.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

When directors understand their role in stewarding and growing resources, keeping track of that progress becomes a lot more interesting. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In addition to the challenges inherent to any nonprofit mission, these organizations and their personnel must often work in areas with poor security and limited resources. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Our Year-End Fundraising Resource Package has everything you need to craft a winning year-end campaign that is optimized for online fundraising. YEFF Official Notes: Review 57+ pages of official notes from all the sessions so you get quick takeaways + resources from each presentation. GivingTuesday 2021 Ideas And Best Practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

What Metrics to Review When Analyzing Your Campaign Your campaign(s) up and running, it’s time to assess whether your campaign is performing up to par. After a week, review the following data points: 1) CTR (Click-Through-Rate): The CTR is the number of times your ad is clicked on after it is visible on the SERP (search engine results page).

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

For grantmakers to make a truly lasting impact across their community, they need to be intentional about their equity and inclusion practices, both within their organization and with their funding efforts. Reviewing Internal Processes for Equity The first place to start is internally with your organization’s operations.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Best practices in Salesforce change management To make your new Salesforce implementation or feature rollout a success, it’s worth breaking your communication roadmap down into how best to get your team on board and smooth out the bumps in the road. The smoother a change or new integration goes internally, the happier your employees will be.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Before we get into scoring models and best practices, let’s take a look at the purpose of engagement scoring. For larger associations, you may want to consider divvying up roles accordingly: Analytics – This person reports on any trends and delivers insights based on their review of the data. Let’s get started!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. But managing those financial resources is equally crucial. Want some help?

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

This statement is crucial for demonstrating how effectively your nonprofit manages its resources. Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

So, let’s review matching gift programs, why it behooves you to invest front-end resources to leverage big wins on the back end, and what you can do to overcome participation roadblocks. Let’s review typical roadblocks and what you can do to remove them. But you do need a plan. But they need your support and guidance.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

Consider these best practices for building successful relationships with your volunteers. 6 Best Practices for Managing Volunteers Many nonprofits start out managing their volunteers with spreadsheets or—even worse—handwritten timesheets. Then, someone can give them a quick review before signing off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

More importantly, it can avoid replicating mistakes or activities that don’t work and are a waste of resources. One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation. Review it together in a meeting and summarize. IFC-ASIA Program Committee – After Action Review.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

The grant’s funder uses a team of reviewers to choose which organizations will receive funds. Draft a proposal to convince the reviewers that your organization is the best option to fulfill the grant’s purpose. Competitive grants Competitive grants are awarded based on your nonprofit’s proposal to the funding source.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2022

Given this, your social good organization may be taking a fresh look at your cyber security practices to make sure you are well protected. Below, you can find a series of high-level tips and reminders that your organization can leverage to ensure you are keeping cyber security in the forefront of your organization’s practices.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services recently released a report that illustrates the gap between knowing and doing. This idea is the most practical and, in some ways, the most effective. Entrepreneur, Social Media Today, Adweek, and Adage are a few of the resources on my radar. We all know this, right?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We advocated fiercely for our members to get protective resources. Review the strategic plan and explore where there are goals that could be advanced through relationship building. Look for partners who could– Help your members achieve policy or practice goals, provide community support, or enhance their public credibility.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2024

Encourage Grantee Internal Controls All well-run organizations have standard best practices that employees follow. Most of your established grantees will have documented internal controls, but it’s always good to verify and help them establish these practices if they aren’t already in place. How do you track time and effort?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While the practice seems to be on the rise, these statistics indicate that regular temperature checks are not the status quo. Along with the staff, the board is your most significant human resource. Review templates from other groups to find the format that works best for you. This exercise takes a little practice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The nonprofit sector, often stretched for resources and expertise, is uniquely positioned to benefit from the efficiencies and opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Each of these tools could be the subject of its own article, and the internet abounds with resources on how to utilise them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

If you ever find yourself in need of inspiration, you can explore Collidescope’s free resource, 365 Days of Social Media Content Ideas , for a year’s worth of creative content suggestions to maintain a vibrant online presence. Develop a content calendar that outlines when and what type of content you’ll post.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance. For best practices on how to manage your page, please see all posts about Facebook.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. But are you asking the right questions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

A writer, consultant, and coach, Maia Duerr draws on her decades of Zen practice and training in anthropology to create powerful tools for integrating mindfulness into the workplace and in the everyday lives of the people she works with. The advice is based on Maia’s extensive experience as a career coach and mindfulness practice.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 10, 2023

You’re already working with participants in your P2P campaigns, offering them ongoing support, and giving them the tools and resources they need to be successful. We’ll be discussing some data management best practices that can help you make the most of your current and future P2P campaigns. So how does data tie into all of this?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Our Year in Review. Teri Carden, Founder and CEO of 100 Reviews , facilitated a panel discussion on how to turn your next great idea into gold. Discover Solutions.orgCommunity revolves around putting innovation in a practical package that you can take back to the office. But, before we welcome a new year, let’s toast 2022!

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

You learn a lot about consumer preferences by reading the reviews on Yelp. Review the Data I asked Sarah how she advises employers to approach this challenging environment. Paired with emotional intelligence, these numbers take human resources initiatives to a powerful level of expertise. Begin with the data,” Sarah responded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The details are below, but before you enter, you might want to review some good storytelling resources to ensure that your story is as amazing as Dr. Cairo’s. The chat was great, so I’m summarizing the resources and key points below: What do you think makes a powerful story? Beth Kanter (@kanter) November 10, 2015.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking offers this definition: “Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding–including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions–to the very communities that funders seek to serve.”. Those at the top decide. But what is it?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2020

Prior to each call, log in to review individuals’ data such as donation dates, amounts, and campaigns they contributed to. . Provide educational resources so they better understand what your organization does and why it’s important for the community. . You can find great resources for templates online! Showing Impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. Monitor Your Charity Ratings and Reviews. Launch an Online Gift Donation Program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

That said, these best practices will be a work in progress and updated regularly. To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Create a “Nonprofit Resources” Circle. You can add me as your first contact to begin, if necessary. We’ll learn as we go along.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

In a digital age where there is so much online available online and attention is your supporter’s most precious resource, are you saving or seizing it? Julia has some great practical advice here: Shield personal details. Use a different name and identifying characteristics when describing the person. Include a footnote saying that.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2024

So in 2023, Candid’s executives, human resources team, compliance manager, and legal counsel collaboratively developed guidelines for AI use. Today, our AI policy—which focuses on best practices, not specific tools—is integral to how we work and helps us use AI in a way that amplifies our mission. The future of AI is uncertain.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Many nonprofit professionals will tell you that the answer is “time” and/or “resources.” An instructor virtually guides you through common nonprofit tasks and best practices on how to use your system in real time. Are you able to interact with other nonprofit professionals to ask questions, share tips, and learn best practices?

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