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Four Ways to Remove a Board Member

Blue Avocado

This Article is Certified Gold Avocado Gold never goes out of style and neither does good advice. The Gold Avocado series showcases some of the very best content that Blue Avocado has for nonprofit leaders, based on overall popularity, reader response, and quality. Forward (2025) For nonprofits, many aspects of carrying out their missions have changed since Blue Avocado began.

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Understanding and Managing Nonprofit Overhead Costs

Greater Giving

As a nonprofit professional, youre likely all too familiar with overhead costs. Many organizations struggle with how to cover these expenses, how much to allocate to overhead, and how to explain to stakeholders that not all donations will go directly toward their mission. However, when you understand overhead costs and how to manage them, you can be more confident in your spending decisions and be more transparent with stakeholders.

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How can values strengthen your organization?

Big Duck

Explore how crafting value statements can build your nonprofits identity and strengthen your organizations culture.

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Unrestricted: The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Bloomerang

Youre not fit to be a fundraiser unless you hear things that frustrate the daylights out of you. At the top of my list is hearing from nonprofit colleagues that donors arent interested in making unrestricted gifts. Even worse, is when they believe that asking for such gifts is not consistent with being donor centric. I have a one-word response to that sentiment: Poppycock!

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Avoid Last-Minute Blues: Tips For Planning Ahead For Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

Planning a strategic session for your nonprofit can be one of the most impactful moments of the yeara chance to reset, strategize, and inspire your team. But lets be honest: waiting until the last minute to plan such an important event can lead to unnecessary stress, limited options, and a lackluster experience. On the flip side, planning early opens doors to creativity, thoughtful preparation, and the opportunity to create a transformative experience for everyone involved.

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Reimagining equity with AI: What philanthropy can do

Candid

AI is transforming industries, and the nonprofit sector is no exception. For resource-strapped organizations, AI holds enormous promise. But AI adoption comes with challenges. Concerns about authenticity, disparities in access, and biases in AI tools raise urgent questions: Will this technology help bridge societal gaps, or will it deepen them? The inequity in AI adoption today has parallels to the early days of seat belt installation in cars.

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How to Show Your Organization’s Impact Online: 5 Tips

Care2

Your nonprofits website may feature all the latest bells and whistles your content management system has to offer, like a dynamic homepage, interactive content, and professional videos. However, these features alone wont help you recruit and retain new supporters long term. 75% of regular nonprofit donors want information about an organizations impact, and your website is the perfect place to keep them in the loop.

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4 Top Donor Retention Strategies to Keep Your Year-End Donors

CauseVox

Its officially 2025! We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. Now is the time to make sure that your organization has donor retention strategies in place to bring those year-end supporters with you into 2025. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation.

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The Looming Membership Cliff: What Associations Can and Should Be Doing

The MatrixFiles

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Over the last year, I noticed an alarming trend popping up in my interviews with CEOs on my podcast, Associations Thrive. CEOs in the healthcare space were worried about nurses and technicians leaving the industry. Michael DiFrisco, Executive Director of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry , surveyed members and found that 52% of accredited members were planning to retire in the next five years.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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P2PForum25 Early Bird Pricing Expires 1/31!

NonProfit PRO

Time is running out! Early bird pricing for the 2025 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum wraps up on January 31. Join us in Atlanta, GA, from March 1214, 2025, for three days of insights, networking, and growth tailored for peer-to-peer fundraising professionals at every stage. Bring your team and lock in the best rates today!

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Creating Your 2025 Roadmap to Excellence 

.orgSource

Excellence doesnt happen by chanceits built through thoughtful planning, strategic alignment, and a commitment to continuous improvement. In todays fast-paced, digital-first world, associations need a clear roadmap to navigate disruption, adapt to member expectations, and drive impactful, sustainable growth. As associations tackle challenges like digital transformation and evolving member needs, knowing where to start can be daunting.

