Sat.May 25, 2019 - Fri.May 31, 2019

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Blockchain Technology: What Is It and How Is It Relevant for Nonprofits?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Paul Lamb , Principal at Man On A Mission Consulting , has over 25 years of experience in business, nonprofit management, technology, and public policy. We’ve all heard about blockchain, or at least its most famous application – bitcoin. But what exactly is blockchain it and how is it relevant for nonprofits? Blockchain Simplified. At its core blockchain is a database technology.

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Google for Nonprofits: The Basics – What You Need to Know

The Nerdy NonProfit

If you’re going to start a business, Google is a must-have for all of your needs. It’s especially beneficial for nonprofits, not only for its free office suite but also for the many advertising and marketing options it offers. Recognizing this value, Google launched Google for Nonprofits , an offering that helps some not-for-profit organizations by providing them with free premium services.

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49 Free Nonprofit Webinars for June 2019

Wild Apricot

Here are all the free nonprofit webinars happening in June 2019 that the internet has to offer.

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Giving Days: How We Helped Raise Nearly $40,000 For A Local Nonprofit

Achieve

This post originally appeared on. Nonprofits First. by Charlotte Gill. The recent Great Give was a boon for. The Guatemalan-Maya Center. (a nonprofit member at Nonprofits First), which brought in. nearly $40,000 during the one-day fundraising event. . The organization worked with the marketing company Achieve (an affiliate member at Nonprofits First) in raising the money through social media, e-blasts, and a string of volunteers.

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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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Diversity is Half-Baked Without Inclusion

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by JeKaren Olaoya Spring 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Have you ever gone through the process of baking a cake from scratch? Pulling out all the ingredients, measuring everything, mixing, scraping the sides of the bowl, mixing again? Pouring the batter into the pan, sliding it into the oven and then just when it begins to rise a little, pull it out of the oven?

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How to Know When to Dissolve Your Organization

NonProfit Hub

It’s never fun to think about the worst-case scenario. And if things are going well for your organization, it might seem to make little sense to do so. Often it’s clear when to dissolve, but other times the warning signs are more subtle. Here are some questions you should ask yourself if you think your organization might be in a pinch. And hey, having to dissolve your organization isn’t the most awful thing in the world.

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How Learning Management Systems for Banking & Finance Industry Combat Training Challenges

Gyrus

A country’s economy is largely based on its banking & finance industry. It is not just the most competitive industry in the global business world, but also a specialized field where there is no room for even the slightest of errors. This can make it very difficult to survive, however, if you have a well-trained team, you can be more certain that success is not a difficult task.

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How To Keep Innovating

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I found this advice from Ken Goldstein (from his book, Endless Encores ) particularly helpful. He says: "You have to be innovating all the time. The only sure path to a limited repertoire is not to push yourself beyond the familiar. Your range is only gated by your courage to pursue the unknown, despite the doubters who relish the false safety of narrowing your path.

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Social Media Engagement: A How-To Guide

NonProfit Hub

With so much content being published on the internet every second, it can feel like no one is really listening. You post online, but not many people are interacting and responding to it. By changing how you approach your social media presence, you can create ways to ramp up your social media engagement. Top priority: content. The quality of your content should be the first thing you consider.

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Why Tons Of Booster Clubs User This #1 Booster Club Management Software (With Examples!)

Wild Apricot

If you want to spend more time with your kids and less time in the office managing your booster club, Booster Club Management Software may be for you.

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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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Livestream Fundraising 101: What is Livestream Fundraising?

Connection Cafe

There has been a lot of buzz lately around “livestream fundraising” but what exactly does that phrase mean? Let’s start at its root… Livestream. According to Webster’s Dictionary the term livestream is defined as to transmit or view live video and audio coverage of a person or event over the Internet. Some of the most popular streaming sites are Twitch, Mixer, Facebook Live and YouTube. .

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How To Embrace Failure As A Way To Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“On the path to success, we trip and lose our footing from time to time. But stumbling and even falling is the best way to learn from mistakes and is critical to achieving goals,” says Bill Wooditch, author of the book, Fail More:Embrace, Learn, And, Adapt to Failure As A Way To Success. “We all fail. It’s a part of business, and it’s a part of life,” explains Wooditch.

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[PODCAST] Hub Radio with Chad Williams

NonProfit Hub

This podcast is sponsored by Journity. Nonprofit Hub is excited to announce Hub Radio, our new Hubcast series aimed at covering the ins and outs of nonprofit management in a holistic way. Each episode will feature a different guest with a different expertise, in hopes of providing a topic-by-topic look at the nonprofit sector. In this episode of Hub Radio, host Randy Hawthorne is joined by Chad Williams, CEO of Five Q , a software and services company that builds products for nonprofits to bolst

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Plan And Prepare For Certain Moments To Create A High-Performance Culture

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In his book, The Responsible Leader , Tim Richardson explains that to create a high-performance culture , you need to plan and prepare for the following moments to ensure the conversations surrounding them are both meaningful and intentional: recruitment and induction of new team members performance management discussions promotion interviews and talent management discussions coaching discussions customer sales presentations handling customer complaints and problems briefings to the press, analy

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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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3 Steps for a Successful Day of Skilled Volunteer Service

Connection Cafe

Many of the companies we work with at Common Impact host a “day of service” as a way to give back to their local communities. Days of service are one of the most popular corporate volunteer programs. In fact, the latest edition of the CECP Giving In Numbers reports that more than 77% of US companies offer this type of opportunity to employees. While most days of service engage volunteers in projects like building a home, cleaning a local park or packing groceries at a food bank, a skills-based v

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Digital Transformation: Tips for Moving Your Social Good Organization into the Future

Connection Cafe

Many of us remember going to the video store to rent a movie. How about the calculator that used to sit in the junk drawer in your kitchen? (Everybody has one of those drawers, right?) How about getting directions from a friend for driving to a new place or printing them out from MapQuest? All of these are now apps on your phone and represent a small way digital transformation has impacted our day to day lives.

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 100: Driving Business Performance with Digital Transformation

Connection Cafe

Digital transformation may sound like a buzzword, but the reality is that it fundamentally changes the way organizations operate and innovate. Special guest Mike Gianoni, president & CEO of Blackbaud, joins us for our 100 th episode to explore the topic of digital transformation and how it drives business performance. Listen in to hear what Mike has to say about how technology has changed the way organizations run over the past few decades, why successful digital transformation requires more

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Learning To Lead

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Inspiring, humbling, motivating and instructional is how I describe the new leadership book by Ron Williams , called, Learning To Lead: The Journey To Leading Yourself, Leading Others, And, Leading An Organization. Williams tells his career journey from washing cars to reviving one of the nation’s largest health insurers, where as the former CEO he transformed Aetna from a $292 million operating loss into $2 billion in annual earnings.

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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.