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MindEdge Learning Professional Development
The Center has partnered with MindEdge Learning, a leading provider of online higher education and professional development, to offer their full suite Management and Nonprofit Management certificates and courses. These on-demand, self-paced courses provide an alternative to the Center's existing opportunities and members of the Center can request a discount code for 10% off the normal price.
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Posted on: October 10, 2018
Topics: Online Tools | Cost savings | Featured BoardSource
Discounts on membership and board self-assessments
Center members can save 15% on organizational membership or $200 on BoardSource's board self-assessment service. BoardSource members get complimentary access to BoardSource's collection of white papers, webinars, and more. They also get member discounts on their print or digital copies of their books, such as Board Fundamentals: Understanding Roles in Nonprofit Governance and The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards.
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Posted on: January 29, 2018
Topics: Featured Canva for Work Free for 501(c)(3)'s
Canva—a browser-based, drag-and-drop design tool for making social media posts, infographics, and more—has made their Canva for Work service free for 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
Posted on: November 4, 2015
Topics: Marketing | Online Tools | Social Media Idealware's Review of Board Portal Solutions
Source: Idealware Nonprofit technology research group Idealware published an exhaustive review of board portal solutions.
Posted on: June 29, 2015
Topics: Board | Online Tools | Technology 12 Stock Photography Sites for Nonprofits
Source: Nonprofit MarCommunity Angela de Burger, Communications Manager at YMCA Canada, shares a list of her favorite free and paid stock photography sites to help you take your marketing visuals to the next level.
Posted on: March 16, 2015
Topics: Communications | Marketing | Online Tools | Social Media NTEN’s Digital Outlook Report
Source: NTEN NTEN’s 2015 Digital Outlook Report, published in partnership with Care2 and hjc, compiles data on technology strategy, staffing, tools, and more from a survey of almost 500 nonprofits. In addition to data from the survey, the report also includes case studies of three nonprofits: Alzheimer Society of Ontario, Covenant House International, and Ontario SPCA.
Posted on: March 12, 2015
Topics: Data & Research | Online Tools | Technology GuideStar Financial SCAN℠
Source: GuideStar Financial SCAN℠ helps you better understand or communicate a nonprofit's financial health and resource needs. It combines GuideStar's IRS Forms 990 data and Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) expert analysis in an easy-to-use tool with shareable formats that bring insight to financial information and support mission-driven decisions.
Posted on: February 25, 2015
Topics: Finance | Online Tools | Organizational Assessment The Art of Creating Online Communities
Source: The Communications Network Kate Emanuel of the Ad Council highlights four nonprofits who made the right decisions and took the right steps to create successful online communities, and are now benefiting from their hard work.
Posted on: September 24, 2013
Topics: Best Practice | Communications | Marketing | Online Tools | Social Media | Technology Board Self-Assessment Questionnaire
The Board Self-Assessment Questionnaire—available as an online tool—allows nonprofit boards to assess their effectiveness in 12 aspects of governance, ranging from board-staff roles to external relations practices. This tool has been used by hundreds of boards and thousands of board members throughout the US and abroad since 2009.
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Posted on: March 1, 2013
Topics: Online Tools 
