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How to Increase Museum Visitor Retention Using Modern Tech

Your museum invites your community to discover, learn, wonder, and grow. While one-time guests definitely benefit from viewing your exhibits, it’s the repeat visitors and members who can fully take advantage of all you have to offer. Building these relationships over time with returning guests also contributes to your organizational sustainability, and tech can help you tap into this vital revenue stream. To support your retention strategy and scale it across your entire institution, turn to tech tools that uncover insights, improve digital and in-person experiences, and personalize outreach. We’ll explore each of those areas in this article.

Meet the Top Nonprofit Speakers Driving Real Impact in 2026

The charitable landscape continues to shift and develop. To drive real impact in 2026 and beyond, it’s important that nonprofits look toward leaders who have successfully navigated the intersection of technology and donor stewardship. This guide introduces six expert nonprofit speakers whose field experience and innovative strategies help organizations of all shapes and sizes scale their revenue and engagement. From standout peer-to-peer success to workplace giving marketing and automation, the following experts can offer practical blueprints for thriving in a changing environment: Colleen Carroll (Double the Donation) Courtney Davidson (Breakthrough T1D) Erica Tolentino (Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation) Jacquelyn Londo (Global Impact).

How to Simplify Finance Tracking for Higher Ed Scholarships

With 58% of American families relying on scholarships to pay some portion of their children’s college tuition, it’s crucial that your scholarship office can effectively help students receive this vital assistance while tracking every aspect of administration along the way. Managing scholarships and institutional funding involves many moving parts, and a major obstacle preventing many educational organizations from adopting modern technology is a lack of confidence in the transition process. By consolidating data and adopting a robust end-to-end solution, your institution can free your team from time-consuming administrative work.

The Dos and Don’ts of Reimbursements for Remote Chapters

Remote chapters have become one of the most powerful drivers of growth available to modern associations. By expanding beyond a central headquarters, your organization can expand its reach without the demands of physical offices in every region. But geographic expansion comes with a trade-off. The same flexibility that makes remote chapters so attractive also creates logistical hurdles, particularly when it comes to spending and reimbursements. When volunteers submit expense reports from a dozen different states, the risk of inconsistent recordkeeping, policy misunderstandings, and compliance gaps increases exponentially.

Building a Data-Literate Workforce in Healthcare Settings

Healthcare generates more data than any other industry, yet 97% of this data goes unused. This means key operational, clinical, and financial data is going to waste—unless health professionals learn how to make the most of it. When professionals in any industry notice a skills gap, they often turn to organizations like your association for support. By incorporating data literacy training into your learning program, your association can help health professionals acquire the necessary skills to translate the raw numbers in their databases into actionable insights.

4 Top Strategies for Managing Your Medical Practice

Effective practice management is essential to any high-performing medical practice. You must hold both administrative duties and patient care to a high standard to ensure you deliver a great patient experience, leading to more revenue for your medical business. However, many office managers struggle to balance all the aspects of managing a medical practice. This guide covers best practices for streamlining operations and securing your practice’s financial health.

How to Strengthen Grant Applications With Volunteer Impact

Along with filling gaps in service delivery, volunteer programs signal that your community is deeply invested in your nonprofit’s mission. When you capture and share that volunteer impact, it can become one of the strongest assets in your next grant proposal. Grant applications filled with volunteer impact data and stories reassure funders that their dollars will be leveraged—not duplicated—by existing local commitment.

A Quick Guide to Planning a Successful Live Auction Event

Planning a successful fundraising event requires significant time, resources, and effort. This is especially true if you’re going the route of a live auction to support your nonprofit—but the potential payoff of this event is well worth the upfront investment! Every effective event starts with clear goals. For a live auction, your primary goal is likely to generate a specific amount of revenue.

3 Key Application & Review Processes for Membership Orgs

When people join membership programs at associations and nonprofits, they may be looking for professional development opportunities, new ways to connect with peers who share similar interests, or simply the personal fulfillment of engaging with an organization or cause they care about. Application and review processes may seem like a back-end management responsibility at your organization, but they’re integral to your membership value proposition.

Nonprofit Controllers vs. Accountants: The Key Differences

It’s no secret that effective financial management is critical to your nonprofit’s long-term success. Managing your resources allows your organization to work toward financial stability and plan for future growth. Many organizations debate whether to hire an accountant or a controller because there is overlap between their duties.