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Sony to cease Blu-ray production, leaving physical media fans concerned

TechSpot

Sony recently announced plans to end Blu-ray media production in February, delivering yet another heavy blow to the future of physical media. The company will also cease manufacturing recording MiniDiscs, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes.

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Understanding Nonprofit Audits: A Beginner’s Guide

Wild Apricot

Nonprofit audits help assess and strengthen everyday operations, financial practices and stakeholder trust. Learn what to expect from the auditing process.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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3 Ways to Tailor Donor Communications With Predictive Artificial Intelligence

NonProfit PRO

Interested in using predictive analytics to tailor your donor communications for higher response rates? Explore three effective strategies.

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Maximizing Impact and Visibility with Google Ad Grants for Nonprofit Growth

sgEngage

Nonprofit organizations are often challenged with the daunting task of delivering significant impacts with limited resources. The Google Ad Grants program, which started in 2003, is a transformative tool that offers nonprofits worldwide $10,000 per month for free to promote their missions and connect with target audiences. Its potential impact on the nonprofit world is enormous, but its still relatively unknown and underleveraged.

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Chinese artificial sun shatters world record with 1,066-second plasma confinement

TechSpot

The breakthrough by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science represents a significant step forward in the quest for fusion power generation. The ability to sustain plasma for over 1,000 seconds is considered a crucial milestone in fusion research, bringing scientists closer to the.

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Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability

Candid

Nonprofits thrive or fail based largely on the success of their fundraising efforts, but fundraising alone cannot ensure sustainability. What if the key to resilience lies not just in raising funds but in building a stronger community of stakeholders? Community buildingcultivating a network of engaged donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries who share a sense of belonging and commitmentmight be the most overlooked strategy for long-term success.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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Why Common Sense Can Prevent Board Governance Failure

NonProfit PRO

Here are three things that can make a difference in board members fulfilling their fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and obedience.

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How AI Helps Fight Fraud in Financial Services, Healthcare, Government and More

NVIDIA AI Blog

Companies and organizations are increasingly using AI to protect their customers and thwart the efforts of fraudsters around the world. Voice security company Hiya found that 550 million scam calls were placed per week in 2023, with INTERPOL estimating that scammers stole $1 trillion from victims that same year. In the U.S., one of four noncontact-list calls were flagged as suspected spam, with fraudsters often luring people into Venmo-related or extended warranty scams.

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Stripe accidentally sent a picture of a cartoon duck to some of the 300 people it laid off

TechSpot

Stripe laid off 300 employees, equivalent to around 3.5% of its workforce, on Monday, with most of the roles in the product, engineering, and operations departments.

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Understanding RAG Part IV: RAGAs & Other Evaluation Frameworks

Machine Learning Mastery

Be sure to check out the previous articles in this series: Understanding RAG Part I: Why It’s Needed Understanding RAG Part II: How Classic RAG Works Understanding RAG Part III: Fusion Retrieval and Reranking Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) has played a pivotal role in expanding the limits and overcoming many limitations of standalone large language […]

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Report Predicts Surge in Corporate Social Responsibility Investment

NonProfit PRO

A Benevity report found that 76% of executives plan to increase investment in corporate social responsibility.

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Taking Community Benefit Initiatives to the Streets: The Rise of Mobile Clinics

sgEngage

When the Doobie Brothers sang Takin It to the Streets, they probably did not imagine their anthem would someday inspire mobile healthcare. Nor did they picture James Taylor lending his voice (in my head, at least) to narrate the rise of healthcare buses navigating neighborhoods like heroes on a mission. Yet here we are, witnessing healthcare systems channel their inner road warriors to serve communities in need.

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Teen enraged by TikTok ban sets fire to Wisconsin congressman's office

TechSpot

Shortly after 1 am on Sunday, police officers with the City of Fond du Lac responded to reports of a fire at 525 N. Peters Avenue.

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Your Personal Note-Taking Assistant Is Just $39.99 for Life

TechRepublic

Record, transcribe, summarize, and keep all your notes organized with this powerful app for Apple devices.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.