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#datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart. Step 6: Annotate.

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Useful Tips & Resources for Your Nonprofit’s Annual Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s also helpful to include pie charts, bar graphs, or other visuals that help readers see the big picture and understand financial trends. Putting one together from scratch can be overwhelming, so the pro fundraisers at Network for Good have created a quick and easy template to help you tell your organization’s story.

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How Do I Say It With Charts?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Juice Lab Chart Chooser. Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. The six steps: Step 1: Which Chart is Best? Step 4: Directly Label.

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Custom vs. template membership sites: What’s the right choice for our association?

Charity Village

This blog comes with our Custom vs Template Pros & Cons Chart to help you get started. The post Custom vs. template membership sites: What’s the right choice for our association? Click on the link to download your copy.? You’ve decided your association needs to improve your membership site. You’re eager to get […].

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The Essential Nonprofit Annual Report Template & Full Guide

Bloomerang

We’ll walk you through tips to make your report as effective as possible (with helpful templates along the way to provide formatting examples). Nonprofit annual report template So, what should a nonprofit annual report include? They value and appreciate a book-style annual report with detailed stories, infographics, and charts.

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No Sweat DIY Infographics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been looking for free, low cost, easy-to-master tools and templates to reduce some of the sweating. And, ironically, the templates are just pretty, but they help guide you in planning and designing your infographic. Take this template that helps you think about how to use color and chunk your information.

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3 Quick Tips for a Better Nonprofit Website Aesthetic

sgEngage

Pro tip: Using an intuitive website builder with customizable templates will allow you to build a clean, professional-looking website—even if you have no website development or coding experience! Leaving some white space between and around the text and images on your site makes it easier for supporters to digest and focus on the content.

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