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5 best practices for Salesforce change management

fusionSpan

Whether a change happens goes smoothly or runs into unforeseen obstacles, it can be challenging technically and emotionally – and it’s not getting any easier in our fast-paced digital world. People can be highly resistant to change, especially when it alters their established ways of working. Clarity is key to that.

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4 Necessary Culture Shifts To Help You Navigate Change Management

Bloomerang

Every year there was guaranteed to be a policy or procedural change that required change management , which led to the second lesson I learned: Figure out how to make the change last. Organizations that successfully navigate change management have also made culture shifts to ensure lasting change.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation?

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

.orgSource

Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. There is only one right answer, to better understand people.

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

Association Analytics

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Data Governance: The Key to Strategic Planning

sgEngage

Foster a Culture of Security Your digital ecosystem is made of up three parts: People, Systems, and Processes. Your people are stewards of your mission and the heart of the organization. Finally, create a roadmap and set clear goals with evaluation criteria for hitting each goal. Security should be the tie that binds them!

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. It’s boring, and it doesn’t really improve people’s skills. Maybe it imparts knowledge, but people can’t transfer that to a real-life environment. And when all else fails, bribe people with food.

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