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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. I would hate for you to delete those records and lose all that data and institutional knowledge that you have been collecting along the way. A few months ago I wrote a post on the topic of whether nonprofits should delete old donor records.

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8 Actionable steps for any nonprofit RFP

EveryAction

About half of the 100+ consultants I’ve interviewed this year alone say they will skip an RFP if it doesn’t share an available budget—including one helps you make sure you’re capturing the attention of all the potential knowledge and partnership that’s out there! Share your ideal outcome. Better outcomes begin with intentionality.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Organizational Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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The Zoetica Salon: A Peer Learning Community for Nonprofits and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We will have a monthly theme, which will include resources, discussion questions, and more. Freely sharing and facilitating community knowledge is part of my DNA as it for many colleagues in the nonprofit technology field. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) people who aren't responsible for the technical decisions in your organization; all humans are tech people) will only tolerate a technical discussion if they can see immediately how it helps them. to get success stories. Many non-tech people (i.e.,

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NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

NTEN

We want you to know that we've heard you, and we want to quell any fears about the loss of the NTEN Discuss list (it is not going away) or the many valuable resources that have been collected in various Affinity Groups (also, definitely not going away). How will the CoP members interact? Are monthly webinars or calls required of a CoP?

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The NpTech Mashup Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This happens all the time on listservs where people who work on integrating technology into their work participate -- whether it be teachers, librarians, community of practice, online facilitators, nonprofit techies, etc. The discussion thread goes something like this. This is the type of experiential knowledge that is so valuable.

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