| A Reluctant Fundraiser Rises to the Challenge |
| A social worker-turned-executive director at an agency serving Asian and Asian-American seniors tells article author Rona Fernandez how he came to embrace grassroots fundraising. He talks about cultural dynamics that contributed to his resistance to asking directly for large gifts and what enabled him to be successful in building individual donor support for his agency. |
| http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org/magazine/feature24_6.pdf |
| Access Event Database Template |
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| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC010178291033.aspx?Query=event&Sco... |
| Actions Leading to Best Practices |
| The best practices, developed by training 12 youth serving agencies, identify nine areas in which a competence is linked to suggestions for getting your organization to the "best practice" level. The catagories include Board of Directors, Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Strategic Planning, Collaboratives/Partnerships, Outcomes and Quality Improvements, Information Technology Management, Fundraising and Marketing. |
| http://www.wcnwebsite.org/practices/index.htm |
| Boston Funding Update List-serv |
| The weekly Funding Update is a listing of funding opportunities, recent grant awards, announcements, and news from local, state, federal and private sources. The Update is free and available on the city's website or by email. To receive the Funding Update by e-mail, send a blank e-mail to join-funding_update@listserv.cityofboston.gov. If you have an announcement that you think might be appropriate for the update, please contact them as they try to include those announcements that will most benefit their readers in the public and not-for-profit sectors. |
| http://www.cityofboston.gov/intergovernmental/weekly.asp |
| Business Plan Start-up Template |
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| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC010175201033.aspx?Query=board&Sco... |
| Dear Kim Fundraising |
| Kim Klein's online advice can help your organization make the most of all sorts of funders. She is the founder and publisher of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal and the author of a number of books on fundraising, including Fundraising for Social Change and Fundraising for the Long Haul. She is on the Steering Committee of the Building Movement Project, which helps nonprofit organizations become more effective examples of social justice. |
| http://idealist.org/features/dear-kim.html |
| Developing and Managing Volunteer Programs |
| This resource emphasizes that, for the organization and its volunteers to benefit the most from each other, volunteers should be managed as part of an overall, systematic program, somewhat similar to the systematic approach that should be used to managing employees. Some of the topics covered are the roles of volunteer manager, legal and risk considerations, management policies and procedures, volunteer screening and volunteer staff relations. |
| http://www.managementhelp.org/staffing/outsrcng/volnteer/volnteer.htm#anchor |
| Directing Youth Sports Programs |
| Written by American Sport Education Program (ASEP) founder Rainer Martens, Directing Youth Sports Programs is the best collection of administrative resources available to youth sport directors. Containing a wealth of hands-on, practical information, this book will help you develop a sound program philosophy and compatible policies.
Directing Youth Sports Programs will help you develop a comprehensive system for recruiting, selecting, educating, and evaluating coaches; it gives you a step-by-step plan for involving parents so that you can make youth sport a family affair. You’ll also learn how to evaluate and reduce the risks in your program, increase your program income through special-event fundraising and commercial sponsorships, and evaluate and improve your event management skills. |
| http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0736036962 |
| Donors Increasingly Going Online Before Giving |
| A Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report found that a vast majority of U.S. donors are going online to study causes they care about before making a giving decision. Implications for non profits are discussed as well as other key research findings. |
| http://www.afpnet.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=2345&content_item_id=21190 |
| Event Tickets Template |
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| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC010185571033.aspx?CategoryID=CT06... |