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Market research made easy: 3 tips to maximize nonprofit impact 

Candid

Many nonprofit organizations believe market research is beyond their reach due to lack of staff, budget, and time. But without the solid data market research can provide, nonprofits may make decisions based on assumptions that lead to misaligned strategies and missed opportunities for retaining donors and volunteers and attracting new ones.

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Why Our Definition Of Nonprofits Restricts Problem Solving

Bloomerang

Nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle, jeopardizing their ability to generate the resources they need to succeed. Fund published a three-part series of reports exploring culture of philanthropy. But this view is killing the ability of nonprofits to make progress against our most pressing problems.

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Nonprofits and Foundations: Bridging the Technology Funding Gap Together

Tech Soup

Wouldn't it be great if nonprofits, charities, and foundations had a frank discussion about how to improve the technology funding process? The NTC session Bridging the Funding Gap did just that: brought nonprofits and foundations together to start discussing technology funding barriers and to brainstorm solutions.

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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . You are the philanthropy facilitator. . Fund development is, first, organizational development…. A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy: Who’s Job is it? . You’re part of the problem.

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Metrics for Building, Scaling, and Funding Social Movements

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is less about how to raise funds for their organizations (although that’s important) but focused on the big picture: What is the long-term change that we want to see? The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. What is needed to achieve it?

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Social Media and the Arts: How Strong Is Your Social Net?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Management attitudes. Greatest Challenges.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. That they have a “Do good where ever attitude.” The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits.

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