Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

A professional certification verifies a skill has been mastered, similar to a certificate in project management, and a designation certification specifically highlights a particular professional distinction. This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.),

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2025

About the Author Jeff Cova worked for more than 20 years in event management, sales, and fundraising before launching an auction production company that provided solutions to many of the challenges he faced in those fields.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

increased by 60 percent from 593,802 in 1998 to 947,274 in 2008 (IRS. management in 2004, sponsored by the Corporation for National and. in their approach to volunteer coordination by better attracting, managing, and retaining volunteers. 2008, making 2009 the largest single-year increase in the number of. In 2009, 63.4

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

Ask yourself these questions, take notes, and work with your website manager to make improvements : Is it clear what I should do if I want to learn more, register, or donate? Pretend you’re new to your fundraising program and visit the home page of your website. Go through the online process. How many clicks does it take to sign up or donate?

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Penelope Burk

MARCH 18, 2020

During the last recession, we conducted research with donors to better understand how they were managing their philanthropy in a new financial reality. Meanwhile, here is a story about how our research and, specifically, the three strategies outlined above, helped one of our clients ride out the 2008/09 recession.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. Along with its original crisis mapping work, now called Ushahidi Tracker , Ushahidi has developed new mapping and data management tools. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As I explored this field, I found Nicholas Carr's 2008 book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google to provide the best context to this new paradigm shift in IT. Carr's inspiration was in visiting a huge datacenter operated by VeriCenter (now called Sungard), which is a managed IT services company.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Windows Server enables a computer to manage file sharing, print sharing, and websites, and serves as a platform for running Exchange Server and SQL Server. TechSoup no longer offers Windows Server 2003 and 2008, but current CALs requested from TechSoup are backwards-compatible with these versions. What's New. Previous Versions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The keynote presentation by David Plouffe, Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign Manager, is titled The Art of the Possible: Online Branding Strategies and Tactics. While it appears to be aimed at businesses (the tracks are called Business to Business and Business to Consumer), the topics look relevant to nonprofits, in my opinion.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Both versions of Acrobat are able to view, create, manage, modify, and print PDF files. On the other hand, automatic updates and e-signature management may make the Acrobat Pro DC subscription well worth the cost. Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: Windows 7 through Windows 10; Windows Server 2008 and 2012; Mac OS X v10.9 Common Features.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

This post was written by Carmina Sicangco, partner-management specialist at TechSoup Global. percent in 2008. Cisco released the results of a study last week , reporting that growth in Chile's broadband penetration has dropped from 45 percent in 2006 to 10.5

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2013

" He was initiated into the world of GrantStation through that endeavor and joined the team in July of 2008. Jeremy not only deals with GrantStation's internal and external tech issues, but also spends his time managing the Insider newsletters.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2012

After foundation endowments and many corporations were battered by the 2008 recession, the buzz moved away from grantseeking as a viable long-term income source. He maintains social media presence for Giftworks via Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn as well as their website and blog, in addition to hosting GiftWorks monthly webinars.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Launched in 2008 to assist individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to societal challenges, the program has invited proposals around a single topic since 2017. Open Society Foundations announces 2021 fellows. September 23, 2021 The Open Society Foundations has announced the 2021 cohort of Open Society Fellows.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

Adobe recommends starting with the Dreamweaver CS5 Essential Training course, which covers all the basics from the Dreamweaver interface to managing websites. Evergreen and International Rivers were runners-up in the 2008 Show Your Impact contest. Lynda.com offers 45 Dreamweaver courses. Online Training for InDesign.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Jennifer: I was doing marketing for a theme park in 2008 and due to a series of unfortunate events I found myself without a job in 2009 (anyone else?). Our team has a safe environment to practice and explore different aspects and levels of leadership with support and mentorship readily available.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? For the last 15 years, I have held the role of grant writer/manager/follower-upper and sometimes magician at my current organization. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? So, what do you do?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

It sounded like an interesting and worthy project, and I figured I could set it up quickly and then return to technical project management and business development. And since I grew SDFF from the ground up, I know firsthand the challenges that nonprofit executives and program managers face.

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

The software platform you use to manage your peer-to-peer campaigns and events and to provide participants with the tools they need to raise funds is critical to your fundraising success. For example, offer a t-shirt, an online gift card, or another gift for participants who reach specified fundraising milestones.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

” He was initiated into the world of GrantStation through that endeavor and joined the team in July of 2008. After ten years in radio and six years as an announcer and program director at a local NPR station, Jeremy began a business that specialized in “bringing tech support to you.”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In 2008, volunteer Casey Sorensen became PCs for People's first executive director. PCs for People works with over 400 companies to offer a secure end-of-life asset management service. It will also leverage its existing systems and platforms for managing inventory and verifying eligibility. Going National.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2015

I got a chance to chat with the organization's technology manager, Tony Caufield, who is the charity's first dedicated IT person. He was also able to upgrade the organization's accounting and inventory system that helps the organization manage millions of pounds of donation food each year. People there are still recovering.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. In this unique, online, interactive (free) event - first in a monthly series - you get to see, hear, and ask questions directly to our panel of experts.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

Jeff Hancock has been working with technology both from the developer or technical standpoint and as a business manager for. In 2008, SDFF received a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund, which enabled SDFF to fully develop their digital divide program and expand the number of families they could reach. Foundation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center. A GPC since 2008, Bonnie has a quarter of a century in grant development receiving more than $110 million for school districts, community organizations, and foundations. How can you use problem-solving strategies to overcome it?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide. In the recession year of 2009, order volume increased 16 percent.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

If you are still on Windows Server 2003, you are also missing out on additional functionality introduced in subsequent releases such as virtualization , remote access , and many other server management enhancements. Microsoft had already stopped releasing non-security updates in mid-2010.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Mark Becker founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Keep your data clean.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Joining De Avila were Noah Flower, director of knowledge management at innovative consultancy the Monitor Institute , and Rashad Robinson, executive director at ColorOfChange , an organization dedicated to politically empowering Black Americans. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

I had the opportunity to chat with executive director Lisa Hoitsma and marketing and development manager Carly McCoy about their recent website redesign. In 2008, Gateway to the Arts was in need of a major overhaul. “Our website was a mess,” Lisa said. “I would open it and just get depressed and close it again.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Windows Server enables a computer to manage file sharing, print sharing, and websites, and serves as a platform for running Exchange Server and SQL Server. TechSoup no longer offers Windows Server 2003 and 2008, but current CALs requested from TechSoup are backwards-compatible with these versions. What's New. Previous Versions.

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Qgiv

JUNE 7, 2021

Mark Becker founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Keep your data clean.

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