NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Director, Technology & Innovation. Change Management Cloud Infrastructure Leadership nonprofit cloud nonprofit innovation nptech Organizational Culture Staffing Strategy IT Staff' Karen Graham. MAP for Nonprofits. There’s no doubt that many organizations are using cloud technologies in innovative ways.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. What Holly said in a recent tweet!)

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Example: “Datamaking” as engagement I recently worked with an arts and culture intermediary nonprofit that focused on capacity development, network building, and connecting local nonprofits to state agencies and grants. Fast forward to today….

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 69

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The NTEN: Change publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and ready to download! True to its name, the Change journal is changing. >>Enjoy, and subscribe!

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Costa Rica Issue NTEN Change 66

NTEN

JUNE 7, 2013

"We really needed to think about how we should be investing in technology to align with our strategic goal to reach people statewide from our small office in tech-savvy Seattle," explained Margit Rankin, executive director.

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Artist Case Study Leadership Seattle 60

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

When an organization embraces the culture of creating and empowering all staff to become “brand ambassadors,” authentic and exponential growth starts to happen. What if the executive director tweeted about the upcoming gala? When organizations embrace this holistic culture, the nonprofit begins to come alive online.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

Barber learned about the Technology Leadership Academy (TLA) and brought the opportunity to her new boss, executive director Peg Sandeen. The timing was fortuitous," said Sandeen. Prior to the Academy, DWD was "keeping the lights on" as far as technology adoption and reactive in its approach. "We

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Case Study Leadership National Technology 56

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, and director of communications Kirsten Morrison talked about how the organization is using technology to scale their goals, their programs, and their impact. . She’s held various leadership positions in her 13.5

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Nonprofit New York City San Francisco Oracle 73

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.) Though it seems like a lot of channels, it is manageable with shared responsibility.

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Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

With this workbook, we hope to provide nonprofit leaders with a set of worksheets that will help guide thinking and planning around more effective data strategies. It will be helpful to include input and discussion from various staff when using this workbook, however.

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NTEN Data Metrics Sample 100

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For example, you could need assistance with: Fundraising strategy, including a wide range of specialized campaign types. Technology strategy and solution implementation. Marketing strategy development. Bristol Strategy Group – Strategic Planning & Board Development. Carol Weisman – Planned Giving Strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It allows potential employees to understand what personal characteristics align with culture and are the best fit. For example, “The program director must have excellent communication skills and a proven ability to delegate and motivate others.” ” Be specific when you describe the desired personal characteristics.

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Job Roles Skills Nonprofit 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

The discussion was organized around four points of social media failure: How can I get my culture to adapt? For this post, I wanted to focus on the first issue - the mismatch between organizational culture and social media adoption. As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night.

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Social Media Media Social Model 61

NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

What is the risk of not adapting to a changing technology culture? NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. How can we be sure that the rewards outweigh the risks?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

"Collaboration" is a word that comes up quite a bit in discussions about nonprofit strategies and nonprofit capacity. NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press.

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Issue Collaboration NTEN Case Study 76

NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr: kool_skatkat Last month, NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, posted a provocative article on our blog: " Rebranding the Accidental Techie." The organization could not manage either of those. even if those projects were not ones that would have been expected under those staff members' original job descriptions.

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Case Study NTEN Studies Leadership 65

NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

While we may think of our Executive Directors as leaders, how many of us think of the Help Desk staff in the same way? Instead, we're going to spend our time in program planning meetings and strategy talks, figuring out how to leverage technology to make the work our organizations are doing become that much more effective.

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Leadership Measure Hunger Tech 88

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

An important component listed above is the feedback loop in any measurement process -- we need to create a culture that is open to failure for the sake of identifying where we can do better. There also needs to be accountability, which I believe is a role the nonprofit community in partnership with the grant-makers need to play.

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Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

I couldn't possibly list everything here in this blog post, so please check out the new issue to see more (and make sure your Executive Director and Board Members read this): I'm pleased to announce Issue Six of NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders !

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Issue Content Case Study Map 78

NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

I n it you'll find: " Five Communications Myths that Executive Directors Believe ," from Kivi Leroux Miller, based on the 2012 Communications Trends Report. And our newest column: "Confessions of a Former Nonprofit IT Director". Nonprofit Leaders sharing how they determine whether a technology project has been successful.

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Case Study Issue Studies Journal 78

NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Leading - we’re innovators; we recognize that technology is an investment in our mission, and leadership integrates technology decisions with organizational strategy. In this article, we're taking a closer look at what we mean by "Tech Adoption". What is Tech Adoption? "We

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Adopt Benchmark Tech Technology 81

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

End-users ask, “can we make changes to the ‘out of the box’ software to meet specific needs?” ” In response, technology directors and CIOs ask, “I know we can customize this, but is it a good idea?” Do you want to start (or persist) a culture of customization? Development approach.

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Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

And when we fail, the donor would be notified at the same time as the executive director So as we were developing this new technology for reporting, it was no giant leap of imagination to ask ourselves, “What if our internal accountability platform were entirely open to donors?” Anybody could observe our progress, at any time.

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International Project Org Technology 60

sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Dan is the vice-president of customer success modernization and managing director of International Markets Group at Blackbaud and has years of experience working in the higher education space. Let’s take a look at how you can make the most of your advancement technology to create such blended strategy!

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Education Technology University Blended 93

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Clearly, my conversation partner didn’t understand the role of a CFO, let alone how important the position is in providing financial acumen and strategic vision in the rapidly changing nonprofit sector.

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Challenge Organization Interview Roles 72

NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Tech Tips for Executive Directors: The Non-Geek/Nonprofit Guide to Keeping Current on Technology , from Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. Change Management Community Leadership nonprofit technology leadership nptech nten:change Organizational Culture Staffing Strategy Communications'

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North Carolina Issue NTEN Change 85

NTEN

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Beyond financial and equipment matters, one of the most important concerns that can dictate the technological success or failure of a merger is change management. This official document should address high-level technology strategy surrounding the merger and then focus on departments and individuals most impacted by it.

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Technology Calendar Journal Classes 71

NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Peter Campbell, Director of Information Technology at Earthjustice in Oakland, reviewed several drafts and added his insights. In all seriousness, I think accidental techies have advantages that many "real" techies lack: since they often started in a support role they understand their organization’s mission and culture.

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Technology Oakland Chicago Skills 93

NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

By Zeph Harben, Director of Application Architecture, VolunteerMatch Every day we encounter hundreds of decision points. The human mind, it turns out, is an extremely efficient manager of the chaos of life. Status Quo Bias Status Quo bias takes many forms, but in simple terms, it involves fear of change. The results so far?

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Data Change Analysis Metrics 63

NTEN

MAY 13, 2011

By Chris Bernard, Idealware When [NTEN Member] Andy Wolber worked for NPower Michigan—first as a consultant, then later as executive director—the organization had a geographically spread-out board of 10-15 members. We'd love to hear YOUR tips, strategies, or #FAIL stories about getting your nonprofit board collaborating with technology.

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Case Study Michigan Collaboration Studies 69

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Y’all, no company can build a coherent culture without people who either share its core values or possess the willingness and ability to embrace those values. Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. I don’t know why.

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Management Work Video Slides 89

NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Rachel Weidinger, Director of Upwell , can be found on Twitter at @rachelannyes and @upwell_us. I want to abandon the frame that keeps us from being our most expansive, network-building, big listening, and hopeful selves at our desks. We don’t have to work alone.

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Org Share Data Conservancy 59

NTEN

JUNE 19, 2012

Key Benchmarks from the 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey from NTEN View more presentations from NTEN.

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