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Sharing Back Office at Small Nonprofits: Rhode Island Case Study

Gayle Gifford of Cause & Effect wrote to let us know about the results of a back office sharing effort run by Rhode Island conservation organizations. Vermont nonprofits and funders will find this illuminating! From her full blog post she reports: Just released is the case study  from the Infrastructure Collaborative of the Land and Water [...] More...

Taming the Data Monster

Our friends at NTEN have  a great workshop on managing data to tell your story: Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes of information per day according to research by The University of California at San Diego. One zettabyte is one billion trillion bytes. How much information is that, really? How is it being consumed? You can [...] More...

Nonprofit Sector & Community Solutions Act

We’ve just learned about important pending legislation from the National Council of Nonprofits: The Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act (H.R. 5533) would strengthen America’s communities by making the federal government a more productive partner with nonprofit organizations by establishing 1) better communication with the federal government, 2) better coordination within government, [...] More...

VT Nonprofit Purchasing Survey: And the Winner Is…

Thank you to the 68 organizations who helped complete the 2010 Vermont Nonprofit Purchasing Survey! Responses came from a wide variety of organizations (social services, advocates, arts, housing) and yielded very useful results, which we will help Common Good Vermont to develop a “sponsorship” package that meets the purchasing profile of the nonprofits in our [...] More...

Foundation Center - Nonprofit Collaboration Database

This unique database provides models and best practices of exceptional nonprofit collaboration efforts drawn from projects presented for consideration for the 2009 Collaboration Prize. Explore different collaboration models, learn about strategies for overcoming challenges to working together, find metrics for measuring outcomes, and more. More...

How to Find the Right Chart Type for your Numeric Data

Great graph to show how to present your outcomes and results. More...

How to present data Using Gap Minder

As a follow up to the Hans Rosling video, you should use his products at Gapminder to learn how to present data. For example, you can investigate:

* Fertility rates
* Unemployment rates
* Child mortality rates
* Income distribution More...

eNonprofit Benchmarks Study

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN are proud to present the eNonprofit Benchmarks Study for 2009, analyzing online messaging, fundraising, and advocacy data from 32 leading nonprofit organizations. More...

Social Innovation Article : The New Volunteer Workforce (December 14, 2008)

Nonprofits rely heavily on volunteers, but most CEOs do a poor job of managing them. As a result, more than one-third of those who volunteer one year do not donate their time the next year—at any nonprofit. That adds up to an estimated $38 billion in lost labor. To remedy this situation, nonprofit leaders must develop a more strategic approach to managing this overlooked and undervalued talent pool. The good news is that new waves of retiring baby boomers and energetic young people are ready to fill the gap. More...

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