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A Billion + Change = Shared Value for Corporations and Nonprofits

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Flickr Photo by kayaker1204. In fact, research shows that pro bono and skills-based volunteerism help companies enhance their recruitment and retention rates and improve employee morale, productivity, and loyalty. Guest post by Cindy Hallberlin.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

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Flickr Photo by Minarae. Most nonprofits implore: “Just fund a development director position for us, and it will pay for itself in a year, enabling us not just to survive but to thrive.” Fundraising advisors encourage this support too. To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.)

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

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Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman. And you shouldn’t be either.

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Two Ways To Use Crowdsourcing for Face-to-Face Conferences

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Flickr Photo by Pierre-Alain Dorange. On March 2nd, one of the highlights of the agenda is a keynote conversation with David Brooks , New York Times Columnist and Lois Salisbury , Director of Children, Families and Communities Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Here’s the recipe for what they did: 1.

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

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Flickr photo: Toban Black. As an Executive Director who tries to collaborate as often as possible, I know the stumbling blocks only too well, but we can all take some small steps to do some small sharing, and start to transform our sector's culture. How do they rate your organization and other service organizations in town?

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

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Flickr Photo by Su Lin. None of this works if retention rates do not significantly improve. Steve MacLaughlin is the Director of the Idea Lab at Blackbaud and spent more than 15 years building successful online initiatives with for-profit and nonprofit organizations across the world. ” A Fundraising Cliff?

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Viva the Time on Site, The Page View is Dead!

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Source: Flickr User Lynetter. About Page Views Nielsen/Net Ratings , a growing web traffic tracking project with a world class reputation, announced this week. Chris Pirillo also mentions the change in Nielsen/Net Ratings and highlights this quote from the site: ??????Total Total Minutes???