RECOMMENDED READING
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GENERAL TEMPLATES
EXERCISES
FUNDRAISING DATABASES
We do not receive any compensation for recommending these products. We just think they’re good.
- Bloomerang (Okay, this one, we can get you a deal–again, we don’t make money on this, but we can get you 10% off with our referral.)
- MatchMaker Fundraising Software
- DonorPerfect
Resources to help you decide
OTHER RANDOM STUFF: NOT FREE, BUT WORTH THE MONEY
- Asian Efficiency: Alice’s favorite productivity program. Yes, she thinks it’s funny, too.
- Zoom: yes, there are cheaper platforms for online conferencing, but the video and audio quality are best on this one, for the money.
- HaikuDeck, for presentations–use referral code STLGB for 1 month free on paid subscription
- Bond: converts your handwriting to a robotic program to “hand write” notes
OTHER USEFUL THINGS
Considering becoming a consultant? Launching your own nonprofit? Here are some templates and checklists.
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HANDOUTS FROM PRESENTATIONS
FREE OR CHEAP TOOLS
- Canva, design for non-designers
- 99Designs, crowdsourced design for logos and other collateral
- Prezi, for presentations and to simulate a photo slide show
- Buffer, to schedule social media for multiple platforms
- Issuu, free or cheap epublishing for annual reports, newsletters, programs, brochures
- SlideShare, platform to share presentations
- AnyMeeting, video and web conferencing
- Join.me, easy screen sharing
- Hootsuite, social media management
- Crowdfire, to know who is following or unfollowing you
- Gmail canned responses, to save time on messages you send all the time
- ScheduleOnce, online, real-time calendaring, good at multiple time zones
- TripIt, online travel itinerary management
- FlightStats mobile app, to nerd out on your flights
- HubSpot, contact relationship management and email tracking
- ActiveInbox, email workflow management
- Trello, online project management
- Evernote, brain dump for everything I need to collect on the web about everything
- Habitica: gamify your habits!
- Claritas My Best Segments, learn about the characteristics of communities where your donors live
REFERRAL LINKS FOR SOME THINGS WE USE
Here are our affiliate links–we do get a commission on these, but we actually do use them and like them.
Freshbooks: our accounting software, great for small companies and very intuitive
NameCheap: inexpensive domain name registration and management
Weebly: easy to use website design (this site is on Weebly!)
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POLICIES
BOARD RESOURCES
PLANNING
NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION
RADIO AND TELEVISION
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