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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Susan sent me this: finagle ( third-person singular simple present finagles , present participle finagling , simple past and past participle finagled ). Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve some goal. Apparently, there is more than one definition.

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Susan sent me this: finagle ( third-person singular simple present finagles , present participle finagling , simple past and past participle finagled ) ( transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by i ndirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. Many kindly supported my initial use of the word “finagle.”

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The Advantages of Asymmetric Information

ProposalPRO

Same Information, Different Understanding Uncle Sam provides information about grants for free. Do you know how to present your program so that reviewers score it highly? Information, then, may be available but not shared, not used, or not known. So how does asymmetric information work in the government grants space?

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A Summer Reading List for Grant Professionals

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I didn’t want to keep them all to myself, therefore, I present you with…. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell” by Robert Dugroni. So I suppose I shouldn’t have been as surprised by the large number of responses my request for book recommendations in our recent newsletter garnered in responses. Gunderson with Stephen Palmer.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud

Tech Soup

Or so I learned last week, at a webinar presented by Sam Chenkin from Tech Impact.Tech Impact is a nonprofit, and their mission is to "ensure all nonprofits can use technology to better serve our world." So I wasn't surprised when Sam had a lot of good information to share. Not as much as you might think.

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TechSoup Global Cloud Survey Results and Cloud Donations for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Find a recent TechSoup webinar on backup and disaster recovery presented by Sam Chenkin of npCloud. Sam explains a bit about cloud computing and disaster recovery basics, and outlines the different types of cloud storage and products designed to help NGOs prepare for disaster recovery.

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How to Sell Cause Marketing as a Groupon-Like Promotion

Selfish Giving

My flint today is a recent post by Sam Decker on Analyzing Groupon Profitability: 7 Factors for Group Buying Success. All these partners will be selling pinups in their stores with your offer alongside theirs [ I present exhibit A ]. With you on board, we could potentially recruit more. You’ll do the same for them.

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