IdeaEncore: Top shared resources of 2010

As 2010 comes to an end and we begin to think about the things we hope to accomplish in 2011, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of IdeaEncore.  Your support and use of IdeaEncore has been absolutely essential to our success this past year.    Free Webinars Start out the New Year by learning how to fulfill your resolution to help strengthen nonprofits everywhere by sharing more broadly. Please join us on Wednesday, January 5th, at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific as Scott and Flo present "Nonprofits create new income streams while sharing knowledge", a free webinarthrough Nonprofit Webinars. IdeaEncore Network: Growing Everyday Visits to our website have been growing by about 20% a month since last summer. There are over 1,000 resources on IdeaEncore with new items coming on every week. Resources you share can reach over 350,000 people each month with our eNewsletter and Partner email outreach. Over 6,400 nonprofit professionals subscribe to updates The network includes 57 Library and Affiliate Partners plus another 50 in various phases of negotiation including some national partners that will greatly increase the resources we can make available to you. Frequent technology updates have made IdeaEncore even more user friendly. IdeaEncore's Top 10 for 2010 Top 5 Selling Items: 1. Board Member Engagement Pack, Shared by Vantage Point, $6.99 2. Fundraising Plan Outline, Shared by EDA Consulting, $10  3. Volunteer Handbook and Employee Handbook on Volunteer Engagement, Shared by Vantage Point, $25 4. Benchmark Against Leading Practice: Human Resources Checklist, Shared by San Diego Social Venture Partners, $10 5. Board Job Description sample pack, Shared by OneOC, $10 Top 5 Free Items: 1. Theory of Change: A planning and team building tool, Shared by BWB Solutions 2. Nine Keys to Reinvigorating Board Leadership, Shared by TCC Group 3. 20 Tips Every Strategic Grantseeker Should Know, Shared by Internaut & Associates 4. What Makes an Effective Advocacy Organization?, Shared by TCC Group 5. Unified Chart of Accounts (UCOA), Shared by The Urban Institute/NCCS Grantwriting Series with GrantStation Some of our most popular items were from our series on grantwriting done in partnership with GrantStation (www.GrantStation.com): Examples of need or problem statements were downloaded by 69% viewers. Examples of organization history were downloaded by 67% of viewers. AED Center for Leadership and Development's proposal to the Ford Foundation was downloaded by 68% of viewers. The Ink People Center for the Arts' proposal to the NEA to fund a program for preserve and continue traditional Hmong culture and art has been downloaded by 65% of viewers. Check out the 5 most downloaded items from IdeaEncore's partnership with GrantStation:  1. Grant Proposal to support the Senior Services Programs from LTSC, Shared by Little Tokyo Service Center 2. Grant Proposal to the Ford Foundation for the New Voices in Human Rights and International Cooperation, Shared by AED Center for Leadership Development 3. Grant proposal from InkPeople to Community Technology Foundation, Shared by InkPeople, Inc. 4. Grant Proposal Components: Part 3 - Introductions 5. Grant Proposal Components: Part 6 - Project or Program Narrative