sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. It helps us to adapt, adjust, and evolve amidst complexity.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. For example, images and content displayed on the homepage will change based on past clicking and scrolling behavior. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. These convenings are often driven by the needs and goals of participants.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

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. They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions.

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Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 79

Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

We value and celebrate the diversity of our ideas, backgrounds, and experiences as they help us better understand one another and better serve our communities and constituents. Our goal this year is to craft a more meaningful, cohesive plan to better demonstrate Candid’s commitment to DEI.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools typically handle graduate and undergraduate student recruitment differently. Each instructor can emphasize different chapters and make the class their own, but everyone is learning from the same book. Understanding that will help you highlight those factors to other interested students. How do they define success?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We talked with leaders from five organizations that manage grant funding and here are their best practices for establishing strong grant management processes. Will this help you launch a program or expand your reach? In managing grant funding , communication is key. Lead the change. Focus on the why. Seek clarity.

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Grant Process Management Tips 91

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Benefits of Data Warehousing for Nonprofits Challenges of Data Warehousing for Nonprofits 6 Steps to Get Started Whether you’re new to data warehousing or seeking to enhance your existing data infrastructure, these insights will help you navigate the intricacies of setting up your own data warehouse. What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 4, 2024

This year, I am challenging you to change. This year, I am asking you to think differently about leadership. Let us look at some of the key components of gray thinking to help you in the new year: Avoid Extremes: As a leader, it can be easy to think that your opinion in a room full of others is the most accurate or the most important.

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Challenge Leadership Calendar Broadcast 68

Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Define your goals. Assemble the roadmap. Organize for success.

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Government Digital System Fund 88

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

With an overwhelming number of CMS options available, it’s essential to consider various factors to ensure your chosen platform aligns with your organization’s unique needs and goals. Digital Maturity: Depending on your organization’s digital maturity, your needs might differ. Need help with a website project?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Your school has a wealth of vital information—enrollment applications, student records, financial records, donor and alumni records—and stakeholders with different requirements and abilities. And that person does not need to know how to write code to help us accomplish our goals. Achieving “one record” may not be possible.

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Software API Miami Blackbaud 93

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. Your committee can evaluate solutions and the benefits and challenges of new software while helping educate your school’s stakeholders on how complicated and sophisticated data management can be.

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Denver Software PowerPoint Template 77

sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve also heard from many changemakers, including funders like you, about how today’s changing world has resulted in increased stress, uncertainty, and social isolation, as well as a decrease in overall well-being. And if you’re not around to help create a positive impact in your community, then who will be?

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Culture Consultant Calendar Team 72

sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Having the financial agility to rise to the challenge can make all the difference. Antiquated processes can increase human error and detract from the staff’s primary focus of tangibly helping communities. Nonprofits deal with change frequently. Shifting Needs. Build Integrations.

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Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 83

Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Though it has changed in shape during the pandemic, here are seven tips on how to use your digital ecosystem to enhance your fundraising. As people are spending more and more time online, digital fundraising is vital for mission-driven organizations to achieve and surpass goals. . Build stakeholder buy-in across your organization.

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Digital Tips Fundraising Evaluation 47

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Two Clear Business Goals. Identify Lifecycle of Data - Make a drawing representing the lifecycle of your data from creation, through different rounds of editing, to archive, to deletion. The world moves fast and we develop new needs on a weekly basis. Technology Process Improvement in a Nutshell.

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Process Technology Raise Fund 92

sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Having the financial agility to rise to the challenge can make all the difference. Antiquated processes can increase human error and detract from the staff’s primary focus of tangibly helping communities. Shifting Needs Nonprofits deal with change frequently.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Here is a quick brainstorm of questions we could ask that might help networks reflect more effectively. Questions to Help Deep Reflection Occur. Did it accomplish goals or outcomes? What would you do differently? What skills and processes did you help people learn as part of this project? In what ways?

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Reflection Social Media Learning Media 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

If you are one of the 10-15% of early adopters in social media, it is important to understand how to provide assistance to help others cross the chasm, whether individually or as an organization. In a follow up email, she asked what might be different about the adoption issues for social media?

