We only do this twice a year: In this special issue we have some unusual discounts and free stuff: but each is only good for the next four days! So sign up by Friday, May 27, 5:00 pm Pacific time, or they're gone!
Exceed! Basic fundraising software: Exceed! Basic from Telosa Software can be 
purchased at $99 or $199, an almost 80% savings for a limited time from May 24th to May 27th. This fundraising software does it all: manage donor records, generate letters (ex: thank you notes and renewals), create reports, manage your mailing lists, and more. It even interfaces with QuickBooks! To help smaller organizations, Exceed! Basic is available at $99 for nonprofits with budgets of $500K or less, and for those of you with a larger budgets of $501K to $1 million it's available at $199: $300 off the regular price. To qualify for the discount and to learn if the software is the right for you and your organization, you just need to sign up for a free webinar within the four days to learn more.
Free Nonprofit Sustainability webinar: Based on the book Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability, co-authors Jan Masaoka and Steve Zimmerman will present a webinar on the Matrix Map tool for understanding and revising your business model to address both financial and mission impact at the same time. If you attend the webinar, you will also receive a coupon for a 25% discount on the book. Thursday, June 16, 11:00 am Pacific time. Click here to register (for free)! Limited to the first 500 sign-ups.
Free webinar on the Legalities of Nonprofits and Social 
Media: This up-to-the-minute webinar will be led by employment attorney Pamela Fyfe who also co-authors the popular "Ask Rita in HR" column for Blue Avocado. Should you google job applicants? Can you limit what employees say about your nonprofit on Facebook, GreatNonprofits, or Yelp? Pamela will delve into best practices for nonprofit policies and procedures around social networking media. Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11:00 am – noon Pacific time. Click here to register . . . free! Limited to first 500 sign-ups. This webinar and the Nonprofit Sustainability webinar are free thanks to the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group.
Nonprofit Quarterly: $10 off on a year's subscription. At Blue Avocado we subscribe to 
Nonprofit Quarterly (and we paid the full retail price!); you should too (subscribe, that is). But just for these four days, you can take $10 off the regular $49 subscription price so it's only $39. Click here and enter this special code — BLAV2011 — in the Coupon Code box you'll see on the checkout page.
In the current issue of this print magazine, we especially like the article "Beyond Financial Oversight" by Jeanne Bell that discusses expanding the board's role to one that focuses on sustainability.
IdeaEncore: $100 rebate on the $500 price for creating an online 
resource library for your association or nonprofit. You choose nonprofit resources and tools and add your own, setting different prices for members and non-members if you like. You then embed your customized, branded library right inside your website. No technical skills required. In an hour you can have a resource library you created with your own brand. To qualify for the rebate, just email info@IdeaEncore.com by the deadline to arrange for an online demo; you can decide later whether to purchase. /p>
Two notes from Blue Avocado:
- If you would like to have a special discount to a product or service from your nonprofit or company included in the next Blue Avocado discount mailing, please click here to send us a note and your contact information.
- Don't forget that the biggest discount of all is that you get Blue Avocado in your Inbox every three weeks absolutely free. As you know, we work on the public TV model: free to view but you have to endure a few pledge breaks (like this one) now and again. Donate and become a Blue Avocado member here. Thanks to our 200+ donors! — Jan Masaoka & the Blue Avocado Steering Committee
Discounted products and services are helpful for many of the small nonprofits I work with re: consulting projects. WE often forget that 98% of U.S. nonprofits are under $500,000 in operating budget, so they are less able to purchase many of the "tools" that would be helpful….a vicious cycle of sorts.