Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Strong data security practices are vital for the integrity of your association. Keep reading for helpful best practices to improve your data security strategy. Your organization should create data security policies to guide all your software systems, hardware, user devices, and storage devices. What is data security?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. It’s too early to tell whether Threads will continue to grow, but for the early adopters, here are some basic practices for getting started on Threads.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

Governanceand not just as a checklist of best practices, but as an ongoing journey rooted in trust, transparency, and strategic alignment. Staff were expected to practice the same transparency with leadership and committee members. Reflection for Your Association: Whats your organizations no surprises policy?

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are four technology policies and practices nonprofits and foundations of any size or mission area should leave behind in 2025: 1. NTENs 20 years of research has found that including technology as a component of the strategic plan is one of the top five practices connected to an organizations technology effectiveness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful social media strategy. LinkedIn ] 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review four essential best practices for nonprofit financial management. Establish Fiscal Policies Fiscal policies are the foundation of effective financial management, since they govern how your entire team handles your resources day-to-day in their respective roles.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

Recurring donor support ensures that CHW programs remain resilient despite fluctuations in government funding and healthcare reimbursement policies. The post The Rise of Community Health Workers: A Best Practice for Modern Community Benefit Initiatives first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

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Candid

AUGUST 7, 2024

Discussing budgets and policy was uncomfortable for the partner—and not something her nonprofit typically does. Despite working in diverse geographies and issue areas—from environmental justice to workforce development, arts education to grief support—these nonprofits share similar concerns about the risk of engaging in policy advocacy.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Image from [link] Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies so financial assistance reaches patients in need. AMA policy-makers also discussed increased enforcement on nonprofit hospitals that provide little or no community benefit.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

billion in revenue following Apple’s changes to its privacy practices. Last year, Apple announced the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires apps to ask permission to track users’ data. The policy went into effect in April , barring apps from tracking users if they opt out.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Effective internal controls along with comprehensive policies and procedures help reduce the opportunity for a fraudster to succeed. Verify the systems you uselike your fundraising and fund accounting softwareadhere to industry standards for security and you have systems in place to follow data retention best practices.

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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

fautomatWhatsApp on Friday announced a three-month delay of a new privacy policy originally slated to go into effect on February 8th following widespread confusion over whether the new policy would mandate data sharing with Facebook. WhatsApp is trying to clear up confusion about its privacy practices.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Climate-related disasters like this often have deep roots in policies and practices that overlook growing risks. Climate risks are often underestimated , in part because of policy limitations and a political reluctance to consider unpopular solutions, such as restricting where people can build.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC)fiscally sponsored and co-founded by Global Fund for Childrenworks to create organizational practices and cultures in support of safeguarding. members face in promoting safeguarding, opportunities, and promising practices.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Set the Control Environment The first and most important internal control for the very small nonprofit is to set the control environment , that is, to let everyone know, from the top down, that there are policies in place and everyone has to follow the policies. But in a really small organization this may not be practical.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

Circulate articles and information on best practices and trends in finance. Don’t Forget Policies and Procedures There’s more to oversight than reading the financial statements. Be sure to review important policies and procedures. Ask fundraising or deferred giving experts to discuss estate planning. Online courses.

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

Pinterest has updated itsprivacy policy to reflect its use of platform user data and images to train AItools. Pinterest was already training its AI tools with user data, as the company touches on in this Medium post about Canvas, butthe practice is now codified in the platform's terms of service.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

Practice Good Stewardship Even if your digital resources are in order, a data governance policy is an important piece of responsible stewardship. While a policy that restricts access might keep your data safe, it also builds a wall around that wealth of information. Every person on your staff should understand best practices.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 5, 2025

Having cleaner data helps nonprofits work more efficiently and effectively. Here are four ways to keep bad data out in the first place.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shifting culture: A commitment to inclusive policies and practices benefits all staff While we’re proud of this progress, we know the numbers only tell one side of the story. What does that look like in practice? Our DEI efforts are directly supporting our mission of disrupting inequality out in the world.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Organizations across the Fund spent the first year creating, vetting, and piloting new, tailored AI curricula to provide practical skills to the communities they serve," Maggie Johnson, vice president and global head of Google.org told Mashable. SEE ALSO: Character.AI

