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The Ultimate Nonprofit RFP Guide

Whole Whale

We recommend creating an excel doc to track the bids and give grades across desired criteria for each vendor. Project Background: Include stakeholders and history of need. What is your firm’s history with our cause and technology stack? Filter out the junk and only share the top proposals with the team.

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Nonprofit Engagement: Why Website Logins Matter

NetWits

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? For example, maybe everyone can see a certain resource or sample quiz, but you must login in order to also download the white paper or answer guide.

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version. Encourage brainstorming.

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Grab This Fundraising Plan Template for New Nonprofits

Get Fully Funded

You simply don’t have the history as a brand-new nonprofit. Grants are not a good option for new nonprofits because 99% of funders want to see several years’ worth of data showing the impact your programs have. So skip grants until you reach year 3 or 4 and are grant ready. Rich people.” People don’t give based on their wealth.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

Dogs with a history of heartworms have a very hard time getting chosen for adoption, and treatment for heartworms is difficult and uncomfortable. We used your gift immediately to immunize and provide heartworm prevention to 10 dogs. Thanks to you, these dogs will be protected as they wait to be adopted and go to their forever homes.

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Intranets, Yammer, and Other Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Communication

Museum 2.0

Some operations teams use a log book to keep staff updated on the activities of the previous day, but too many rely on word-of-mouth and lose the opportunity to document institutional history and convey knowledge from staff member to staff member. Many people use Google Docs for this, though I find the interface a bit confusing.

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[VIDEO] Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field

Bloomerang

We recommend that you use something like Word or Google Docs to set up a template that you can then use for drafting the application. Many grants also have background questions like history of your organization, or mission and vision. . There are lots of great samples and guidance out there.”

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