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The Top 17 Nonprofit Accounting Software Tools
Give your organization a boost by making financial administrative work easier. Find out tips and tricks and discover the software to help you do it.
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Why the low-income housing tax credit matters for rural communities
Learn how low-income housing in rural communities is being affected by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Read MoreUnderstanding Our Own Savage Inequalities
As part of our initiative to promote justice and equity within the nonprofit community, CNE is introducing a series of guest writers who have been grappling with what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to them and their organizations…
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Is Your Board’s Composition Representative of the People It Serves?
Share and read this fictional exercise, complete the worksheet, compare your responses to those provided by other nonprofit leaders, and discuss.
Read MoreHow Can Funders Help Nonprofits Become More Diverse? Do Nonprofits Even Want Such Help?
How Can Funders Help Nonprofits Become More Diverse? Do Nonprofits Even Want Such Help?
See how a recent survey from the Center for Effective Philanthropy explores diversity in the nonprofit sector.
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How Leaders Can Strengthen Their Organizational Culture
Focus on how your organization accomplishes its mission rather than on what your organization accomplishes.
Read MoreSome Surprising Changes to Nonprofit Tax Law
From time to time, CNE invites local experts to share their knowledge with the nonprofit community. This week Victoria Jones, CPA shares some insights on recent changes to federal tax law and what this means for nonprofits.
Nonprofit organizations…
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Today’s Charitable Sector and Its Roots and Challenges
Discover the challenges facing the nonprofit sector and how to overcome them.
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Why Money Shouldn’t Trump Mission When Choosing Board Members
How to pick the best board members for your organization.
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A Locally Based Initiative to Support People and Communities by Transformative Use of Data
How we can we utilize data to transform communities.
Read MoreAttracting and Hiring Your Best and Brightest (Final Round)
Last week, we featured the second piece in a series from Susan Dawson, Chief People Officer at Silverchair Information Systems, and a CNE board member. This week, we present to you the…
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A Locally Based Initiative to Support People and Communities by Transformative Use of Data
How we can use untapped data sources to potentially help people escape poverty.
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Strong Social Networks are Key to Turning Around Communities
Learn how to maintain community stability through social networks.
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The Nonprofit Whisperer: Building a Culture of Philanthropy
Relationship building is a necessity for an effective nonprofit development funds program.
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Donor-Centered Digital Communications: How Do You Create a Value-for-Value Exchange?
How to show donors their support creates a real and significant impact.
Attracting and Hiring Your Best and Brightest (Round 2)
Picking up from my last post about how to get your best and brightest, let’s talk about your recruiting process.
Trust Your Process and Flex It
We all have our processes for selection through interviewing candidates….
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Mean Vs. Median: Is Your Nonprofit Data Skewed?
Learn how to better understand and utilize the data you collect.
Attracting and Hiring Your Best and Brightest
I don’t think it is lost on anyone that your people are your greatest strength as an organization.
The question is how do you find and hire the best people that match your culture and are going to be amazing…
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A Surprise Benefit of Corporate Service
How service improves internal business relationships and external community relationships at the same time.
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Who Are You Talking To? The Peril of Assumptions in Nonprofit Communications
Discover the importance of explanatory chains as a communication tool.
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Why New Leaders Should be Wary of Quick Wins
Often times new leaders want to accomplish their goals all at once, but slowing the pace may actually facilitate more success.
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Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Learn how to use impact evaluations effectively and to use alternatives to impact evaluations.
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Nonprofit Meal Delivery Groups: Not Just About Food Anymore
Find out how delivering meals can provide so much more than just a meal.
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Speaking Metaphorically: How Nonprofits Can Prevent Metaphor Meltdown in Their Communications
Discover tools to use metaphors to engage your community without “dumbing down” complex topics.
HOW TO DO THE RIGHT THING… EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING
Philosopher Aldo Leopold said: “Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching—even when doing the wrong thing is legal.”
Ethical dilemmas occur when we find ourselves in a situation or circumstance that conflicts…
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