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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

ASU Lodestar Center

If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow. A sound recruitment strategy serves multiple purposes in the acquisition of skilled talent. Overhead ratio” refers to the amount of money a nonprofit spends on its mission vs. money spent on overhead costs.

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

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Creating a nonprofit social media plan sounds like such a daunting task, doesn’t it? Lighting and SOUND matter. Many people scroll their social feeds and don’t turn the sound on. Use captions so that your message is getting across to the sound muters. The key is to work smarter, not harder. But, don’t be fooled!

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Seven Ways to Improve Engagement With Your Nonprofit Financial Reports

BoardAssist

A dimensional chart of accounts structure creates a separate field in your database for each bit of expense information rather than cramming all the information into one account code field. That sounds great, right? A ratio greater than one indicates that there are enough resources to meet obligations.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Planning is about using structure and rituals to keep organized. It is important for your team to have the right amount of structure in their workflow. Sound familiar? Is the ratio of team/solo time adequate? While the tips are geared for personal productivity, I decided to apply the framework to team collaboration.

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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

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Volunteer tasks can range from simple to complex depending on how you wish to engage volunteers and how your organization is structured. This means your first step may be building out your committee structure or re-evaluating it, especially if you’re interested in using volunteers to help you with event or campaign management.

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Designing an Accessible Nonprofit Website: FAQ + 3 Tips

Nonprofits Source

checklist recommends color contrast ratios of 4.5:1 For many organizations, the use case where maintaining these ratios is most difficult is when a photo is used as the background for text, as the image’s color variations create inconsistent contrast. The WCAG 2.1 1 for regular copy and 3:1 for headings or large text.

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Online Fundraising Site: How To Create A High-Performing Fundraising Website

CauseVox

Structured as a team-based tournament, the funds raised by each team translates to certain advantages (or “power-ups”) they receive. Sounds like a good time to me. Traditionally, companies offer a 1:1 match ratio but some employers do a 1:2 or even a 1:3 match on all donations, up to a maximum amount. 7) Matching Gifts.