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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. The SWOT analysis, which typically begins a planning process, makes you a prisoner of that crowded environment. But that’s where the comparisons to Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey end.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

In this post, I’ll guide you through five critical mistakes to watch out for in your Statement of Activities. Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Research funding. and Catherine T.

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Export Your Universal Analytics Data Before It’s Too Late

Forum One

By exporting data, users can maintain access to historical comparisons and enable future analysis. This guide will assist you in exploring the available options. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to effectively utilize this powerful resource: Open the Google Analytics Query Explorer at ga-dev-tools.google/query-explorer/.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

We’ve included their recommendations below, along with examples from the 2019 analysis of donors who use these tactics. . This has been a dominant trend in the past eight years of our analysis. Descriptive data improves the quality of the research and enables analysis that identifies gaps in funding and critical needs.

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A Consumer's Guide To Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I didn't have to look any further than the Idealware site and a recent report, " A Consumer's Guide To Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools " to get the answers. The report includes a summary of design principles, some common visual formats, as well as a review and comparison of free/low cost tools.

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Need to leave Common Ground? Analyze first. Then react.

Judi Sohn

When I met Ehren Foss and learned about his plans for a CloudFixer Analysis Tool for Common Ground , I jumped at the opportunity to help him. It’s not about price comparisons. It’s about really understanding what you have and how you’re using it and using that information to guide your next steps.

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