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Fire Up Your Board to Embrace Digital Fundraising

Kindful

Digital trends have offered innovative strategies to facilitate list building, accept seamless mobile donations, and connect with donors in meaningful ways that synchronize their interests and passions. It also enables nonprofits to create awe-inspiring, memorable activities and lively events.

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Mind-Melding Online

Connection Cafe

Author: One of my favorite science/interests stories in the news recently was a report published in late July by Science Magazine about how researchers have found that the brain of speakers and listeners become synchronized as they talk. The study called this "neural coupling" and claimed that the process is key to effective communication.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye. So, I read it with this question in mind: What techniques can be applied or adapted to Second Life facilitation or virtual world interface facilitation? Technorati Tags: VECoP

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3 Steps to Write a Stellar Nonprofit Development Plan

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With these ideas in mind, take a look at your organization’s development plan and search for any room for potential improvement. Once you realize what your goals are and what steps need to be taken in order to reach them, a calendar becomes an absolute necessity when planning those goals in a clear-minded manner.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Nonprofit Technology

Everyaction

Here are three things to keep in mind to put you on track toward finding the best option for your organization. For instance, fundraisers should be able to see which donors are also engaged members of the email list or active volunteers, allowing them to build more personal and informed relationships.

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Are You Ready to DIY Office 365?

Tech Soup

Keep in mind that moving to Office 365 will require a great deal of research and planning -- even if you end up doing all the work yourself. Directory Synchronization requires an extra server, keeping your exchange server around indefinitely, and possibly changing how you end up migrating your email, calendars, and contacts to Office 365.

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Making Facebook Groups Rock for Nonprofits – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Facebook groups mostly function asynchronously, but a synchronous activity now and again can really rally the troops. Bear in mind – events can be great, but tend to get lost in the new Facebook layout. What else can you learn about your members through their activity? Group chat. Timing is key. What do they care about?

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