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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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Examples of Nonprofit Storytelling to Increase Donations and Involvement

Get Fully Funded

Your success is found in the strength of your nonprofit storytelling. At its most basic level, storytelling is a way to convey facts, information, history and experience from one person, the teller, to another, the listener, but it goes deeper than that. What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story ? Words are everything in fundraising.

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Happy Information Overload Awareness Day! Here's Some TIps for Reducing It!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Make Time for Reflection. Take Breaks.

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Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. But from the perspective of the charity, we need to recognize the problem and associated risks. That is a problem. What’s that proverb?

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Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. But those occasional gifts aren’t the problem. That is a problem. Undocumented gifts can come to nonprofits through a variety of sources.

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Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

3rd Sector Labs

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. But from the perspective of the charity, we need to recognize the problem and associated risks. That is a problem. What’s that proverb?

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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

What’s the biggest source of friction we hear about from our nonprofit clients and board candidates? The answer: where the line should be between what nonprofit board members can and should do and what responsibilities more properly reside with the staff of the nonprofit. Thanks for your great advice Tom!

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