Many conservation organizations shy away from advocating on issues because they work closely with local governments or state agencies and don’t want to antagonize them. But advocacy can also lead to growth. For example, over the last 20 years Organizations in the Waterkeepers Alliance – which advocate and also take legal action against polluters – […]
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Baird Straughan, 7 Feb 2022 We started WaterGrass to help organizations manage growing volunteer programs with limited staff, and the Milwaukee Riverkeeper has achieved that in spades. Along the way, they illustrate some basic principles of large-scale volunteer programs, and illuminate a new challenge for us. In our webinar How One Organizer Led 218 Events […]
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Installment #1 of the Nine Database Best Practices. Carl Paulsen, WaterGrass Databases provide us with the tools to make our jobs with nonprofits easier. Or at least that’s what they SHOULD do. The trouble is, a database is like any other tool; it works best when in the hands of a skilled craftsman. In […]
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Baird and Carl with thanks to the many mavens we have learned from. At WaterGrass, we’ve watched a lot of organizations grow. The successful ones maintain consistency in their database and get really good at using the data to generate donations and engagement from their supporters. They can do that because their data is entered […]
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Baird Straughan, April 2021 Online waivers speed up event registration, reduce paperwork, and liberate organizers so they can concentrate on the event itself and the people attending. Nevertheless, some of our client organizations worry that if an accident occurred, courts wouldn’t respect a waiver that’s not on paper. What’s the truth? Short answer: At present, […]
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