Tag Archives: how-to

Toolkit – Year-End Campaign Planning Guide

Sage Fund Accounting (formerly MIP), Sage Fundraising, Sage Fundraising Online and Sage Grant Management solutions help nonprofits and government organizations gain insight, develop comprehensive management solutions and make strategic decisions toward growth in their missions. Free ebook: Year-End Fundraising Campaign Planning Guide Download now! Studies show that anywhere between 40% and 70% of donations come [...]

Toolkit – Top 10 Fundraising Tips

July 2011 Compiled from Darian Rodriguez Heyman, ed., Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals How to get your board more involved in fundraising:Stage a Board Member Thank-a-ThonTons of nonprofits experience frustration with getting their boards to fundraise; in fact, it’s the second biggest reason why executive directors leave their [...]

Watch it Now: Donor Management Systems – What Works?

June 26, 2011 Donor/Contact management systems make a significant impact on your organizations development and communications efforts.  With so many products out there,  how do you know which is best for your organization? Easiest to use? Which offers the most features for your money? Common Good VT sat down with Jen Flaster of www.FlasterConsulting.Com to [...]

Learning Center: Fundraising Insights and Conversation

Thanks to the Maine Association of Nonprofits for sharing this resource with Common Good Vermont in their weekly e-news Nonprofit Maine Weekly. Jennifer McCrea, from Harvard University’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, has posted a series of conversations about fundraising issues and solutions.  These are highlights from conversations with people such as Jeff Walker from [...]

Watch it Now: Charting a Course for Successful Selection, Support & Retention of Effective Board Members

Presented on February 1st, 2011  by Tara Kelly, Executive Director of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFL) on behalf of the  UVM Extension Capacity Building Project. Watch a Complete Recording of the Webinar Here Are you a member a board or steering committee of a non-profit or community organization?  Are you responsible for [...]

50 Tips for for Successful Legislative Strategy

Culled from the Common Good Vermont NPO Legislative Day at the State House on 2/11/2010. Our first fantastic panel Tested Ways to Mobilize featured Kevin Ellis, Kimbell, Sherman and Ellis, Sarah Kenney, Sarah Robinson, Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and Johanna Miller, Vermont Natural Resources Council. They [...]

Media Maven: Tag It! Tame the Internet Fire Hose

Tag It! takes on the “how” tagging pictures, video, listings, blog posts, group bookmarks, twitter and Facebook updates creates a community brain trust larger than we ever imagined. Use the internet more efficiently and with focus! Link it! We talk alot about Delicous and you can beam into the workshop links at delicous.com/lgdavitian—we’ve even added [...]