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

Here we offer information and best practices to keep cybersecurity at the forefront of your school operations. Here are some best practices to be proactive and reduce your school’s risk of cyberattacks. Cybersecurity Best Practices for Your School. Policies vary widely. Most Common Threats to K–12 Cybersecurity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

In this article, we delve into the Google Ad Grants program, discussing what it is, who is eligible, the application process, creating your first campaign, and going through a Google Ad Grants policy checklist to make sure your account is compliant and would not be blocked. 9) Budget Set an appropriate budget for your campaign.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2024

We then incorporated these guidelines into our employee policies. Today, our AI policy—which focuses on best practices, not specific tools—is integral to how we work and helps us use AI in a way that amplifies our mission. Here are three reasons why your organization should consider adopting an AI policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

It’s important to remember, though, that mastering these tools takes practice. 3) Implement an Organisation-Wide Policy Implementing a comprehensive AI policy not only aligns everyone in your organisation but also opens the door for innovation. Some individuals might try ChatGPT, encounter a subpar output, and give up.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

It is striking then, that despite government and business commitments to support longer working lives and inclusive employment practices , workers with dementia are largely ignored. Dementia or no dementia, these practices are ripe for human error. But many organisations already have robust policies for other conditions.

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Association Analytics

MAY 11, 2021

Myth 2: We Need a Data Governance Policy Before We Begin Analysis. Data governance is the complex, interconnected web of practice that goes on in a business, spanning how an organization collects, uses, and manages data and data systems. It is critical for modern businesses to have an effective data governance policy.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

Every organization should create an AI Usage Policy. Best Practices for AI Implementation AI presents new possibilities to nonprofits, but it also introduces new risks, like data management and privacy. Mastering Ethical AI Practices Bias Mitigation: Regularly audit AI systems to identify and correct any biases. The Fundarising.AI

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Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here we’ll share our insights into how the practice of listening to the community and funding the supposedly “unfundable” on a small scale can achieve what traditional large-scale philanthropy cannot. Forty years later, we remain an influential intermediary funder that raises funds from institutional grantmakers and individual donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

By Ryan Polk , a Policy Advisor at the Internet Society , where he is primarily focused on issues related to Internet trust. In its recent survey on the State of Nonprofit Cybersecurity , NTEN found that nearly 70% of nonprofits do not have policies and procedures in place in case of a cyberattack.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

supports their involvement by reducing barriers to participation for those closest to the issue—a practice that’s easy to overlook.  Strengthening research and evaluation to create better outcomes means centering the perspectives and interests of the people a program or practice is designed to benefit.

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Our DEI journey began with the realization that we lacked key perspectives that could enhance our work and further align internal practices with our mission. This led us to examine our practices and identify areas where we could do better. We continuously asked ourselves, “How can we disrupt inequality in our work?”

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Help enforce established internal controls and policies, actively and by setting a strong example. Its helpful to have people who understand general accounting and finance terms and best practices. Even if youve followed all the proper policies and internal controls, it puts your direct reports in an awkward position.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

By following nonprofit financial management best practices, you will be able to proactively identify and plan for disruptive scenarios and mitigate their impact on your operations and programs. Here are 9 best practices to help your organization develop strong nonprofit financial management.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. How do we incorporate that into a DEI policy?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

This sentiment underscores how current policies can deter potential entrepreneurs from leaving traditional employment. Despite all of this, in recent years, solopreneurshipthe practice of running a business without a team or employeeshas grown drastically, alongside general entrepreneurship.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

That level of support, said Missouri Jobs with Justice Policy Director Richard Von Glahn, stems from the fact that the measure speaks to the experiences that voters have in their lives and where the economy is not working for them. The vote shows it was the clear will of what voters want, Von Glahn said. Residents votes should be honored.

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