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Resources to Guide Arts and Cultural Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As an arts and cultural organization, you are among the most trusted sources of information in today’s world. Take this opportunity to be a source of truth and point your community to the guidance provided by Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). . If this is the case, be honest about it.

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Summer Cleaning: A Data Hygiene Checklist Any Nonprofit Can Reference!

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The first step we recommend is doing a free Data Health Check. This gives you high level information to find out what is incomplete, outdated, or missing from your database. Ah… the fresh scent of a clean and healthy database!

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

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They were also involved in a chorus called the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC, as we referred to it for the next 25 years). As I was discussing fundraising and membership with a coworker, I realized that my emotional connection to one particular type of organization created a foundation on which I base my giving. Can’t think of any?

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6 Tips for Managing a Virtual Workforce

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If you are like me, the COVID-19/coronavirus experience has taught you a new term: social distancing, which refers to actions that limit interactions with others in order to slow down the spread of a virus (the CDC refers to these as community mitigation strategies ). Reinforce the organization ’ s vision and collective goals.

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4 Free Professional Development Opportunities You Might Not Be Thinking About

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However, with just a little extra effort you could be finding opportunities that help you advance your skills and position you as a thought leader in your field, whether that is fundraising, grantmaking, accounting, monitoring & evaluation , communications or one of the many other roles that make social good organizations successful. .

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 174: End-of-Year Fundraising Myths

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End-of-year fundraising is always important, and this year it has added importance with organizations needing to make up potential COVID-19 related shortfalls. Don’t be afraid to make direct references, but still respect all religions and secular celebrations.”. Listen Now: Resources: Michael Johnston. End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit.

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Credit Payment Security – PCI P2PE and EMV E2EE Explained

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In today’s digital world, payment processing security is increasingly important for arts and cultural organizations to prevent hacks and protect sensitive patron data. E2EE refers to end-to-end encryption. In this blog post, we’ll examine the security standards PCI P2PE and EMV E2EE. What is PCI P2PE? What is EMV E2EE?

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