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10 Fun and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Priorities Project : They offer three unique web-based tools that nonprofits can use to help educate the masses about the U.S. budget, taxes, and spending: Income Tax Chart , Cost Of War.com and budget charts. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Fundraising New Year’s Resolutions

Bloomerang

Our nation boasts more than 1.5 Nonprofits can do much better by prudently committing the time and effort at the beginning of the year to analyze, reflect, and think collectively on charting how to make best use of finite resources so they can operate most effectively and efficiently over the next 12 months. million nonprofits.

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Beyond the Rainbow—Build a Diverse Board of Independent Thinkers

.orgSource

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. From the National Bureau of Economic Research—companies with more diverse workforces are more likely to innovate and bring new products to market.

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How Nonprofits Can Stay Compliant with Online Fundraising Laws in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In 2001, the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) released a set of recommendations called the Charleston Principles to supplement fundraising laws that had not kept pace with technology. Here’s a chart with state-specific charitable registration details.

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No Sweat DIY Infographics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After helping my kids with math homework (they had to represent some data in a chart), I found this awesome, free chart maker at the National Center for Education Statistics. But the bonus was the tutorial to help you better understand and apply charts. That’s the most important thing to me, anyway.

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6 lessons learned about data communication from the Iron Viz 2021 Feeder

Tableau

Don’t be afraid of “boring” bar charts. It can be tempting to go a long way and hack Tableau to create non-standard charts with deep visual appeal and a significant “wow” factor. Don’t forget, though, that you have an audience who want to understand your chart. although sometimes elaborate charts impress in other ways.

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Making Data Engaging: Designing The Nation's Report Card (Part 1)

Forum One

In early November last year, the news headlines were bursting with news about the 2013 results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments for mathematics and reading, and how for the first time ever this exciting data was available to all through a new set of engaging and interactive charts.