Every part of a nonprofit's weekly operations, from team meetings to volunteer management and donor outreach, requires good communication. It can be extremely difficult to create the right environment for teams to thrive if messages get lost or don't reach the right audience. There's a huge range of technologies available to support your communications efforts, and knowing which are best suited to your needs can be a challenge.

We’re sharing important news regarding planned changes to the Microsoft program on TechSoup that may influence your organization’s IT budgeting and planning.

A persuasive, compelling call to ac- tion (CTA) can convince even the most hesitant prospect to convert, but there’s more to it than just a tempting offer — you have to speak your customers’ language.

1. Use the “I want to...” principle.

When creating your CTAs, the “I want to...” principle makes them strongly actionable. Simply put, this principle involved writing CTAs that can be prefaced by the words “I want to...” such as “I want to...get my report”.

2. Keep CTAs short, punchy, and clear.

Reporting on various programs and projects is an integral part gauging the success of your nonprofit's activities. This exercise is crucial not only to internal stakeholders, but also to funders, donors, and the world at large.

Data visualizations are arguably the most effective way to translate large amounts of information into bite-sized pieces that are easier for others to digest. In fact, data visualization is the only way to convey certain data in a comprehensible way, such as those data that are found using heat maps (which we'll get to later).