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Evaluating Your Board Meeting Agenda to Boost Productivity

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Note the end goal for each item. Final approval of proposals that have been previously discussed, where the board is aligned with the implications. . Note the end goal for each item. Knowing the goal for any given item makes it much easier to achieve it, which is why we recommend defining each agenda item’s overall objective.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit Board for a Fundraising Campaign

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Do you regularly share progress reports on fundraising with the board and discuss specific goals and objectives of the development program? Have the board and staff tested the proposed campaign plan with prospective donors? Have at least some board members been actively cultivating top donor prospects? Has this been objectively tested?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Indianapolis, IN / $695. North American YMCA Development Organization (NAYDO) / Indianapolis, IN / $1000. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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Citizens Driving Election Day Reporting With Twitter Vote Report

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Is failure to bring ID to the polls thwarting first-time voters in Indianapolis?    Twitter Vote Report was inspired by a techPresident blog post on October 6th proposing the use of Twitter for election monitoring. With Twitter Vote Report, we???ll

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Virtual Board Meetings: The Quick Guide for Nonprofits

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As a final note, distribute each agenda in advance so that attendees have plenty of time to propose adjustments and come prepared with valuable insights and questions. Jeb is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. From here, you can organize each item by importance to make sure the most significant discussions occur.

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

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If it’s connected with an exhibition, I work with our interpretative materials person really closely on the goals and we have a discussion. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. If you look at the IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art), they’ve got that going on in YouTube.

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