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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions. Be sure to allow time for questions. What is your board’s financial IQ?

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

That’s a trick question—it’s not a matter of dollars, but of cents. For a more “apples to apples” funding comparison, we also examined foundation funding to higher education institutions with similar attributes to HBCUs along five key dimensions: size, geographic region, institution type, locale, and specialization.

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Seven Tips For Making Better Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Comparisons and analogies are powerful. Ask questions, such as, “What does what I’m sharing remind you of?” Use the questions to help your audience, smell, or sense what you’re describing. Gladieux , author of the new book, Communicate With Courage : Succinct stories that illicit emotional response are great hooks.

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How to Decide Which Fundraising Software Your Nonprofit Should Use

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. Virtual Conference/Meeting Software Comparison spreadsheet comparison of different platforms from Giving Tuesday. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators.

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How to Effectively Compare Data from Two Different Salesforce Systems

fusionSpan

The issue, however, is that data comparisons are tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming. The good news is that there are code packages specifically designed to handle data comparison. At fusionSpan, our analysts regularly use one of these packages to speed up data comparison, ensuring that the process is kept simple.

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Increasing efficiency in grant reporting

Candid

In comparison, project grants are more complicated to report on. Our approach to simplifying reporting Reporting templates often ask similar questions in slightly different ways. It also helps funders get a better sense of what their funding accomplished and how they are making an impact.

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