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1. Challenges for 2012
2. Marketing & Communications Audit 101
3. Where do Non Profits Get Their Revenue
4. Resources for Non Profits
5. Sustainability Planning- It Tskes More Than Money
6. Tracking Volunteer Time To Boost Your Bottom Line

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• Chambers of Commerce
• Help for Non Profits
• Non Profit Management Library
• Non Profit Issues and Articles
• Ideallist
• NP Guides- Grant Writing Tools
• Alliance for Non Profit Mgmt.
• Society for Non Profits
• Tech Soup
  

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You have a marketing and communications strategy and are implementing varied tactics to meet your goals. But you’re not convinced you can’t do better. Are you focusing on the right messages? Is your graphic approach consistent with your work and your audiences? Are your competitors simply saying it better?  To find out and to learn more.......Click Here

The Sources of Revenue and the Methods Used to Raise It

By Joanne Fritz, About.com Guide

New ways for nonprofits to raise revenue spring into existence every year, but where those funds come from stays pretty much the same year after year. There is also a basic inventory of methods that should form the back bone of your fundraising efforts. These are, literally, your "bread and butter." To learn more..............Click Here

What is a small nonprofit¹? Are you one? If so, you may be fed up with all the material on the Internet and in books about what larger nonprofits are doing, and how they do it. After all, they have plenty of resources, while you may be struggling just to stay afloat, much less get into activities that take time and staff you don't have. To read more on this issue.....Click Here

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Sustainability planning is an ambiguous concept. It is something that many funders are now requiring of potential grantees but it hasn’t been clearly defined as to what goes into a sustainability plan.

Most nonprofit leaders understand that funders and investors want to see that they are planning for the future and will be able to continue providing services after the funding cycle ends. However, without a template to follow many are confused on how to address these issues and what the funders are really looking for in a plan. To learn more............Click Here 

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By Dennis Walsh, Certified Public Accountant

Tracking volunteer time: sounds like another chore? Actually it can help you meet match requirements, improve your financial statement presentations, and reduce liability.

One of the best ways to ensure that volunteer effort doesn't go unrecognized is to record donated service at the time it is performed. By doing so you capture volunteer contributions for financial reports, lessen the likelihood that volunteer effort falls through the cracks unnoticed, and help identify and objectively rank volunteer service deserving of special recognition. In addition, you may be better able to budget paid staffing and service outsourcing needs with the aid of such summarized information. To learn much more about this important topic....... Click Here