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How Do I Say It With Charts?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Juice Lab Chart Chooser. Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. The six steps: Step 1: Which Chart is Best? Step 6: Annotate.

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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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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

Investing in a fund accounting software simplifies processes and reporting, making it easy to avoid potential pitfalls. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). How to Avoid: Implement a routine process for comparing financial figures across months.

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. foundations in a given year (see chart below). In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. Pledges are excluded.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. Staff entered, cleaned, and coded this data using largely manual processes. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood!

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. Plus, they have no process for handing expense reimbursements or reconciling bank statements. A simple report with a pie chart can easily show you that.

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

Bloomerang

Ground Rules “It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group. Even using charts and graphs can help a lot.