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Choosing a Marketing Automation Application for Your Nonprofit: 5 Steps to Success

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you’re just looking for simple newsletter sends and database management, you might need one thing. 4) Evaluate your team’s capabilities As often as not, nonprofits overbuy when it comes to their marketing application. When choosing an application, you can’t just evaluate your needs and the tool’s functions.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them? And, don’t rely on information that’s several years old.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

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Evaluate Post Audit and Strive for Continuous Improvement Once your audit is complete, your nonprofit should conduct a post-audit evaluation both internally and with their auditors. As part of this evaluation, review and discuss at length the management letter issued by the audit firm, both internally and with the audit firm.

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How to Plan Virtual Fundraising Events

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How should you evaluate the technology requirements? or subscribe to our monthly newsletter, Connect. This guide is designed with nonprofit staff in mind, especially those planning a virtual fundraising event for the first time. Download now to learn: What type of event should you organize? To download this report, either log in ….

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Creating Your Own Lens: 4 Tips for Evaluating Fundraising Advice

Connection Cafe

If you’re like me, you probably receive a number of e-newsletters related to fundraising , as well as a print publication or two. Rather than ignore all advice or grow frustrated by the differing opinions, keep reading — it expands your mind—but create your own lens for evaluating advice. Evaluate it. Were they hands’ on?

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. Don’t limit announcements to your website or a newsletter. Beyond personal enthusiasm and professional recognition, volunteer leaders don’t have many concrete incentives to excel. Except for officers, most don’t receive financial compensation.

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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

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This can include bringing in a national speaker to train nonprofits, investing in leadership development programs, or providing technical assistance via a set number of consulting hours to support strategic planning and evaluation. By investing in community leadership, foundations pave the way for a more equitable and thriving society.

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