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Noodling Around Change Management and Social Media Adoption

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. She also pointed me to an older post on her blog about one of theories of change in the book based on thinking styles. I did a mashup with social media framing.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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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. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

From Climate Change to Navigating the Unexpected. The event kicked off with opening remarks by Joan Garry , an industry veteran and champion for the nonprofit sector, which led directly into the first panel discussion on the topic of climate. . The two discussed innovative solutions to the challenges facing nonprofits.

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 136: Implementing Sustainable Change in Your Institution

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Today’s guest, Drumm McNaughton, CEO of The Change Leader, Inc. talks with Blackbaud change management expert Michael Reardon about the best strategies for getting stakeholders involved in change efforts at higher education institutions and other social good organizations. Pitfalls to avoid.

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Social Media Behind the Firewall: The Tire, Tower, or Hub and Spoke?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been reflecting on the ideas shared at a panel called " Why Corporate Social Media Marketing Fails and How To Fix It " presented at the Web2.0 The discussion was organized around four points of social media failure: How can I get my culture to adapt? Does social media even matter? How can I make my campaigns work?

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will. What if they could be vulnerable, share where their plans had to diverge, or when their logic model was off? Next, funders stunt risk with their beloved wait-and-see approach.

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How do you create a culture that is not afraid to fail (or be more receptive to social media?)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several months ago, my colleague Rachel Happe from the Community Roundtable invited me to facilitate a discussion with members about the issues that swirl around organizational adoption of social media. This happens quite frequently with social media, especially in the early stages. We get poor results.