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Austin Monthly Magazine •

5 Simple Heart-Healthy Energy Boosters

Want more energy? Who doesn’t? We’d all like to be able to do more and feel better doing it. Fast-fix energy drinks aren’t the answer, despite what T.V. ads tell you. The key to boosting energy is making healthy, lasting lifestyle changes.

Here’s a quick rundown on ways to keep from feeling run down:

1. Move more. In the short term, increasing physical activity to increase energy seems counter-intuitive. In the long term, it works. You don’t have to be a marathoner to see benefits. Just start
Tuition & Billing Management, Financial Aid, Admissions & Student Information Systems •

Back to School: 3 Admissions and Enrollment Trends to Watch This Year

As schools can attest to, the only constant is change. In the past two years, we’ve witnessed a great deal of turmoil in education—think school closures, brand new learning systems, enrollment fluctuations, and so much more. School communities have not only met these changes with resilience, but they’ve also completely transformed how they operate in a short amount of time.

The good news? Things are on the mend. Our K-12 Trends Report predicts an uptick in enrollment, retention, and income in t
Tuition & Billing Management, Financial Aid, Admissions & Student Information Systems •

Enrollment is Rebounding: Time to Streamline Your Processes

Catholic school enrollments are rebounding! According to a preliminary report released on February 14 by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), Catholic school enrollment across the nation has increased by 3.8%, the first increase in two decades and the largest recorded increase by NCEA.

NCEA conducts Catholic education research as well as provides private education resources for a range of audiences. NCEA published selected results from their annual survey of Catholic elementary
Tuition & Billing Management, Financial Aid, Admissions & Student Information Systems •

Steering the Boat: A Whole School Approach to Building Revenue

Schools are experiencing higher rates of attrition, according to the NAIS, and from 2020-2021, the average student attrition rate rose to over 12%. With the attrition rate growing, there is an expanded need for financial aid, coupled with rising tuition costs that negatively impact a school’s revenue.

While schools are in a competitive ocean, there are methods they can employ to boost revenue. Whether it be expansion in auxiliary programs, fundraising, or adding new tuition strategies, the oppo
Tuition & Billing Management, Financial Aid, Admissions & Student Information Systems •

7 Questions to Ask About Your School Management Software

School management software is a useful tool for simplifying administrative tasks. There are many ways to use these platforms, including student performance measurement and enrollment and financial management. When deciding which system will work for you, you should ask:

1. Is the System You Want to Purchase Reliable?

Numerous types of school management software are available for purchase. With all of them vying for your attention, how do you know which will work well for your school? Read revi
Center for an Informed Public •

#TrustedJournalism campaign to help slow spread of disinformation on social media among older adults ahead of elections

In “Auditing Google's Search Headlines as a Potential Gateway to Misleading Content: Evidence from the 2020 US Election,” a new paper published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Online Trust & Safety, a team of University of Washington Center for an Informed Public researchers present new data related to an effort to scrape more than 800,000 headlines from Google’s search engine results pages (SERP) from the 2020 U.S. elections to better understand how content with the potential to delegitimize or

Trust Project Announces New Members in Global News Network

PACIFICA, Calif., Sept. 16, 2020 /CNW/ -- The Trust Project, a global nonprofit dedicated to transparency, accuracy and diversity in news, today announced the addition of six news partners, expanding its network of more than 200 news outlets to Argentina and Peru.

The following news sites have implemented the Trust Project's 8 Trust Indicators and earned the Trust Mark: El Comercio (Peru), The Highlands Current (US), inewsource (US), La Nación (Argentina), Pocket-lint (UK), and YES! Magazine (U
Ravenna Solutions •

Use Tech to Assist the K-12 Student Search Process | Ravenna

The search for well-qualified students represents the initial stage of the student life cycle in the private and independent K-12 education environment. It can also pose some of the most daunting challenges for school administrators and enrollment professionals.

Children and their families have no shortage of school choices these days. With the abundance of available tools and resources, they can execute a comprehensive search within a truncated time frame. Schools must go to great lengths to r
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

Top Digital Transformation Trends in Private Schools

In recent years, we’ve seen major digital transformations across almost every industry. In the education industry, technological advancement has changed the way students interact with peers and teachers. As more schoolwork transitions to web-based platforms, the education industry is becoming increasingly dependent on online learning, making digital transformation even more prevalent.

Continue reading to see how modern innovations have started to change private schools.

What Is Digital Transfo
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

4 Ways to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Charities

Charities and nonprofit organizations are beneficial to society in many ways. Promoting generosity and inspiring people to volunteer their time to help worthy causes are just some of the elements that can bring a community together. However, it’s essential to be proactive about detecting and preventing fraud in nonprofit organizations.

Many people don’t think of charities as being vulnerable to fraud or embezzlement, but it might be more common than you think. Most fraud is only caught by accid
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

2021 Nonprofit Financial Health Research Study

Are you ready to:
• None Find out how resiliency, collaboration and generational shifts in the market will drive 2021 toward success.
• None Understand the impact of 2020’s economic crisis and what are the priorities heading into 2021 toward regaining financial sustainability?
• None Understand what challenges nonprofits foresee in 2021 and how will they tackle them?

