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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

Continuous learning opportunities keep your knowledge base fresh and relevant. Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities. Invest in professional development for yourself and your accounting team.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

This has been a dominant trend in the past eight years of our analysis. Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S. Local knowledge is crucial, as is trusting the expertise of affected communities. Institutional disaster philanthropy may be small in comparison to government funding. and internationally.

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Fundraising Planning Guide, Calendar, Worksheet, + Template

CauseVox

You should be armed with the knowledge of what worked and what didn’t work this year, and be forward-thinking in your approach to create an attainable, yet ambitious plan. With this knowledge, you can begin creating a plan for the future. Study Past Fundraising Trends. Fundraising Calendar for 2021. Create A Path Forward.

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Analytics Dashboards: Which tool is Right For Your Nonprofit? 

Whole Whale

Look for a dashboard that doesn’t require any technical knowledge to set up and that comes with clear instructions on how to use it. Price: Starts at $9.99 – Pricing & Product Comparison | Microsoft Power BI. Data dashboards can help nonprofits identify trends and patterns in their data over time.

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Worst of Museums for this Decade

Museum 2.0

These two adages were both in my mind last week when I asked people for the worst museum trends. I wasn't surprised that the worst trends had much more pick up than best. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Technology was the number one worst trend in museums in people's comments.

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Matching Gift Resources by Provider | A Competitive Review

Nonprofits Source

One of the greatest challenges causing nonprofits and schools to fall short of their matching gift potential is a lack of knowledge surrounding the programs⁠—on the side of the donor and the fundraising workforce. In comparison with the other two vendors, Amply appears to own the lowest share of the matching gift technology market.

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Get Your Social Media Strategy in Shape With Spreadsheet Aerobics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then at the end of the month, allocate a half hour to look at the numbers for the month in comparison to other months – and look for insights and trends. For example, open-ended questions work, particularly those that allow people to share their knowledge or ones accompanying a good resource link.