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How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Why You Should Want to

.orgSource

My fascination with technology began when I realized it would help me become better at something I love—dealing with challenging problems. Originally,orgSource was focused on software and hardware solutions. Today, although our scope has expanded to include integrating strategy, systems, and communications, problem-solving remains the core of our business.

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Resources for the Bulk of Nonprofit Workers — Women

NonProfit PRO

If I were to ask you the percentage of women who work in the nonprofit sector, what would you guess? Fifty percent? Seventy percent? Think higher.

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The 18 Best HOA Websites of 2021 And Why You Need One

Wild Apricot

“Don’t tell anyone, but I think I’m leaving the board at the end of the year,” David told Sahar, after a particularly overwhelming meeting of their condo’s homeowner’s association. Sahar didn’t blame him. She.

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The New (Digital) Normal

NonProfit PRO

Even with all of its numerous challenges, a silver lining could have emerged from 2020. As the doors of many organizations closed, nonprofits were forced to leverage the resources and tools they had available.

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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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Does your thank you letter really matter?

Hands on Fundraising

Your thank you letter matters. I recently saw an opinion that I couldn’t disagree with more. I’m paraphrasing, but it went something like this: Donors should be happy with whatever thank you letter they get. Worrying about a real signature or other things is a sign of donor dominance. I would bet that most donors […]. The post Does your thank you letter really matter?

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Nonprofit Content Creation: Back-To-The Basics of the Writing Process

Bloomerang

The Writing Process. So, you want to write new content; or maybe you need to write new content. You’ve heard how important storytelling is for communicating your mission and message but let’s face it – you haven’t written a story since high-school English class. You may be wondering where do we start? . Before you put pen to paper, it’s important to establish what the writing process looks like so you can set yourself up for the greatest success.

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The Psychology of Giving: Important Words to Use in Your Appeals

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes The Psychology of Giving: Important Words to Use in Your Appeals. Three small words can make ALL the difference in your fundraising appeals. And they’re backed by science. Like magic, they can help you become a better fundraiser. We’re sharing what they are, why they work, and how to use them: Magic Word #1: You.

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Don’t Let COVID-19 Stop Your Spring Events – Go Virtual!

DonorPerfect

The combination of COVID-19, a tough winter, and stressful events in the news has made it difficult to focus on the bright side. But think about how uplifting it feels after finding yourself in a casual conversation over the phone. Whether it’s a longtime friend, a family member, or a coworker, those human interactions are Read More ». The post Don’t Let COVID-19 Stop Your Spring Events – Go Virtual!

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June 8 is Equal Pay Day for nonprofit CEOs

Candid

Today (March 24), is Equal Pay Day. Although it may sound like a holiday, it is not a day of celebration. Instead, it is a day to increase awareness that we are not all paid equally for our labor. Specifically, Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year a woman must work (on average) to receive the same wage that a man received the previous year—i.e., this year, women had to work almost three months into 2021 to make the same salary that their male counterparts took home in 2020.

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Top 10 Donation Software That Help Nonprofits – Online Donation Tools

Donorbox

Is your nonprofit using versatile fundraising channels? Are you taking advantage of the different types of fundraising options? Using mobile giving, online donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising or crowdfunding can maximize donations. As donation software continues to evolve, your nonprofit can fall behind if you don’t take advantage of them. A flexible fundraising approach and strong […].

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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What we know about MacKenzie Scott’s 2020 grants

Candid

Over the course of 2020, MacKenzie Scott announced grants totaling almost $6 billion. As gestures of transparency, she released lists of recipient organizations in July and in December. In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 billion to 384 nonprofits. At the time, we did not know anything about the grants themselves.

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Using Technology to Communicate with Your Nonprofit's Beneficiaries

Tech Soup

Most nonprofits recognize the need to optimize technology and processes for communications with donors and volunteers. But one area that's sometimes overlooked is streamlining communications with the recipients of the organization's services and tracking data about those recipients.

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“Don’t be evil”: Using Google Ad Grants to tackle societal problems

Candid

Google has emerged as one of the most influential and powerful organizations of our time. Its product is so ubiquitous it’s commonly used as a verb. Starting out as one of many search engines, Google has since branched out into software, mobile devices, and other technology ventures. . Early in Google’s history, employees had to agree to a simple statement in the company’s code of conduct: “Don’t Be Evil.

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How to Improve Your Personalization Approach with Taxonomy

Velir

In the last five years, we’ve seen an explosion of tools that allow marketers to personalize audience experiences. With these advances, you might think that personalization is easier now. However, we’ve seen that greater flexibility, channels, data, and possibilities can make personalization more daunting. As Orson Welles once said, "The enemy of art is the absence of limitation.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the Imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life,” said famed writer and producer Sidney Sheldon. During COVID-19, libraries across the country have had to re-imagine themselves so they can continue fueling imaginations and serving communities.

