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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Blue Ocean Strategy has the ring of a concept shaped by technology. 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. Technology has opened protected space.

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Nonprofit Marketing: How Technologies Will Change the Future

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Technologies like AI have dramatically altered the way nonprofit professionals at tech-savvy organizations work, and they have the potential to become a staple in the fundraising process. While AI and other modern nonprofit technologies have great potential, their effectiveness relies on the guidance of knowledgeable professionals.

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Bursting at the seams: Candid’s largest nonprofit compensation report yet  

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Candid’s team also added 21 new metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to the report this year to allow for greater geographic comparisons. Our data and technology teams at Candid acted quickly to process this massive influx of data to make it available in our offerings—like the report—that the sector relies on.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities. Skipping this analysis can lead to missed opportunities for adjustment and improvement, potentially causing long-term financial issues.

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

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Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. How to get started now.

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3 Steps to Finding the Right Technology Vendor for Your Nonprofit

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Because of these principles, the process of evaluating and deciding on investments such as technology tools can be difficult for many nonprofits, because it requires a complicated process of weighing short term costs with long term benefits, while keeping multiple stakeholders happy. Get it all in front of you.

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The Nonprofit Cloud: The Right Choice For Total Cost Of Ownership

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If you want to read more on how to calculate TCO, check out this awesome breakdown by Business Case Analysis. In the case of technology, and more specifically, on-premise hosting and computing options, the typical lifespan of a system is 3-5 years. Here, the total cost of ownership includes hardware, software, and migration costs.

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