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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

Basic data sets allow organizations to take action—such as communicating with members or soliciting donors. There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products. It means that you are open to the importance of the role data plays in your organization.

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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

Museum 2.0

I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. are well versed in new ideas for audience engagement and committed to opening up their institutions to increase public access. Followers of Museum 2.0

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A 5 Week Mid-Level Donor Boot Camp: Make Your Nonprofit’s Mid-Level Fundraising Program Great Again

Connection Cafe

Are you suffering from mid-level donor envy? More and more organizations are catching on to the importance of this generous and loyal tier of donors. Opening Advice: First do no harm. Based on the floor and ceiling, how many mid-level donors do you have? Where are these donors coming from? Now drop and give us 20.

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Instead, create a specific fund or give donors a tangible item or event to donate towards. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Close the loop. This can help you with future outreach.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement.

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

NTEN

Technology is the unintuitive phone system, the frustrating donor management system, the computer that blue screens every time it has more than three windows open. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. While I was on sabbatical at Tuck/Dartmouth, one of the things I heard from small NGOs in the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire, is that they couldn't afford a staff position to manage their donor data and systems. But they were open to sharing a person.