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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. The photos are the centerpiece of NRDC’s handsome report, and they compel readers to read more about the programs and advocacy projects of NRDC in their effort to protect our planet.

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Board Diversity: Why and How You Should Diversify Your Board

Qgiv

What do your policies and practices look like? Disaggregate your board stats What skill sets and industries are missing? Once your board makes room for them, they will have different points of view and lived experiences to improve their engagement in strategic planning, fundraising, advocacy, and community involvement.

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The Nonprofit Email Newsletter How To

Pamela Grow

If yours is a social justice or advocacy organization, remember that I am not a policy wonk. Your stats and your assumption that I’ve read the amendment to HB 98542 only make my eyes glaze over. Steer clear of massive blocks of text, kill the jargon, and write simply — as if you are writing to a dear friend.

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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

particularly when it comes to quickly sharing links to blog posts, advocacy and fundraising campaign on social networks. Plus some of the tracking stats (number of clicks, referrer, locations) have been useful to nonprofits in helping to determine which links resonated with their constituents. which has some basic tracking stats.

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Affording and recognizing good research

Achieve

RAND Corporation, known for high-quality, objective research and analysis on issues at the top of the national and international policy agendas, shares its. Employment, volunteering, and revenue stats (may help with grant proposals and advocacy). Standards for High-Quality Research and Analysis. , Independent Sector.

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How Sticky is Facebook? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Take a look at the stats below.