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Doing RFPs The Right Way

Wed, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 168
I’m at the  2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference today running a session alongside Ceci Dadisman designed to help nonprofit admins get their RFP on. And since this session is all about sharing inside info, that means you can find the slide deck online plus Ceci and I put together a special microsite that includes…wait for it…an interactive
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Well This Is Interesting

Tue, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 133
The 4/9/18 edition of ArabNews.com published an article that reports a new agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Paris Opera “to help Saudi Arabia set up a national orchestra and an opera.” The article doesn’t provide many details other than mentioning “the Paris Opera company help the Kingdom produce its own classical music and shows.” Consequently,
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Reaching Common Ground

Mon, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 120
There’s a terrific article by Barry Courter in the 4/8/18 edition of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Courter followed the musicians from Arts Capacity on their most recent program bringing live music to inmates at Georgia’s Walker State Prison. The result is a wonderfully detailed account of the program along with direct feedback from inmates attending the
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Looking For An Excuse To Go Somewhere Warm Next Week?

Fri, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 167
If you’ve been stuck in the unseasonably cold stretch of weather plaguing the Midwest and Northeast, you deserve a last-minute biz trip to somewhere warm, fun, and full of teachable moments. It just so happens the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference is next week (teachables: check) and it’s in New Orleans (warm and fun: double check).
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#TBT Don’t Get Stuck Losing Critical Metrics Data

Thu, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 149
On two occasions this past week, I had colleagues reach out with questions about how to recover login credentials for a Google account because the organizational email address set as the account owner was either deleted or no longer accessible. In both cases, the groups gave up and simply started new accounts. The result was
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