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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

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Bennington College 300+ annual work hours saved automating gift notifications and documentation Preble Street 500+ annual work hours saved automating gift reporting and documentation Make Room for Collaboration Fundraisers are collaborative by nature. Automation can be an easy fix, especially for smaller gifts.

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Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Enough that I could understand the language, but where the speakers were new and I was drawing parallels to my own work rather than knowing the script by heart. Two of the most common complaints in the non-profit world: why don’t funders collaborate with each other and why don’t non-profits work together better?

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How To Create Explainer Videos That Donors Will Love

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For that, you can use meaningful animation, unexpected script turns ( narrative ), and adequate characterization. It’s not the same thing to bring awareness to climate change as to be working to provide shelter for the homeless. People willing to collaborate share a sense of generosity and empathy.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Collaborating. I wasn't as smooth as I would have liked swtiching between my "scripted" remarks and incorporating people's questions in the chat line. I told Marnie's story about the Northern CA Homeless Group story and someone pointed out that the homeless photo I used was from Washington, DC. Interactive.

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10 Things to Know When Moving To A More ?Capable Software Platform

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Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using this open source collaborative platform, the Manhattan-based nonprofit has so far engaged more than 600 communities in 55 countries in creating citizen maps to catalyze new environmental projects, large and small. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.