Byte Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2015

For non-profits, there’s little doubt that having a fun, informative and attractive Facebook page can really boost supporter engagement and enhance an organization’s visibility. Unfortunately, with the exception of a small handful of groups, the social media giant hasn’t yet invested the time and money necessary to allow for a digital payment system directly from their site as the process of validating the millions of non-profits worldwide is seriously daunting.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Half of all nonprofit CEOs intend to leave their posts within the next five years, yet only one-third of nonprofit boards have an executive succession plan. Does your board have one? As many boards are not ready for a CEO departure, we asked our friends at BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, for their advice on how to be ready.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In a few months I'll post my top (favorite) books for leaders that were published in this year. In the meantime, here again is my list of my eight favorites from the year 2013. In no particular order, these are my picks -- each provides timely, practical and valuable tips, techniques and tools for how to become a more effective leader. You'll find among the books useful information about: communicating more effectively the power of story telling creating an ethical workplace culture increasing r

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Check out all of the recent additions to our collection of refurbished laptops in the Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) program. Laptops from InterConnection. We've just added refurbished laptops from Lenovo and Dell to our catalog thanks to our refurbisher partner InterConnection. Lenovo ThinkPad T420, $299.00 admin fee. Dell Latitude E6410, $375.00 admin fee.

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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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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Video: Facebook Says Thank You to Its Users for Donating Millions During Nepal Earthquake - India Real Time - WSJ : "Six months on, funds worth more than $15 million have been raised through the feature, according to the social-media company, and on Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a video chronicling how the money had been spent, from distribution of medicines to providing reproductive health services and surgical care.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Consider this: in a single day, more than 10,871 requests for help from domestic violence survivors go unmet nationwide. The majority (56 percent) of those unmet requests are for safe housing, largely because of a lack of appropriate shelter. Where Do Survivors Go When the Shelter Is Full? The reality is that shelters are often full or unavailable to survivors of domestic violence.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Our fight against human trafficking is one of the great human rights causes of our time. These were the words President Barack Obama used in his speech to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in the fall of 2012. His speech would be the first speech entirely dedicated to the issue of slavery given by a major world leader since Abraham Lincoln. Wow. Not only was President Obama’s speech a major milestone for the 36 million people in slavery today, the human rights community, and countless others,

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