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How to Structure Your Nonprofit’s Silent Auction Bid Sheets

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For example, using a generic title for a vacation package like “Trip to Northern Italy” likely won’t be as attention-grabbing as calling it “Tuscany Culinary Escape.” First, having two methods of contact for each winning bidder makes it easier to find them at the end of the event to ensure they claim their items. Write concisely.

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What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet?

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He will join me via skype from Italy for an interview and discussion. I recorded the above skype interview as a technology back up – it is filled with great advice and worth listening to for 14 minutes. The problem is our information consumption — we’re indulging too much at the buffet called the web.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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When you’ve been doing what you do for a long time, it is also about unlearning (being mindful when bad habits creep in and changing them) and relearning what you have learned or updating it or reinventing it. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. Learning has kept me inspired and improving what I do.

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Ten Books for Every Nonprofit Professional’s Reading List

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3) The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future by Ryder Carroll. I’ve been a huge fan of bullet journal methods for many years ever since I discovered the Bullet Journal Notebook created by Ryan Carroll. Valerio Melandri is a well-known fundraising guru in Italy.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

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When you enable two-factor authentication, even if someone has your login information, they won’t be able to get into your account unless they also have access to your second method of verification. Keep in mind, hackers can buy security certificates, too.

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

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In Italy, grappa is primarily served as a "digestivo" or after dinner drink. The method by which this tool monitors traffic results in lower numbers (such as fewer visitors, and fewer page views) than some other methods. Its main purpose was to aid in the digestion of the heavy meals.