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Adopt Social Media Media Social 90

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal.This may seem pretty basic, but it is amazing to me how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

This example illustrates the power that funders hold in this dynamic between organizations trying to meet undefined goals and parameters of “innovation” and funders not matching their risk talk with their risk walk. They said two different agencies that served nearly the same area of town were competing for “clients.” Please help now.”

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking.

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Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” tools that they need to help their workers become more efficient at their jobs. an act that does not achieve it’s intended goal. the action of changing something. lack of success.

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2013

Budget season is upon us and for many nonprofit organizations, this spawns a flurry of strategic planning as everyone gets in line for the budget dollars for their part of achieving the goals and objectives of the mission. First and foremost, let’s start with goals: What are the BIG goals that you have for your CRM strategy?

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Tips ROI Phase Info 35

NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Decide your goals for communicating in social media. Consider your personal goals and those for the organization you work for. Where do these goals meet and how do they differ? Knowing these attributes can help guide the content you write and how frequently you post. By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1.

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Social Media Personal Professional Media 89

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

are changing. Here are some key highlights from The Changing Demographics of America by Smithsonian. The United States of 2050 will look different from that of today: whites will no longer be in the majority. The changing demographics of the U.S. This will help you gain the confidence you need to reach out to new groups.

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Demographics United States Baltimore California 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

We wanted to give everyone a chance to get more familiar with the tools, and, more importantly, understand how social media is relevant to their goals. Even with the tailored materials, and a dry run, there were many things I’d do differently next time. Did it make a difference? What did we do? We went all-out.

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Social Media Media Remix Social 94

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most effective nonprofit consulting projects will address immediate problems and provide long-term strategic value that helps you grow. Rather, they partner with specific consultants that specialize in and can help them overcome key pain points for their organization. What do you need a consultant’s help to accomplish?

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Consultant Nonprofit Strategy Philanthropy 52

NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

Another useful reference for staffing levels is to look at the range of responses, however, rather than simply the average value: The median number is the midpoint of the numbers reported, which you can see is very different from the averages. incidentally, the mode was also 1.0 -- the most frequently reported number).

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Benchmark Technology Nonprofit Survey 85

NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

For those of you who have read Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard , by Chip and Dan Heath – or if you were at the 2011 NTC and saw Dan's Plenary – you've probably already started thinking about the Direct-Motivate-Shape the Path triumverate for helping people change their behavior.

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Action Work Advocacy NTC 59

NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Don't underestimate the importance of using your contacts and networks to help find people. Make sure you have measurable goals for the position and what you expect someone to accomplish in their first 30, 60, and 90 days. Would it make you want to put in the hours and effort to make a difference? Read the position description.

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People Interview NTEN Job 74

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

A Different Approach to CRM Pricing Alex: Do you find that record limits and the costs associated with moving to a higher records tier drive a lot of CRM switches? If you’re using two different systems, you have to manually tie all that data together. If you’re needing different systems to manage all that, it’s a big time-suck.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs.

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Goal Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 44

NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For example, if a tech officer knows that an organization wants to allow members to log into the site eventually, they may choose a different kind of content management system in the short-term so they can make this feasible down the line. This perspective can help to make connections across the organization. X-Ray Glasses.

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Leadership Tech Lecture Org 94

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When nonprofits are ready to make the shift to Salesforce, having the right team in place and the right mindset for the launch makes all the difference. Can a consultant help me if my nonprofit is already using Salesforce? What business goals can Salesforce help nonprofits achieve? What is Salesforce?

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Profit Organization Consultant Adopt 52

Forum One

JUNE 21, 2023

A good strategy prioritizes among goals and sets out an action plan for what you can achieve, taking into account real-life constraints like budget, time, organizational goals, organizational capacity, and technology. Periodic review helps to ensure intentionality and purpose of your entire digital ecosystem. Watch the webinar.

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Digital Case Study Map Review 64