NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Many executives don’t approach management and leadership in accounting or evaluation matters, for example, with the same trepidation as they do technology. And yet the same skills that make any leader effective are appropriate to managing technology.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2013

Many executives don’t approach management and leadership in accounting or evaluation matters, for example, with the same trepidation as they do technology. And yet the same skills that make any leader effective are appropriate to managing technology.

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Leadership Evaluation Change Management Nptech 98

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

Now think about your nonprofit organization. If you are still hosting the data and applications that you’re using to run your core operations and development efforts—from your accounting software to your donor relationship management and fundraising systems—on premises, you are not setting your future organization up for success.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

While this information might not come as a surprise, there is a clear path forward for your technology strategy as it relates to managing your constituents. For nonprofit organizations currently utilizing the LCRM product, the time is now to plan for what comes next. But don’t worry, you’re not in this alone.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? Growth of funding opportunities: There are more sources of funding available for nonprofits, such as peer-to-peer fundraising, crowdfunding, corporate giving, and donor-advised funds. Does your application align with your vision?

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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. Register here today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Session topics include: Supporting Effectiveness sessions explore how grantmakers can improve practices to build grantee capacity and better support nonprofit sustainability. Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

Gaining buy-in early on, soliciting bids and conducting an ROI analysis helped Death With Dignity National Center prioritize its top technology projects and prepare to develop metrics for evaluation. 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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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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. Change management is quite simply a proactive approach to managing change in an organization’s processes, goals, or technologies.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. And salaries in many nonprofit organizations can’t compete with the for-profit sector. According to The Council of Nonprofits 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey , almost three quarters of nonprofits that completed the survey have current openings at their organization.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

After over a decade of convening our signature annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, we are excited to unveil and invite you to our inaugural Leading Change Summit in San Francisco on September 3-6. 14lcs Change Management Data Leadership leading change leading change summit Strategy'

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. And you would feel confident that you made the best choice for your nonprofit organization. This is a great way to learn best practices and see how other nonprofits are using the fund accounting system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Session topics include: Supporting Effectiveness sessions explore how grantmakers can improve practices to build grantee capacity and better support nonprofit sustainability. Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Learn the basics of implementing and conducting effective tech training in TechSoup's Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101. Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101 will. Introduce you to how to manage technology change in your organization. What You'll Learn. What the Course Includes.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Philanthropy loves “new” things. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

For many nonprofit organizations, as with the wider public and private business sectors, the last couple of years have been impacted by a general economic downturn. Did we see evidence of this in our annual Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending survey conducted at the end of 2010? Well, yes and no.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

Start by asking yourself how you and your organization reacted to change last year, and how those reactions can be different in the future. Then, follow these tips to get your change management creative juices flowing! For each change listed, add a sentence or two to support your reasoning for the change.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. > Download the Report for Free.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month. Smart Technology Investment for Nonprofits from NTEN.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. We need a culture change. So what are our next steps?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So, we came up with this topic: " Creating a Culture that is not Afraid to Fail. " I thought this would be a great opportunity to reflect on some of my recent blog posts on this topic as well as gain new insights from others who work on social media in a corporate (and nonprofit) setting as well as my network.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. We need a culture change. So what are our next steps?

Roles 57

Roles Question Ratio API 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2009

At last weekend's Transparency Camp West , Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation asked me a great question. "What are the characteristics of nonprofits that have successfully adopted social media?" . But what is in the DNA of these nonprofit organizations that allows for them to embrace social media and use it successfully?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Don’t let fear of change hold your organization back from making much needed technology upgrades. Be pro-active and constantly evaluate your processes, so you can stop playing “hurry up and implement!” Nonprofit Technology Change Management Cloud Cloud based fundraising Financial Edge NXT nonprofit management Raiser''s Edge NXT'

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

NTEN member Sean Watson brought up his concern about the lack of staffing around, and interest in, "business processes" in most nonprofit organizations. Here's a little more background from him on this topic: " I spent my days at [a for-profit company] working with managers on process improvement. of people, even.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. Organizations continually operate in “not enough” mode and are expected to try to make the best of their limited resources and create (and evaluate) the most impact possible.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. 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.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. 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.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. In order to be successful in this step you will need full management support and a dedicated key project lead for your team. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’m often asked to help nonprofits define a technology roadmap – that is, figuring out how to migrate their business from a legacy system(s) to a new solution(s) and beyond. End-users ask, “can we make changes to the ‘out of the box’ software to meet specific needs? Development approach.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. The intersection of unsafe water and extreme poverty isn’t good for kids—in fact, it changes the very trajectory of their lives.

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International Project Org Technology 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. But I’m most pleased that EDF staff are evaluating how blogging will help achieve their goals, not just blogging for the sake of it. Tags: change management training materials.

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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 nonprofits use Salesforce? What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations? Why do nonprofits use Salesforce? What kind of nonprofit teams need Salesforce?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?" Techies often feel the strain of being "misunderstood"; I would challenge each and every nonprofit technologist to begin by first understanding their organization.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In the nonprofit sector, we have some big challenges in this area. Most examples we have of successful IT practices would likely fail in a nonprofit context, though. Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned.

Roles 65

Roles Project Process Management 65

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Unifying Constituent Data with the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Pardot. Change management remained an integral facet of the Foundation’s implementation plan throughout the migration to Salesforce from Luminate CRM and Luminate Online. Sustained Success Through Training + Communication.

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