Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

So how do you build a business case to get executive buy-in and board support for a new membership system? In fact, John Walker, an independent IT consultant with COTIQU Consulting in Australia, suggests associations should make two visits to the board: the first to present the business case and the second to discuss actual cost estimates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. The ability to drill down to underlying data in reports.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. For example, you may want to measure total visits, the number of proposals submitted, the dollars raised, and first-time or qualification visits. Set portfolio size and distribution standards to level the playing field across teams. Clarify roles and responsibilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week I attended a session with David La Piana , author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can create systemic processes to overcome that challenge across your entire team. The solution has built-in custom predictive modeling, including Expected Value Index (EVI) and Probability to Donate Index (PDI) models that are built from scratch for your specific organization. Peer Benchmarking.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. However, there is still a lot of confusion about what knowledge work is, what it is for, and how to do it.

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Forj

JUNE 1, 2021

There are many technology consultants who know associations. The whole model of these platforms has changed, in which there is a richer set of features available for configuration, as well as a new level of interoperability that allows users to do a lot more. DelCor has remained a leader in the association technology space for decades.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The interesting thing, too, is that their model is that they take a percentage of what you raise (5%.) That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. No setup fees or anything else. But, of course, as with anything, look (a lot) before you leap.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals. She really understood the organizations.

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fusionSpan

MAY 10, 2024

On April 30th, Rose Palipalli, Director of Consulting at fusionSpan, and Nicole Adair, Principal Solution Engineer at Salesforce, provided an in-depth look at the current and future capabilities of Nonprofit Cloud. Webinar Replay What is Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is. At Omidyar Network there’s been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m a social scientist by passion, but a fundraising consultant and executive by trade. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So here’s a model for how you can establish common ground. . So, yes, this podcast … this podcast, oh, man.

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People Community Video Podcast 81

Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals. Big Duck designed a new identity system and produced an amazing 37-page style guide that gives us direction on everything we’re doing.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Have you pulled a report from your constituent relationship management (CRM) system that lists all gifts over the last two years near or above your major donor threshold? AI-driven predictive modeling leverages donor data within your CRM to provide prescriptive target gift ranges. Innovations in analytics tools have come a long way.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades.

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Report Measure Process Impact 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

So how do we propose to pay for it? as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." The media here IS the service. And some background reading.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Data Warehouse Architect will serve as the technical lead for implementation projects. Guide the environment management plan and release strategies for projects, validating that the correct development environments, change controls, and deployment plans are in place.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I operate a grants and fundraising consulting business, and we support nonprofits all over the country, started off primarily with those in the DMV area but it’s expanded since then. So logic model, this is my tried and true. I love this logic model. Are you using an electronic or digital system? .

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

At a previous job, I suggested we move from using three Access databases and individual employees’ email programs and spreadsheets to a more robust, centralized, and informative cloud-based Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system. The majority of the rest of the employees took their cue from the top.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

There are quite a number of really good CMS systems (both open source and proprietary – I’d say there are a good solid dozen) that have large user bases, many developers and vendors who implement them, and their are lots of new modules and functionality being added every day. But, that was then, and this is now. 2 admin 02.20.08

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

But it’s quite possible that you can have freelancers or pro-bono consultants or other people help you by setting strategies, making plans, making calendars, writing or designing, even doing the analytics on your campaign. That what makes for a great partner is not necessarily understood in a proposal. So, yeah, I totally agree.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

The longer I consult with museums and cultural institutions, the more time I spend peering into people's eyes, wondering: do folks here feel able to innovate? Part of me wonders whether the organization was actually built to "sustain" anything (it may have been a deliberately unsustainable business model).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As Steve said, my name is Margit Brazda Poirier, and I’m owner and founder of Grants4Good, a grant consulting company that I started in 2009. But what if you’re looking for some new foundations or you heard of a foundation you really want to get in touch with and it says, “We do not accept unsolicited proposals”?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Are they coming back in supportive alignment with the program that you proposed? It also reduces the likelihood of losing your work if the funder’s system times out, or crashes, or malfunctions, or you lose your internet like I just did. I call this developing core narrative materials. Yeah, funders live in the real world.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It was an incredible testament to the commitment and dedication of the nonprofit sector to put words to action - identifying needs and proposing concrete solutions. Silo Busters - Adam Rasmussen Nonprofits hire separate consultants for operations initiatives. Looking for a business process/model for moving tech to each department.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

By Nathaniel James, Social Innovation Consultant. OPF is preparing to convert their model into a web platform where third parties can start their own 1% circles, which will diversify the geographic reach and problem focus of this model. They are young community builders, driven by a DIY ethic, and empowered by social media.

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Philanthropy Generation Chapter Grant 95

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The drone then drifts over the home of someone who has just logged onto the site Scale, which sources workers across the Middle East and Latin America to label images used to guide automated drones systems. Vendor management systems (VMSs) add a further layer of opacity to already murky chains of outsourcing.

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