitable giving in 2013, and that number is only expected to increase in 2014.

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23 Free Non-profit Webinars for November 2014

Wild Apricot

'This month''s free non-profit webinar round-up offers 23+ topics, including: Mission-Driven Volunteering (our first Expert Webinar); online campaigns; donor databases; do-it-yourself PR and much more!

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice. It was a great learning experience from both a process and content perspective.

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Be open to Big Vision photobombs

Have Fun - Do Good

'While visiting New Mexico this summer, I raised my phone to take a photo of some pink flowers against a blue sky when this happened: This hummingbird flew right into my frame and posed for a long time (at least by hummingbird standards). It was a magical moment, especially because hummingbirds have always been an "auspicious symbol" for me. Sometimes when we''re working on our big vision : noticing what sparkles , letting go of old visions to be open to the new, and running towards what excites

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Collaborative BRIDGE Project Makes Big Progress Toward Sharing Crucial Information Worldwide

Tech Soup

'This article was authored by Chad McEvoy; it is a cross-post of an article originally published on the BRIDGE blog. The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector.

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Are You Spinning Your Employees In Circles?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'A manager who can''t make a decision or who can''t make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager''s team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles , slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.

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How Small Organizations Can Use Affordable ICT-tools to Measure Impact | NTEN

AFP Blog

'How Small Organizations Can Use Affordable ICT-tools to Measure Impact | NTEN : "What if nonprofits and social enterprises had an affordable way to report real-time, large-scale data on their social impact? This question inspired Kopernik to create the "impact tracker technologies’" catalog in online and print forms. Organizations are under pressure to measure their performance and results.

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Ebola Fighters Enlist Texts in Bid to Curb Outbreak - Bloomberg

AFP Blog

'Ebola Fighters Enlist Texts in Bid to Curb Outbreak - Bloomberg : "Aid workers in Liberia tried out a new tool this week to contain the world’s worst Ebola outbreak: the text message.

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