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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Planning and Implementation

Tech Soup

"Begin with the end in mind" when implementing a new accounting system. "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. What does the nonprofit's chart of accounts currently look like? Does the chart use account names that are understandable to all readers?

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

Sometimes they are huge, like switching CRM systems or restructuring your organizational chart. Once in the panic zone, changes become very hard to navigate as our body goes into a maximum stress mode, our emotions get elevated, and our brains shut down and become closed off to solutions and suggestions. Implement the solution.

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Communicating the results. Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

We’re a donor database. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . If you don’t believe that phone calls make a difference, that story should change your mind. . So one of the charts is individual giving by category. That’s what Bloomerang is. Visit our website.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

You can watch all kinds of videos, see what we’re all about, especially if maybe you’re shopping for a new database here in the near future. I’ve actually worked with some clients who have said, “Well, when we get our magical database, don’t say it. Everybody needs a database. So system does X.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. It’s how my brain works. And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. Is it the donor database? We do oftentimes rely on databases.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

But if you never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are also a provider of donor database software. That’s what we are, Bloomerang’s a donor database. And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. So, Claire, I will pipe down here. Here we go. there we go.

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