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“Survey Says” VS. Research

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by both the contestants and the survey respondents. That’s because surveys are often not well-constructed; they only provide self-report data; and they often are only capturing data from one point in time. To create and launch a survey is relatively inexpensive in comparison to a multi-phase research study.

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Harnessing Office 365 to Send Every Child to Preschool

Tech Soup

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. They connect the team in Bucharest to this information in real time with the mobile app. After 10 years of work, it was clear that investing in early education was the most efficient method. Office 365 — Increasing Productivity with the Cloud.

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Harnessing Office 365 to Send Every Child to Preschool

Tech Soup

Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. They connect the team in Bucharest to this information in real time with the mobile app. After 10 years of work, it was clear that investing in early education was the most efficient method. Office 365 — Increasing Productivity with the Cloud.

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7 Things I learned About Social Media Powered Online Fundraising and A Big Heartfelt Thank You for #OceanLoveEarl

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With that said, it is difficult to make time for learning when you have a big, hairy to do list breathing facing you or in this case when grief is involved. With online contests or when there is a “matching grant,” I’ve been able to raise more, but I did not have one. Don’t Set Minimum Gift Levels Too Low.

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Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process. Did you do it in less time than any other fundraising effort? You raise $9,000?

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Eat, Shop, and then #GivingTuesday

Connection Cafe

Last year, Blackbaud saw a 53% increase on this day of giving in comparison from 2011. Encourage your current fundraising participants to push their efforts on #GivingTuesday by hosting a fundraising contest. A few days later, for the timid shopper, there is Cyber Monday offering can’t be missed online deals. Prepare Fundraisers.

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Online Collaboration: Taking Education to New Heights

Tech Soup

Born to a dysfunctional family, Pamela was raised by her grandmother, who taught her that "no time spent on a child is ever wasted." New Heights Educational Group was the second-place winner in TechSoup's January 2015 Remote Work Success Stories contest. Images: New Heights Educational Group. spanhidden.