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Tips for Storytelling
Telling stories is hard when you are embroiled in the day to day work of your nonprofit organization. The difficulty is getting so much of what you do down to a few impactful words – your story. You know your charitable organization does powerful things to make the world better. You know how you do…
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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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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…
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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…