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#datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart.

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Pecha Kucha

NCE Social Media

How it differs from your traditional PowerPoint presentation is that the speaker uses 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide to speak. The slides are set up to auto-run so they advance automatically. Then after the 6:40 is up (20 slides x 20 seconds = 6 minutes 40 seconds) the presenter sits down. That’s it.

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

My slides covered the tools and apps for the back stage side of energizing your community. Since my slides are mostly screen shots, I’ve shared a bit of context below. Some things I recommend watching for: Don’t only pay attention to what people are doing on your site, but watch where traffic is coming from!

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. Pay close attention to this because it is likely that you will lose your audience’s attention at the same moments. A slightly elevated energy level.

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How to Prepare Donor Data Reports for Your Board Members

Bloomerang

Doing so can be as simple as sharing a chart with these metrics from the past year: Total dollars raised: overall dollars acquired through fundraising initiatives. This breakdown will help board members grasp where you’re experiencing growth and what efforts you can divert attention away from. Predictive analytics.

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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Understanding what holds people’s attention or breaks it can make the difference between delivering a session that is valuable or a waste of time.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. I think people are more likely to pay attention if they know that they might in the presentation. They brought along their chimes which are a great tool for getting people's attention when they are working in pairs or small groups. View more presentations from kanter. Photo by Nelson Layag.