Wild Apricot

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’m just going to say it, lots of nonprofit professionals are overworked and underpaid. So what do you do when you love your nonprofit job, but it doesn’t pay the bills? Here are 11 gigs that can make you money on the side.

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Job Money Nonprofit Professional 157

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 24, 2017

There is a big controversy in the technical standards area that impacts accessibility of content in web browsers. Ars Technica covered this recently in their post: Over many objections, W3C approves DRM for HTML5. Benetech is voting against the W3C decision on Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). Here is the statement that will accompany our vote: EME should not become a W3C Recommendation without adding provisions that safeguard the rights of accessibility and security researchers to do their job

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Media Accessibility National Associations 114

Forj

AUGUST 24, 2017

In the Learning & Development world there has been a lot of buzz recently around content curation and the skills associated with being a curator. National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions.

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Education Associations Content eLearning 34

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2017

The inaugural edition of the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report will be released on September 12, 2017. Based on the survey responses of 4,084 donors worldwide, the report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. The report also examines the impact of gender, generation, and ideology upon giving and volunteerism.

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Global Trend Report Giving 188

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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