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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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Those who find it fun are called nerds. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes. In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. And for everyone else, it can bring up feelings of boredom, overwhelm, and confusion.

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Auction Management: Managing Your Items

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Accuracy is important, but don’t forget to have fun writing these descriptions. So dust off your creative genius cap and write your descriptions with fun in mind. It’s important to keep small, high value items secure during this phase of the event. After that, describe the item in detail.

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Moves Management: The Guide for Effective Fundraising

DNL OmniMedia

Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. Now, the fun part. Ideally, your CRM should be configured in a way that makes it easy to track moves.

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Survival in the New Age of Successful Grant Management

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Whether the show participants feel like it or not, they are required to perform daily tasks—like keeping the fire going and boiling water—that aren’t glamorous or fun but keep them alive. Auditors are now looking at things like: Can you track the timing of the funds received and expenditures by the individual award?

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

Get Fully Funded

You move tasks from the idea phase to various stages of in-progress and finally to completion. With a scheduler, you can plan and execute your social media calendar and use the product’s analytics tools to track engagement. For content creation, you won’t find a more fun tool than Canva. And, it’s free!

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He should know, having tracked and observed the disruption caused by online technology over the past decade. As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption. There are bots that are self-training using AI language.

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How to Write an Irresistible Email Fundraising Appeal (any time of year)

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The challenge when writing a fundraising email is to not only avoid this filter, but actually make it fun or interesting. This is more important for 1st-time donor communication where people are still in the “get to know you” phase. Nonprofits offer the incredible opportunity to turn meaningless money into impact in the work.

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