Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this blog, we will outline four common strategic planning pitfalls and what you can do to avoid each to ensure your nonprofit’s plan results in success. Additionally, it should build on the unique skills and capabilities the organization brings to a community or field. What new systems or capabilities will we need to build or buy?

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Risks No change management undertaking is without its risks. As you are building your timeline, be cognizant of dependencies that might affect other deadlines. Keep your charter as simple and direct as possible—succinctly conveying any essential details related to your change initiative.

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

As we navigate the complexities of nonprofit finance, it becomes increasingly apparent that the role of the CFO is not just about managing finances but about pioneering a new frontier of leadership—one where financial sustainability converges harmoniously with organizational impact. Decisions should not be predicated by cash on hand.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A crucial part of a leader’s daily role is to guide the path toward positive change: more efficiency, better information, and more accessible data. Build excitement with staff around the possibilities of more integration, more reporting, and getting information more quickly. Keep the momentum going. “If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Stay tuned for a blog post about it. Session topics include: Supporting Effectiveness sessions explore how grantmakers can improve practices to build grantee capacity and better support nonprofit sustainability. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Sacha Litman, Managing Director, Measuring Success.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Just like any technology, realizing success on the Salesforce platform takes careful maintenance, dedication to change management, and intentional roadmap planning. Build a Knowledge Repository. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: Recapping the 8th Annual Education Summit. Blog: What Can Salesforce Do For Education?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

The experience you’ve gained building business processes and developing security protocols in a Salesforce-based technology solution will greatly help you get up and running with NPSP. Fall 2021 – Build Functionality, Convert and Compare Data. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: What to Expect From the Summer ’21 Release.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

At PEAK, they partnered with CommunityBuild Ventures on a program called Brave Space Building to make sure everyone on their team felt comfortable sharing. The post 4 Ways to Help Your Grantmaking Organization Adopt an Emergent Learning Mindset first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Safety must be cultivated,” Satonya said. “It

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. And, it covers the four types of conversations every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Each mode of the Survive, Reset, Thrive loop is critical, and you should build capability in, or get great, at each mode. What is often hardest, though, is the transition between the modes; that is, knowing when to move from Survive to Reset, and when to move from Reset to Thrive, as well as how to successfully manage this transition.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

By Beth Kanter, Author of Beth's Blog Content curation is the process of sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. [Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Today brings the new book, Build For Tomorrow , by Jason Feifer , Editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers. “My My new book is for anyone facing down an uncertain future, as well as a practical guide for every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur,” says Feifer.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Build Trust Through Relationships “There have to be conversations about who philanthropy, as a sector, trusts and who we don’t trust,” said Natanja. Now comes the hard work of building meaningful and authentic relationships. What happens when we move past allyship and into friendship?” It was about whether they trusted us.”

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Does it ask for information that builds trust, fosters collaboration, or encourages learning ? By aligning the change with your leadership goals, you can show them that streamlining your application is not just a nice-to-have, but a must-have for your organization’s success and sustainability.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As we reaffirm shared meaning making, we realize that knowledge work and social change are quite intertwined and interdependent. A History of Knowledge Work in Philanthropy Knowledge building and philanthropy have a long past. Let’s be honest, more information never leads, by itself, to desired change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lot's more. And, it covers the four types of conversation every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. And, it covers the four types of conversations every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Can you walk me through the process for building a report and a dashboard? Request a Demo The post 5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT® fits your organization.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Build stronger relationships with local and regional high schools, especially those serving less affluent neighborhoods. This blog was co-written by Christin Grissom and Kimberley Martin. Award Management System Transform your institution’s student awards program. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lot's more. And, it covers the four types of conversation every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2009

You can learn more about that in a new book from O'Reilly, called " The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation " by Jono Bacon. Tags: change management. Networked governance or peer-to-peer governance has worked well in the development of open source software projects. (You

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

This could help build trust and credibility with applicants and stakeholders. Manage your entire grantmaking workflow, from online grant applications through payments Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT® fits your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

on the Philanthropy411 blog. As we strive to build a more effective philanthropy, to share knowledge and support what works, let’s not become disconnected from the human element that drives philanthropy. Tags: change management. Knowledge is a concept that is rooted in the very fact that we are human. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Sacha Litman, Managing Director, Measuring Success.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Free Resource Tips for Stewarding Responsively 3 Ways to Redefine Risk and Build Stronger Relationships with Your Grantees Download Now Last, there is also an interesting dynamic where certain funders say they want risky and dynamic proposals but then when the call is answered, they are either disappointed or become fearful and retreat.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lot's more. And, it covers the four types of conversation every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

As we discovered last week from looking at movement building , relationship building skills are really important. As Valera Maltoni wrote in her post about ten tips for building movements, “ make advocates feel like rock stars - give people your attention. what does this type of relationship building look like in the weeds?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lots more. And, it covers the four types of conversation every leader must effectively master; conversations that: build relationships, develop others, make decisions and take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

It can mean: Leveraging personal networks of individuals: These tools allow us as individuals to build powerful networks and social capital - and this can be used to help our organization's achieve goals. The tools make the line between personal/organizational is quite squishy and that's a change management issue.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Because of this, “efficiency” in these areas is less a system-building challenge than a habit-building one. One management tool we have developed to help us is FOLKS Protocols. O ( open architecture is best): We try to build forms (i.e., Tags: change management working wikily.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

Build enduring personal ties with those who look to you. Useem is the Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management and Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He previously wrote, The Leadership Moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I captured his talk in this blog post " What do Maori Creation Stories Have in Common With Social Media? " You take the learning from the last failure and you build something awesome out of it. Tags: change management. From every failure there is something to learn.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is our most popular Managing eLearning post every year, and by now we know you want to see the hype curve first. As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development.

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