NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That is the world nonprofits using large data platforms exist within, and it’s taking up needless time, money, and effort to maintain. Imagine a world where a service agency worked only with community members who agreed to access it alone and wouldn’t refer them to other organizations to meet additional needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing. Building a website can be costly and time-consuming. It serves as the reference point to settle disputes, avoid “ scope creep ,” and judge the usefulness of ideas.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Easy Unsubscription Process: To enhance user control, Gmail now mandates that large senders facilitate easy unsubscription for recipients. Nonprofits must enable a one-click unsubscribe option for commercial emails and process unsubscription requests within two days.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The Great Resignation was a long time in the making. As a result, t he average office worker checks their email more than 74 times a day. But technology doesn’t have to be part of the problem; advanced digital technology like “smart tech” can be part of the solution. . We call this benefit t he “dividend of time.”

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Naturally, it will take a lot of time, training, and labor to get it up and running, but once it is all configured, it will solve all your problems.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

With Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) services, you can upgrade video streaming technology simply and effortlessly. . RTMP, which stands for Real-Time Messaging Protocol , is a type of video encoding that makes live streaming possible. It is now referred to as RTMP ingest. What is RTMP?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

Strengths like persuasion, problem solving, and persistence come to mind quickly. Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Here are 10 issues around fundraising ethics from my time leading advancement programs for higher learning institutions.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2022

Commonly seen when referring to professions (e.g. Meaning: Refer to the person over the condition. Jargon refers to terms that are specific and meaningful in a certain context, but cross-referencing both words and topics from more general categories may lead to misuse. Theme: Put People First.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Now that you’ve prepared for your search, it’s time to dive into the search and selection process. Did any limitations come to light during this part of the process? Consider your time and capacity as you set clear goals for the candidate search, selection, and interview process. You can read part one here.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 1, 2019

Perhaps you’ve outgrown Excel and that’s why you’re looking to invest in new donor management software, or perhaps you’re wanting your nonprofit to grow through improved organizational processes and boosted fundraising efforts , but your current system just isn’t cutting it. A constituent timeline to show your donors’ engagement over time.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For instance, if you use Blackbaud as a CRM provider, you may review their partner network , define how your system will connect with various partners, and explore the data migration process. These resources can serve as quick references and reinforce what they’ve learned during training sessions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Or, perhaps you are aware of a new/different process or product that you believe will move your organization forward, even if the way things are isn’t horrible. If you company is experiencing a constant or newly presented problem, a change will need to be made. Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you still can’t figure something out, then there is also a quick and helpful support chat or phone line to call and talk to a representative, who can guide you through even the most complex problems. This eliminates the hesitation for many guests to enter, as it is an easy and streamlined process. The short answer to that is no.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

It can take several months to a full year to complete each step of the startup process, which we’ll cover in the next section. Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As you design events for the year ahead, now is the time to embrace a new paradigm in your planning. Learn more on how to transform your approach to events–and your organization’s approach to fundraising in the process–through the excerpt below. Rather than asking “How do we get them to give more money?” Iteration is innovation.

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TechImpact

MARCH 26, 2014

If someone has landed on your donation page, chances are good they’ve been referred there from another source, and are already interested in donating to your nonprofit. If your donation page is mired in content, wordy, and unintuitive, it might be time to revisit your page and decide trim the fat. Easy is better.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Without a handbook, volunteers may feel disconnected and unsure of their role and responsibilities because once training is over, there are no materials for them to reference later. You also need a targeted recruiting process, an onboarding process, an orientation, volunteer management practices, and volunteer recognition.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Next, you can ask how long the estate administrator expects the process of settling the estate to take and when your organization can expect to receive the gift. . When the gift takes the form of a “pay-on-death” beneficiary designation from a financial account or life insurance policy , the process is more straightforward and immediate.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Unfortunately, it’s true … and the only way to combat the problem is examine what’s in your data management plan. The problem that every nonprofit faces, however, is that all data degrades, and donor data degrades faster than most. The term “ data degradation ” refers to the worsening of data quality over time.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Using your financials as an indicator of success perfectly all right—but there’s a problem here: If you’re only taking into account how much you raised overall or how much you raised from individual giving, grants, or corporate giving, you’re missing the big picture—and that could really mess you up. How much did you raise?

