TA Tuesday (November 14, 2017)

Here's your weekly dose of TA. Enjoy.

Tools and Resources

  • Resource Cards (screen shot above) is a "list of free resources aimed to help creatives with their next project." But it also helps non-creatives (like me) get work done. Click on the card and see a list of resources. In Icons, for example, you'll find Icons8 ("Single icon pack with 23,500 free icons. Each icon is in 5 flat styles. Download as PNG, SVG, or as a font.") and iconmonstr ("3413+ free simple icons for your next project.").

At work


Learn something

  • The Grant Application Template by Social Solutions can help new staff get a feel for the proposal writing process and the information required. Writes author Social Solutions:
    According to our recent Foundation Reporting Study, foundations and charitable trusts are requiring nonprofit organizations to show how they impact their communities and constituents. The best way to show that impact is through collecting relevant data from your service delivering and reporting on it overtime.
  • Some faves from Wild Apricot's 59 Free Nonprofit Webinars for November 2017 (yes, 59! Wow!): Advanced Event Planning Success: Using Checklists to Stay On Track (November 14); Telling the Story of Volunteer Impact (November 15); Charitable Solicitation: What Does it Take to be Compliant? (November 16); and Motivate Monday with Fundraising Expert Pamela Grow (November 27).
  • The Problem of Low Voter Turnout in Local Elections free webinar Tuesday, November 14 at 2:00 pm:
    ... in spite of the incredible impact local elected officials can have on people’s lives, voter turnout in local elections is low, often below 15% of the eligible voting population.

    In this webinar, Phil Kiesling, Oregon Secretary of State from 1991 to 1999 and Director of Portland State Univeristy's Center for Public Service, will explore the problem of low voter turnout in local elections and offer some possible solutions.

Good reads