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Useful Tips & Resources for Your Nonprofit’s Annual Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even though nonprofit organizations aren’t required by law to publish annual reports, most nonprofit leaders recognize the value annual reports can provide. Samples of Annual Reports for Nonprofits. Nonprofit managers working on annual reports most frequently ask these five questions. About the Author.

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Community Building begins with Community Organizing

Amy Sample Ward

But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. Leverage the power of the online communities and networks, such as with Tweetsgiving. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Transparency. Cultivate Leaders. Resources & Links.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. You might also seek individuals with a variety of valuable connections within the community and the ability to network to help your nonprofit earn greater community support.

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Great reads from around the web on October 14th

Amy Sample Ward

– Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Social networking has forced nonprofits to be comfortable with two-way communications, transparency, and adapting to short social conversations using limited character counts. has been seized by the Libyan government for failure to comply with Islamic law.

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

Tech Soup

owner or manager (you) of a network, website or large IT system that. restricts the ways in which the network, website or system may be used. to or accessing the network. connected to the network. The level of privacy a user should expect when accessing or while connected to the network. across your network.

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Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. We really can’t draw any conclusions from this – the sample size was small, and, as I mentioned, not representative of the sector.

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

The room was packed with enthusiastic participants and this post is designed to be shared with others who couldn’t attend in person, as well as to all those who did and asked to have resources to share with their networks. Using CDSI strategies and leveraging social media, you can harness the power of the network towards your mission.