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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. By 2004 she had come back to her hometown of Baton Rouge and was working as a management consultant to a failing nonprofit. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck.

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How to build your Nonprofit’s Budget – Collaborate!

BoardAssist

That’s the advice we got from finance pro, Paul Konigstein, our guest blogger of the week. For more great advice from Paul, read on below. Environmental factors affect program delivery – Many nonprofits in the New York area experienced actual expenses less than budget in 2012 because programs were cancelled by Hurricane Sandy.

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Free Disaster Planning Webinar: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech

Tech Soup

What if it's not an actual disaster like a hurricane or flood, but a staff member simply loses or breaks a laptop carrying essential supporter data? They experienced a flood two years ago and she'll be offering advice for other nonprofits trying to plan ahead. Join me on Thursday, August 20 at 11 a.m.

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The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource

Tech Soup

Members can contact him directly to get answers on which technologies are useful for fundraising and reaching donors and several other things like when to use consultants. He says that his inspiration for doing this work came to him in wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when AFP needed to find additional ways to stay in touch with members.

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Conference Site Selection Tips

fusionSpan

Do your research and ask friends, members or board members for their advice on a certain city. Use your CVB but do not rely completely on them. Since it is their job to sell you their city, they may embellish or exaggerate or omit a few details. Most meeting attendees have come to expect free Wi-Fi, and will grumble if it’s not provided.

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10 Things to Know When Moving To A More ?Capable Software Platform

VisionLink

Hurricane Katrina was such an event for VisionLink, as was the more recent tornado through Joplin Missouri, which caused a 400% increase in system demand. Trusted Advice? Second, can the firm demonstrate that they can meet unexpected levels of peak demand? The exchange of ideas is always useful.

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

Two of my favorite people, Kari and Jackie, are joining us from the Nonprofit Consulting Shop. If you don’t know these two, like I said, Nonprofit Consulting Shop. So my background, just to tell you a little bit about my background, I am one of the co-founders of the Nonprofit Consulting Shop. Are you doing okay?

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