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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

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For example, if someone might be in a worried state while browsing your site, intense colors like red or orange won’t help them; it would be better to choose calming colors like blues and greens. In practice: 1) The Brain Donor Project. Most people probably have never thought about donating their brains to science.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The event, which was exclusive to.orgCommunity VIP members , took place on March 2 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Arlington Heights. The World Café Format To maximize the brain power of our.orgCommunity professionals and to allow for a robust exchange of ideas, Sharon facilitated this conversation in a World Café format.

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

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You can communicate through Trello, which reduces email correspondence and keeps conversations in a central place. With Dropbox you create a folder system that keeps every document in its place. Microsoft Teams: Email has its place, but using email for every communication with Board members, volunteers, and staff is inefficient.

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Answer these 6 questions to frame your fundraising plan structure

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If you have a donor management system, such as Bloomerang or Little Green Light , you can easily pull a list of donors and prospects. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. “Who will we ask for money?”. Be specific here. If you don’t have a system, make that a priority for this year!

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5 Have Fun, Do Good Letter Writing Ideas

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They have all kinds: cards that go in your printer, cards you can paint on with watercolors, photo frame cards, and "green" cards made of hemp, bamboo and recycled fiber. Jennifer Lee has a wonderful post up on the Right Brain Business Plan blog about writing a letter to your future self as part of a creative goal setting ritual.

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Favorite Have Fun Do Good Books of 2009

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I also recommend listening to a podcast interview with Safran Foer on Vegan.com The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Van Jones was talking about "green jobs" way before it became a buzzword. How can they incorporate making the world a better place into their day to day lives?"

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10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

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My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Get more greens. That’s the nature of our work and usually what fuels us to get into the nonprofit sector in the first place. Take time for lunch. People watch.