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What to invest in EARLY for your Nonprofit (don't make these mistakes I made...)

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

Hello, Reader!

We learn as we grow, right?

In the spirit of always learning and growing, I wanted to share a little about - Argenta Software - my latest video's sponsor (thanks for helping keep the channel going, Argenta!).

There are many things I wish I'd invested in earlier on in my journey of starting and growing a nonprofit, and technology was one of them. I look back and ask myself, "How much faster would we have grown if we'd only had donor management software, accounting software, a way to manage our staff and board's projects, etc.?"

I'm thinking it could have shaved years off of my work. Literally.

That (and the fact that as humans, they are just awesome) is one of the reasons I appreciate Argenta so much. Their software does ALL of this:

  1. Recruiting and managing volunteers
  2. Collecting donations
  3. Managing accounting
  4. Managing program clients
  5. Managing human resources and board activities
  6. etc., etc.

Seriously, check them out, create an account (it's fast and easy), try a demo, reach out to them - you won't be sorry.

Give Argenta a try and check out all their features!
(Then let me know what you think!)

More learning and growing

As you can see, I'm fairly open when it comes to talking about things I'd do differently in starting and growing a nonprofit now that I've learned how it all works. I wanted to do a follow-up to my original video - 7 Mistakes I Made Starting a Non Profit - sharing more about lessons I learned as the organization grew over several years. So, that's what this is! I hope it's helpful, no matter where you are on your journey!

5 Mistakes GROWING my nonprofit (Looking back 10 years since starting)

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That's it for this week - just a quick message with these goodies!

Thanks, as always, for the good you're doing!

-Amber

Amber Melanie Smith

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