Wed.Sep 24, 2014

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Implement Your Nonprofit’s Office 365 The Right Way

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Pexels. Unfortunately, we cant just wish out projects through to completion. They take time, effort, and a certain level of expertise. That is never more true than when talking about our tech implementations. Office 365, the web-based version of the Microsoft tools you use every day, professional email, web conferencing and cloud platform is no exception.

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May the Farce Be With You

See3

'We watch and review a lot of online video at See3, and one trend we see over and over is that videos that catch the cultural moment tend to do very well. When videos touch on something in the current culture they are more likely to be understood, appreciated and shared. Being in the now […].

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The Unavoidable Decisions You Will Face with Donor Data Migration

NTEN

'Samantha Carr. Marketing Specialist. Third Sector Labs. You can’t take it with you. And by "it," we mean all of your legacy data, of course. No data migration project is easy. Data migration projects involving donor data (read: “highly degradable”) and the nonprofit industry (read: “technology shy”) are even more challenging. You have some avoidable decisions ahead of you.

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Looking for Your Big Vision? Notice What "Sparkles"

Have Fun - Do Good

'Rain "sparkles" by me A friend who is between jobs recently asked me, "Is there one piece of advice you would give to a creative person when they are looking for their next job, or project?" I responded, "Notice what ''sparkles'' for you." I think of "sparkles" as things that make you smile, makes time fly, or that you all of a sudden become very curious about (even if you don''t understand why).

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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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Developing the Data Value Chain

NTEN

'Andrew Means. Founder. The Impact Lab. "Data can create real value for your organization, but it isn’t pixie dust you can just sprinkle down for magical results." Data is like crude oil. In and of itself it isn’t valuable. Only when you do you something with it does it create real value. Only when it goes through a process is value created from this raw resource.

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How Security Breaches Really Happen at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

'Opening scene: a pale, bespectacled man types furiously on a keyboard, muttering, "I almost got it!" Monochrome green code scrolls across his screen, and an unnecessarily large "Transfer Status" window shows stolen data in the process of being transferred. Hollywood has taught us that this is how our data or network gets compromised.

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The Effects from One Month of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge [Infographic]

NonProfit Hub

'Joe Magee is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the Vice President of RallyBound, which provides social fundraising software to nonprofits. He has helped organizations such as TED, Kaiser Permanente and AOL implement digital initiatives aimed at solving problems and making an impact. _. To mark the significance of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge reaching $100 million, RallyBound created a one-month look at the social media sensation.

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6 Tips to Make Your Digital Story Stand Out

Tech Soup

'The time has come to make your digital story stand out. YouTube has over 1 billion unique viewers each month, 6 billion hours of content viewed each month, and 100 new hours of video uploaded each minute. With all that digital information available, how can your story possibly stand out? In TechSoup's #Storymakers2014 webinar on September 10 , Bailey Rosser, an audience development strategist at YouTube, and Kimberly Bryant, the founder and executive director of Black Girls CODE, shared the

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What are Your Engagement Goals?

Museum 2.0

'Two weeks ago, I wrote about t he use of the word "quality" in the arts and its many forms. A commenter, Stacy Peterson, responded by turning my exploration back on itself: Quality makes sense but engagement is more open to interpretation. "Engagement? What do you mean by engagement? There are many different forms of engagement with many different outcomes depending on your goals, your project, or your institution.

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