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New Year’s Resolution: Be Good To Your Data

Robert Weiner

My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization’s most important asset. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases.

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How to Create and Sell Branded Nonprofit Merchandise

Achieve

backpacks, and laptop stickers. It’s best to consult a graphic designer that specifically knows how nonprofits function. Once you have a few options for graphics and you need to choose between them, it’s time to consult the masses once more! coupon cards. ABC Fundraising’s list of fundraising ideas. Tying Up Loose Ends.

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How to Convert Your Nonprofit Website Visitor into a Donor

Get Fully Funded

The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Many of your visitors will find you on their mobile phone, not their laptop. I sure don’t!)

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I did at workshop for the Kellogg Action Lab College of Consultants. The participants were consultants who worked with nonprofits on organizational strategic planning, financial planning, evaluation, and other organizational capacity areas. Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How can the backchannel enhance our attentiveness and learning ? Olivia Mitchell 's guest post on Pistachio Consulting offers some good tips: 1. Can the backchannel evolve past " snarkiness on parade " or " complaint festival " to improve learning and networking in conference sessions?

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Getting Attention Blog hosted a Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic of Professional Development for nonprofit marketers. Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. " If you have project that you've been holding in your back pocket, consider adding it! Philthanthropy.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. Paul Lamb of Man on a Mission Consulting convened a great discussion in 2006 on Skoll World Forum on the state of nonprofits and NGOs in 2016. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet.

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