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To raise enough funds to sustain your programs and services, you need to convince your community that your cause is worthy of support. By implementing a learning management system (LMS) , you can facilitate all of these efforts and centralize training and education into one platform. With an LMS, your nonprofit can: Raise more.
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Conferences consume a great deal of your association’s time and financial resources. They’ll have additional opportunities to connect with other attendees while being exposed to your LMS and online learning programs. Or, include them in a course syllabus as supplementary resources. Give attendees a call to action.
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