Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

“Problems don’t start with data, they start with people.” - @deanmalmgren reminds us not to lose sight of the user’s humanity #DoGoodData2015. — Plenty (@PlentyCo) May 1, 2015. Last week, I attended and presented at the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago. The conference is expertly curated by Andrew Means who has shaped the agenda and speakers into an incredible learning experience for both the human and technical sides of data of for good.

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BoardAssist

MAY 5, 2015

Where and when your board meets might be more important than what your nonprofit actually does…at least to some potential board members. Surprising news for some nonprofits, but with nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the country every year, board candidates have a lot of options when deciding to join a nonprofit board. For most board candidates, there is no shortage of potentially appealing board on which to serve.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

Let's face it. The Internet has gone "video." People just like it. Within the next couple of years, video will account for 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic. It's definitely easier to grab great videos off the Internet to put on your website or blog than to make them. But is it legal? We looked into the rules about using videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, and Instagram.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 5, 2015

For over four hours earlier this week, I went for a nice little jog on the streets of Lincoln, Neb. I had plenty of time to think during the 26.2-mile jaunt, and I tried to think about as many things as possible to distract myself from the muscle cramps and physical fatigue. Naturally, my mind drifted to life at Nonprofit Hub and my own experiences with nonprofits and how they related to my training and the race itself.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

The Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) at TechSoup is now offering refurbished desktops, laptops, and tablets, including MacBooks from Apple and Latitude E6400 laptops and OptiPlex 980 desktops from Dell. New Laptops. PCRR has added two refurbished laptops to our catalog (Condition B means that the computer may have cosmetic defects that do not affect its operability): Dell Latitude E6400.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2015

As a fundraiser, you are well aware of your internal program’s performance metrics. Changes in average gift sizes, donor retention rates, and revenue can all be tracked back to changes in your campaign strategies. But are you also stepping back and looking at how larger, macroeconomic forces may affect your results? A variety of factors drive donors’ giving behavior, some related to your organizational decisions and some related to the world around you.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs. He inspired audible gasps when he quoted a shocking statistic from the Bridgespan Group—only 6% of nonprofits use their data to drive improvements in their work.

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AFP Blog

MAY 5, 2015

Software Eats the Nonprofit World - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : 'via Blog this'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2015

Today, Tom Rath , author of the incredibly popular, Strengthsfinder 2.0 book , releases his new book, Are You Fully Charged? The book draws on the latest and most practical research from business and psychology and identifies the three keys that influence most of our daily well-being, as well as our engagement at work : Meaning : doing something that benefits another person Interactions : creating far more positive than negative moments Energy : making choices that improve your mental and physic

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