Our research focused on responses from over 200 nonprofit professionals and was conducted during 2020-2021. The insights gained f
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

Seeding your nonprofit organization for growth through automation

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Download this guide to bolster planning and insight toward perennial long-term growth and business process improvements for accounting within nonprofits.

In this guide, we highlight the advantages of automating your nonprofit’s accounting system to ensure growth and expansion of your services and your mission.

Specifically, how integration between your human resources and payroll saves time and weeds out manual errors
Ravenna Solutions •

4 Ways to Attract New Students with Social Media

One marketing challenge independent schools face is how to attract new students and families to their school. Communities often can have more than one independent school for families to consider and schools are now utilizing social media more and more to attract new students.

Here are four ways your school can use social media to market your school to the community and raise the visibility of your school overall.

Create a calendar to plan for posts throughout the month where your school highli
Ravenna Solutions •

Conquering the New Normal with Your School’s Superpowers

To say that it’s been a tough 24 months in schools is an understatement. The last 24 months have forced school administrators into thinking, operating, and forecasting differently—from acquisition strategies to marketing, budgeting, engaging, and everything in between.

The good news is schools are continuing to be agile, determined, and rising to the challenges with superhero adaptability and strength. According to the latest National Catholic Education Association report, Catholic schools cont
Tuition & Billing Management, Financial Aid, Admissions & Student Information Systems •

Enrollment is Rebounding: Time to Streamline Your Processes

Catholic school enrollments are rebounding! According to a preliminary report released on February 14 by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), Catholic school enrollment across the nation has increased by 3.8%, the first increase in two decades and the largest recorded increase by NCEA.

NCEA conducts Catholic education research as well as provides private education resources for a range of audiences. NCEA published selected results from their annual survey of Catholic elementary
GiveSmart •

6 Tips to get Corporate Sponsorships

Corporate sponsorships are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. In 2020, corporations donated nearly $17 billion to charitable organizations across the United States.

So how can your organization attract and secure corporate sponsorships?

Corporate sponsorships are gifts with a monetary value from a company given to help a nonprofit organization further its mission. Sponsorships are a sign that the company supports the nonprofit’s mission, and sponsorships typically benefit both parties i
Online Payment Solutions for Private Schools | Diamond Mind •

Streamlining Your Bottom Line and Powering Ease for Families with Diamond Mind

Schools offering online access and intuitive tools for families to save time, money, and stress are growing their competitive edge in the PK-12 private education arena. Being able to offer these tools free to families helps ensure trust and provides time-saving value to both staff and families when it comes to tuition management, application forms, and purchasing needs.

Our solutions are built to give private PK-12 schools and families secure online payment access, easy-to-use online forms, and
Ravenna Solutions •

Manage Financial Aid and Admissions in 2022

It’s almost school break time and we wanted to give you some of our best tips and resources to help your schools grow and thrive in 2022! While there are challenges ahead, our work is dedicated to helping your schools thrive.

Did you know during the 2020-2021 school year, 62% of schools saw an increase in financial aid applications? With the limited staff that is already overloaded, the extra work is taxing.

The school enrollment process often involves your admissions office, business office,
GiveSmart •

Resources for Fraud Protection

As part of International Fraud Awareness Week, we wanted to post some good year-round resources for nonprofits on fraud and fraud prevention.

As highlighted in this excerpt from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 2020 Report to the Nations “…nonprofit organizations were the victim in 9% of fraud cases reported by CFEs in the study — with a median loss per instance of $75,000 and an average loss of $639,000. Of these cases, nonprofit employees were more likely to commit fraud (
GiveSmart •

Giving USA 2021 report highlights record $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020

The Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2020, released in late June, reveals good news on giving. In 2020, the report shows that individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations gave an estimated $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020.

The report notes that giving by individuals totaled an estimated $324.10 billion, rising 2.2% in 2020 (an increase of 1.0%, adjusted for inflation). Giving by individuals achieved its highest total dollar amount to date, adjuste
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

Is your fund accounting solution helping you work smarter, not harder?

Ask any CFO, comptroller, or Director of Finance what the central anchor is to their organization or nonprofit and they will answer, “Budget, budget, budget.” In working with so many exemplary institutions, nonprofits and organizations we know there are critical business and budget issues they face every day.

The importance of budgeting and the budget process in nonprofit and government organizations is the key to continuing and growing the mission in the market. Choosing and using the right fu
MIP Fund Accounting Software •

What could you do with 96 more hours of mission?

In our 2021 Nonprofit Financial Health Research study, nonprofit financial professionals reported spending an average of 16 hours monthly when they prepare grant reports. 44% of our respondents are doing this on a monthly basis, which equates to 192 hours spent reporting.

Imagine reducing time spent in reporting even by 50%, and getting 96 hours back toward mission.

Would this time give you the opportunity to run an additional 24 hour fundraising campaign? Would this time give you more hours t
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