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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. Change management can be a long and uncomfortable process, but the introspection and analysis help you find ways to improve and more closely align with your mission.

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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Queries and reporting tools will provide an efficient means of building a list of relevant activities. Be sure to save those query results so they can be reused, or even use an export tool if you need to share it with other users. Here is a document that outlines the different security roles available in the system.

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Combatting Innovation Creep

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These scenarios happen all the time and can be incredibly frustrating for IT managers, especially when your current tech stack already has a similar tool—which the colleague has forgotten about or never completed training on—or the suggested software cannot integrate properly with your other systems. Is the innovation micro or macro?

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Noodling Around Change Management and Social Media Adoption

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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. Everything changes autonomously, of its own accord. ".

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Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Staffing Recommendations

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This tool is a game-changer in elevating the advancement, recruitment and admissions, student success, communication, and other critical business capabilities of your institution. Just like any technology, realizing success on the Salesforce platform takes careful maintenance, dedication to change management, and intentional roadmap planning.

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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

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Can a commercial product provide the tools you need? Out-of-the-box templates are easily configured to meet your business needs which significantly reduces the time-consuming requirements documentation phase. Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. Or do you need something custom to meet your business objectives?

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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Find the Tools to Maintain Momentum. Rapid changes for nonprofits bring pressure from all sides. Instead of succumbing to overwhelm during times of increased need, nonprofits require the right tools to help them respond to the community with the necessary financial flexibility. Leverage Technology to Manage Rapid Change.