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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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Seven Ways to Improve Engagement With Your Nonprofit Financial Reports

BoardAssist

A dimensional chart of accounts structure creates a separate field in your database for each bit of expense information rather than cramming all the information into one account code field. Dimensions also enable your accounting software to run faster by streamlining the chart of accounts. That sounds great, right?

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ROI: What are the best "I" words for nonprofits to think about Social Media and ROI?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. And, as stubborn as it sounds Mr. CEO, you don’t get money out of a conversation.".

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The Diversity Question in the Arts Blogosphere

Museum 2.0

A rare blog post that combines personal narrative with statistical charts. I truly wish I could have attended Facing Race , which sounded like a completely awesome and transformative event this past fall in Baltimore. You should go and tell us all about it.

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Social Media Case Study Slam Panel at NTC 08: Danielle Brigida, NWF - A Case Study on Traffic

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The green represents the views directly coming from dig. Slide 11: This chart further explains digg's impact. Slide 12: I know I was just making it sound easy, but dig takes time. This is a chart of how many digs I got when I started in November. You can see the bump in the graph???our our blog wasn't used to this.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

Aaron: Sounds great. Aaron: Yeah, sounds good, Brian. You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. As he’s entering the last day of this major event, it’s their biggest thing they do every year, he’s in the green room before anybody shows up, curled up in a ball. Take it away my friends.

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

Bloomerang

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. I’m going to start sipping my green tea, like you said. I know that thank you calls sound time intensive. They sound scary, because who wants to talk to someone? So one of the charts is individual giving by category. Steven: Yes.

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