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Is Your Accounting Software Holding Your Nonprofit Back?

An accounting system can still operate each day, record revenue, pay bills, and produce reports—and nevertheless be holding a nonprofit back. Katie Turner, CPA, frames the decision to upgrade around seven warning signs that a system no longer supports the organization’s needs. The practical point for directors is not to replace software for its own sake, but to recognize when workarounds, limited visibility, or growing complexity are consuming staff time and resources.A modern nonprofit...

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Nonprofit directors must stretch limited budgets while giving staff the technology they need to deliver programs, protect information, and manage operations. TechSoup's Civil Society Offer Center is introduced as a new way to make finding technology easier. For organizations seeking discounted or donated products, a dedicated place to discover offers can reduce the time spent searching across many separate sources and comparing options from scratch. Directors can begin by identifying the...

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Nonprofit directors are asked to deepen donor relationships while stretching limited staff time and budgets. The webinar “From Followers to Monthly Donors” presents SMS as a practical engagement channel: organizations will see three ways to use text messaging to increase donor engagement and grow social media followers. Its examples are backed by recent campaign data, and attendees are promised a clear, repeatable playbook for stronger supporter relationships.For a director, the...

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Lean nonprofit finance teams are vulnerable to turnover: one departure or leave can threaten close, payments and reporting. Blackbaud’s article reframes succession planning as a continuity control, not just preparation for retirement. Directors can reduce disruption by identifying essential processes, documenting how work happens, and preparing backups before a vacancy appears. The goal is a smooth transition for the organization. Inventory each employee’s real duties, including informal...

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The PHP Foundation has released critical security updates for its scripting language, warning that two vulnerabilities could let unauthenticated attackers remotely execute code on affected servers. Its recommendation is clear: web servers running PHP should be updated to the latest version as soon as possible. For nonprofit directors, this is an operational priority, not merely an IT detail. A compromised website or online service can interrupt donations, registration, program access, and...