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Why Event Vendor Partnerships Matter

Greater Giving

Consider Past Performance Evaluate vendors based on their track record with similar events. Attend their events, sample their products or services, and gather as much information as possible to make informed decisions. This allows for a comprehensive comparison.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. private and community foundations. as measured by total giving.

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Fundraising Planning Guide, Calendar, Worksheet, + Template

CauseVox

Starting to fundraise without a plan is like building a house without a draft – you need a plan to know where you’re going, and to keep you on that track. The downloadable spreadsheet includes a sample, along with a blank template for you to use for your own plan. Create A Path Forward.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems. We’re so busy doing the work that we forget to stop, track what we’re doing, and share it with others so that they can engage in the organization. So how do we know what to track?

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Wrangling your RSS Feeds by Amy Sample Ward 4. Set up your Listening Radar and Response System Your radar will have different components: Ego Feeds: Search on your organization's name, url, or other specific identifier. Here's a few: Bloglines.

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. While both are important to track and identify, your executive director is probably most interested in the tangible benefits. Track Your Time. Two years ago, I started to use my kids timeout timer to keep on track with my social media work.

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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement

NTEN

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. By comparison, when Epic Change launched the original TweetsGiving in 2008 - when Stacey herself had far fewer followers & the Twitter ecosystem itself was exponentially smaller – the campaign generated over 3,000 tweets in just 48 hours. Epic Change is no different.