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Nonprofit Crisis Response Tip-a-Day-DO-Dah!

Clairification

During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. No matter your politics, this is crisis time for many nonprofits who rely on federal grants and loans (about 30% of all charities ). Many of the resources on which folks once relied have disappeared or are at risk. Or the other shoe is about to drop.

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What History Teaches Us | How to fundraise NOW

Pamela Grow

I launched my consulting career smack-dab in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis. Id just come from working at a family grant-making foundation, and I witnessed something Ill never forget. Local nonprofit after nonprofit, small and heavily reliant on grants, shutting their doors for good. It was heartbreaking. But it was also eye-opening.

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Does Your Nonprofit Think Too Small?

Clairification

In 2008 during the big recession, and 2020 during the pandemic, all I heard was cut, cut, cut. I’m sure some will hate me for saying this, but after 30+ years in the nonprofit trenches and another 10+ as a coach and consultant, I’m still amazed at how small many of us think. Deep down we all know you must spend money to make money.

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Corporate Giving Declined in 2008

Tech Soup

overall in 2008. The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78 The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78

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How to License Hyper-V on Windows 2008

Tech Soup

Petri IT Knowledge Base, an excellent IT resource from Microsoft MVP in Israel, posted a plain-English post on Windows 2008 licensing concerns when using Hyper-V technology. Definitely bookmark-worthy if you are planning on virtualizing in the near future using this technology.

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When Fonts Attack, It's Time to Patch

Tech Soup

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 (including Server Core installations). Microsoft released a critical security patch this week, affecting both Windows computer and Windows Server products. government agencies was held. It affects the following versions of Windows: Windows Vista. Windows 8 and 8.1.

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Wild Apricot updates November-December 2008

Wild Apricot

Many subscribers are also Wild Apricot software clients, so we do occasional blog posts about our software updates. Wild Apricot smart software simplifies life for people in associations and non-profits. It replaces 5 separate systems - public website and private websites for board and members, contact database,( read more )