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How Investing In Ongoing Nonprofit Professional Development Keeps Fundraisers On The Ball And Ahead Of The Game

Kindful

Mercedes Brown, the manager of individual giving at Dallas Theater Center in Texas, was anxious to start a recurring gift program at the organization. Investing in ongoing professional education for fundraisers and nonprofit leadership can keep you on top of your game by helping you to: Stay abreast of the latest trends in technology.

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Revenue Grows for Faith-based Organizations

Connection Cafe

Rick Dunham, president and CEO of Dunham+Company, a Dallas-based consulting firm that works with faith-based organizations, says giving to his clients is up, with growth ranging from a few percentage points to 10 percent or more. Analytics Donor Strategy Blackbaud Index faith-based fundraising industry trends'

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The Next Generation of Major Donors to Museums: Interview with David Gelles

Museum 2.0

He is the son of Bonnie Pitman , an extraordinary museum leader and educator who has served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and as a board member for AAM. There are a couple of key demographic trends that impact this. We first met in Washington DC through a mix of social and professional circles.

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No real hard data in them though, more trend/zeitgeist-type analysis. These blogs - many of which launched in the past year, although a few are older - have become places where people of color gather to refine ideas or form thoughts about race relations, racial inequities, and the role pop culture has in exacerbating stereotypes.

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The Dallas Museum of Art Took a Major Risk, and The Outcome Has Been Remarkable.

Connection Cafe

By Jen Leavitt, Arts and Cultural Consultant. . About a year ago, the Dallas Museum of Art did something truly innovative. Dallas Museum of Art has taken the concept of website and email marketing metrics and made them analogue. They made admissions and memberships totally free. How did they pull it off?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The purpose of the Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium is to highlight current best practices, lessons learned from the field, and trends in effective nonprofit and philanthropic board leadership, as well as board recruitment and retention. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. The Learning Conference 2019.

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

Top Nonprofits

Beers reviews Five Compensation Trends to Watch into 2021 and Sandie Bateman, MBA, CPTD tackles Challenges to Leadership Effectiveness. It can be at the least divisive, and at the most, disruptive and damaging to the culture, production, public relations, and financial well-being of an organization.