Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Unfortunately, most nonprofits don't spend enough time or resources cultivating young people, despite the fact that Generation Z will comprise 40% of consumers by 2020. What are you doing to recruit younger demographics such as those who are 18-22, the people who will be funding your organization in the future?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In 2001, Susan founded Resource Partners LLC , which guides nonprofits to meet their income goals within their unique financial and human resource limitations. The post Is Your Board Properly Supporting Your Executive Director appeared first on BoardAssist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In the course of writing the book, both Aliza and I have created “self-care plans” for ourselves, using the resources and different worksheets we’ve created. You can also purchase a hard copy of the deck here. One thing I’m trying to do is create a habit of self-care but avoid getting into a rut.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As Idealware’s Director of Partnerships and Knowledge, she works with partners and helps guide content into high quality resources. Laura has been working in the software sector for nearly 20 years. For more about Laura or Idealware, visit www.idealware.org.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The accelerator, which offers a variety of resources to nonprofit organizations that work towards improving neighborhoods on the Mid-South Side, has also chosen six new South Side nonprofit organizations to join its program this year."

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

On the always-busy, forward moving road of digital technologies (sometimes the pace of advancement is astounding and even a little scary) it should come as no surprise that there are bound to be a few bumps and potholes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The results are undeniable: the gardens do change lives,” said Nick Henry, director of the Community Food Resource Center at the food bank. An intern working on a master’s degree in public health conducted the evaluation, so costs for the study were minimal.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Volunteers like Robert are indispensable if TechSoup is to achieve our goal of enabling civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. Here's Robert's story, in his own words.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Nonprofits must take advantage of the resources at their disposal, but knowing what sources to prioritize and why can make the difference between swimming and drowning in the resultant monsoon. Check out these five types of data your nonprofit should prioritize to achieve marketing success.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

We wanted Orlando Gives to encourage donors to choose how and what they want to give to nonprofits, whether time, resources, or cash money. Others saw what we saw … a community splintered between the old and new ways of doing good or giving back. The idea is. Even in its first year, Orlando Gives had some impact.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Our friends over at Big Duck have an eBook, The Rebrand Effect , which is another helpful resource for deciding if it’s the right time for your nonprofit to rebrand. Is our donor retention rate changing? Does our organization’s vision need an update? Step 2: Create a Brand Guide.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

npTech2016: “With analytics, opportunites will no longer be needles in haystacks” Westmoreland predicts that even if nonprofit resources don’t grow, stronger opportunities for donor retention and cultivation will grow in 2016 because technology will provide smarter, real-time analytics.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

npTech2016: “With #Analytics, opportunites will no longer be needles in haystacks” Westmoreland predicts that even if nonprofit resources don’t grow, stronger opportunities for donor retention and cultivation will grow in 2016 because technology will provide smarter, real-time analytics.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

You will need to invest time and resources into building strong, ongoing relationships with your major prospects in order for them to give. Many of your major donor prospects will already have some sort of relationship with your university (as an alumni, parent, etc.) The best way to reach out to a new major donor prospect is to be direct.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Did they sign a petition? You can also use tools like Attentive.ly to get a better understanding of how your supporters are using hashtags that relate to your organizations' work. Check out GoodWorld's Social Giving School. Get a free chapter of When Millennials Take Over. Sign up for We Media's One Thing newsletter.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when website owners, designers and administrators didn’t necessarily see the value of spending the extra time and resources ensuring their sites were safe and secure from the prying eyes and nefarious actions of hackers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

And, they often have to decline to help because of limited staff resources. Janet and her team get asked all the time to answer questions that the database could help answer, especially around income inequality. Janet named some very well-known international publications that they had to disappoint in the last year.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

With so many technological solutions and platforms, nonprofits are challenged not only in determining which solutions are right for them, but how to manage everything effectively, with limited budgets and resources. Nonprofits are notorious for having tight budgets and limited resources. 2:30-3:30pm CST. Jay Wilkinson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

When you’re constantly jumping between Facebook, email and texts, however, your brain has to divide its limited resources. Balancing between the two is essential to completing tasks and coming up with creative solutions to problems. In short, you don’t spend enough time in either mode for your brain to be effective.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Check out some of our upcoming and recorded webinars on data visualization tools and look out for even more blogs and resources. TechSoup is sharing the love of data for the entire month of February. Is your library creating infographics or fancy charts? Tell us what tools you're using in the comments. Image 1: Linda Hofschire.

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