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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes.

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5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor

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But you do have good critical thinking skills, and by getting answers to a few specific questions from your current or potential fund accounting vendor, you can better understand if their system will help your organization grow—or hold you back. Bonus question: what percentage of the organizations you work with are tax-exempt?

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Case Study: How Digital Sales and Marketing Agency IMPACT Empowered Their HubSpot Customers with an Interactive Virtual Event

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IMPACT ultimately decided to host an interactive virtual event for their customers called HubSpot Training Day. After evaluating several platforms, Accelevents checked all of the boxes and IMPACT was particularly impressed with the simulive capabilities. . 1:1 attendee communication and networking within smaller groups.

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How to Decide Which Fundraising Software Your Nonprofit Should Use

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Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? How long is the onboarding process? 2) Training. 3) Support.

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What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

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As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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Nonprofit Technology Assessment: Evaluate Your Tech

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At this point, the question isn’t whether to use tech but whether your tech stack is configured in a way that positions your organization for success. A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. Prepare questions for your consulting team. Step Two: Analysis & Strategy.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Online Interaction Tools To Engage Your Audience in the Room and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. My instructional needs were simple: Question/Answer back channel where participants in the room or faraway could post questions.