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Content Strategy for Digital Collections: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Forum One

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. Their mandate is to exhibit and preserve the collection of the best assets that represent the story and chronology of a culture or a society. These institutions have had to most recently revise their playbooks to use the digital space as a primary channel in making their collections accessible to visitors.

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7 Steps To Get More Participants For Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign

CauseVox

by Mark Becker, Founding Partner, Cathexis Partners . These days, peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and events take many forms: virtual runs/walks/rides , tribute/memorial campaigns, virtual drives. The list goes on. But no matter what types of peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns or events you’re running, they all require one key thing to be successful: participants.

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The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

Candid

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. Conducted between March and July, these surveys revealed that during the early months of the crisis, nonprofits were concerned about financial stability and challenges related to new working conditions. Funders reported they had swiftly begun distributing emergency funds, had loosened requirements imposed on grantees, and realized the need to commit to de

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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How to Build Trust Online as a Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

With over 1.5 million charitable organizations in the US alone, NGO founders have a tough challenge presented to them. Not only do they need to launch an effective marketing campaign to attract charitable givers, but they also need to work on building trust. This may be a tricky part for many charity workers who are only starting out in this line of work.

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How St. Jude Connected with the Next Generation of Donors for a Record Fundraising Year

Saleforce Nonprofit

By Rob Acker, CEO of Salesforce.org and Rick Shadyac, CEO of ALSAC. Founded in 1957, the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) was established as the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Grounded in the belief that all children should have access to quality healthcare, ALSAC and St. Jude, since the beginning, have provided care for children regardless of race, religion, nationality, or socioeconomic standing.

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AlumnIQ and Double the Donation Launch Advanced Matching Gift Integration

Double the Donation

AlumnnIQ, a powerful and innovative fundraising platform, has partnered with Double the Donation to bring automated matching gift technology to its clients. This partnership will allow universities using AlumnIQ to access 360MatchPro, the industry leading matching gift solution. “Double the Donation shares our mission to propel fundraisers forward with top-notch technology, so integrating 360MatchPro was an obvious choice,” said Steve Rittler, Founder and CEO of AlumnIQ.

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The nonprofit experts around the corner

Candid

Reprinted from Candid Learning. Are you new to the nonprofit world? Hoping to learn more about what nonprofits do, how to start a nonprofit, or how to get a grant? I’m happy to report that there’s a way to learn the ins and outs of nonprofits and fundraising, and it’s way better than Googling each question. Candid (formerly Foundation Center and GuideStar) has been helping nonprofit newcomers for 40+ years.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Examining Virtual And Hybrid Events in 2021 and Beyond

Forj

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing regulations meant that your organization had two options when planning events: pivot to virtual or cancel the event outright. Now that we’re well into 2021, the event landscape is changing with both virtual and hybrid events emerging as options for associations going forward. So, what does this mean for your association’s conferences and other events in 2021 and beyond?

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Candid and COVID-19: Getting information to a world in crisis

Candid

A little over a year ago, the world watched as COVID-19 spread across the globe. Candid responded by publishing a website that provided information on funding for coronavirus relief, resources for nonprofits and individuals, news on the pandemic, and more. In this article from our 2020 annual report , Laia Griñó shares how people across Candid collaborated to create the website in record time.

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Some Of My Favorite Leadership Books

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of my favorite books about about leadership include:

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What Your CME LMS Needs To Support Your Success

Forj

Effective facilitation of continuing medical education (CME) is crucial for the licensure, accreditation, and professional development of the doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals within your association. This facilitation depends on a strong CME learning management system (LMS). With so much riding on this training, it’s not enough to simply invest in a CME LMS.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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A look at organizations that have earned GuideStar Seals of Transparency

Candid

At Candid, we believe that transparency and the flow of information between social sector actors are fundamental to a vibrant, successful, and trusted sector. We recognize that transparency is multi-dimensional and can be practiced in different ways. For example, nonprofit IRS filings—IRS Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, and 990-N, which U.S. tax-exempt organizations must file annually—are an impressive source of public information.

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Best Practices to Build a Successful Association eLearning Program

Forj

Your association’s eLearning program can lead to increases in membership, increases in non-dues revenue, recognition as a thought leader in your industry, and more. However, if it’s not structured properly, it can also lead to a hefty administrative burden for your team and a frustrating experience for learners. In this whitepaper, we discuss five essential steps for crafting a successful learning business.

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Tips for individual giving in uncertain times

Candid

Reprinted from Candid Learning. Pop quiz: Historically, what has been the biggest source of private giving in the United States? Is it corporations? Foundations? Nope. The answer is individuals. For over 65 years, individual giving has represented around 70 percent of total giving in the United States , and early reports are showing that 2020 saw increases in giving from individual donors.

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Overcoming Your eLearning Challenges with an Extended Enterprise LMS

Forj

Managing the eLearning programming for a trade association comes with a unique problem set– you’re providing eLearning for member organizations which then need to balance the needs of their individual members. Both the complexity and expectations increase exponentially when compared to professional associations. Running a successful learning business for your trade association isn’t impossible.

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.