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Donor acquisition is the process of attracting new supporters and convincing them to donate to your cause through marketing efforts. Donor acquisition refers to how many new donors your nonprofit can attract within a given timeframe. The steps in this process will look different from nonprofit to nonprofit. Learn More!

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Refers to data sets so large and complex that traditional database tools are not able to manage or process the data. Growth in big data and its related needs/problems has fueled growth in the discipline of data science. Refers to the worsening of data quality over time. Big data – [big DAY-tuh], noun.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Not having the time. Too many manual processes to get what you need. What does X process cost us every month? Using those guiding questions you are hoping to answer, you’ll first work to first pull the relevant data points out of the data sources you have, that’s what’s referred to as extracting. Too many tools to manage.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). Are there easily understandable reference materials (preferably online, in plain language) to help refresh memories?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Reference thought leaders and influencers. Once you’ve determined your organization’s tone of voice, it’s time to implement the principles of nonprofit storytelling. Rising action and climax: This is where you’ll explain how your nonprofit has worked to solve the problem at hand. Reference thought leaders and influencers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

It is certainly an exciting time at your office. If this sounds like you, maybe it’s time you implement a donor management system, or DMS. Fundraising intelligence is the processes and systems which provide nonprofits with information on the affinity, capacity, and inclination of prospective and current donors.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As you design events for the year ahead, now is the time to embrace a new paradigm in your planning. Learn more on how to transform your approach to events–and your organization’s approach to fundraising in the process–through the excerpt below. Rather than asking “How do we get them to give more money?” Iteration is innovation.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Looking outside our typical field of vision for new ideas is a natural part of our process, as it is for most creative folks. Every once in a while though, we stumble across a resource or reference from inside our very own wheelhouse. . Creative-problem solving on a small budget.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

The social sector in Brazil is locally referred to as the “private social investment” sector and it consists of over 815,000 nonprofit organizations, as well as institutional donors. On the donor side, it is dominated by corporate investors who largely execute their own projects rather than administer grants.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Essentially with a software-defined data center (SDDC), you are able to pool resources, and allocate them as necessary, automate processes, and all around boost productivity on the internet. If your nonprofit hasn’t upgraded their Wi-Fi, it might be time to look into. What happens when there’s a problem with someone’s hardware?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. She is now working the field of Artificial Intelligence, working AI-based solutions to planetary-scale problems. But now, AI can analyze many more scans in less time with a great deal of precision.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Wait, when is this AI going to start saving me time? However, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s time to reevaluate and update our productivity strategies. Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

Reference their past support when reaching out and ask them to give to the same program or similar programs as the ones they’ve supported previously. Problem-oriented messaging. Instead, there needs to be a problem that needs solving, and donations must be the key to providing that solution. will help solve the problem.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 29, 2021

This is not the time to cower or take low. Now more than ever, it is time to check ourselves, and even nonprofit boards. Be transparent and inform the entire board and staff that a conflict resolution process is being initiated. . Again, when the nonprofit board becomes disabled due to a conflict, it is time to act.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

For example…” What was interesting is that after they made these types of statements, what they all went on to share about how they granted funds, vetted applications, organized their boards, and the process by which they evaluated their grantee partners was very, very similar. We have an empathy deficit as a nation.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

This foundational knowledge may at times feel simple, but it’s best to make sure you have a rock solid understanding of nonprofit consulting practices before entering into conversations with potential partners. What you need a consultant for Before reaching out to a consultant, take the time to do an internal assessment of your nonprofit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Over time, I realized that the same characteristics that distinguish the best football teams are also required to succeed in business,” shares Mayberry. This isn't a mandate or form of micromanagement that I'm referring to, but rather being extremely clear about what's important from the start and then shifting to explaining why.

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