Author: Becky Bridges Dinnin
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UTSA to Offer Cybersecurity Help to Nonprofits
You lock your doors when the office closes. You test your fire alarms regularly. You may even practice tornado drills. Yet most nonprofits leave the doors wide open to their internet, email and websites ready for hackers. Practicing these bad habits could crash your nonprofit’s ability to work and your reputation. No one wants that […]
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Who do you trust to tell you a nonprofit is legit?
You just opened up another email fundraiser. Even though your friend may like the organization, how do you check it out? We all want to support organizations that are actually making a difference, but how you research their impact?
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Your Story is Worth Telling
Your story is amazing. Tell it! We shouldn’t be shy about describing why we do what we do. Get back into your bio and see how you can improve it.
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Life Aboard Ship
To all land lovers, who have always wanted to travel abroad, I truthfully submit this story. In asmuch as I have not traveled around the- entire world, I will tell only my version of life aboard ship. From a small boy I had always liked to go boat riding and fishing in lakes and streams. […]
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Pops wrote these WWII poems and stories: Part 1
Grady Edgar Daniels, my grandfather, wrote this and we found it in an old box with some of his Army things.
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What does a small nonprofit use for online auction platform?
I have received a lot of questions about online auction platforms for small nonprofits. If you do not have donor management software, need something easy and fast for your auction, I found these sites to have good options. I like different ones depending on what the nonprofit needs. Auctria.comIt as a very nice look and […]
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Notes for a Volunteer
Many nonprofits lean heavily on their board and skills based volunteers to fill gaps in staff, for coaching and to increase professionalism. These are the volunteers that provide pro-bono work in their area of expertise. It is one of the most impactful ways that nonprofits can address their survival now that we are facing recovery from the pandemic.
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Dear board chairmen: Let me lead.
They mean well, but chairmen often think that nonprofit leaders need to know what they know about how to ‘do business.’ This mentality poisons nonprofit staff and makes success impossible.
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Online Events: Ideas for Magic Sauce
Everyone is forced online for fundraising and events for at least the rest of the year. So what are some ideas that will actually keep donors sitting in front of their computers long enough to send you $1,000? Erase your memory. To start with, you have to completely remove everything you have always done from […]
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Preparing for Recovery When it Comes
Most of us are responding and evolving every day with this crisis. This is a note to myself to be ready when we hit the ground running again. While we are in the midst of dealing daily with our emergency list, we should spend time on a plan for recovery.
My Giving Impact 