fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When implemented with the right expertise, Fonteva gives your organization greater agility with drag-and-drop reporting, straightforward data dashboards, and a cloud solution that’s always up to date. Even the most comprehensive AMS can fail to make the right impact if you don’t get executive alignment and buy-in across your organization.

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Service Management System Tech 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As a nonprofit industry advisor for Salesforce, everyday I speak with customers whose organizations are facing unprecedented challenges. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, everything changed for them in terms of how they connect with donors, supporters, and beneficiaries. And I’m thrilled to tell you that’s just what happened. “I

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) commitment statement provides general guidelines and insights as to how the organization supports, prioritizes, and maintains an inclusive work environment that fosters a sense of belonging and trust. We incorporate equity, inclusion, and respect for diverse perspectives in all our work.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Your digital ecosystem , which encompasses all of your digital properties, including your website(s), engagement channels, and technical support platforms, allows for a number of entry points through which your target audiences think and feel about your organization. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The entire process of r esearching, buying, and implementing new association management software (AMS) is a major job for any organization. Once you understand how unique your stakeholders are, you can consider how frequently you’ll need to issue updates. How often do the stakeholders need updates?

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Project Management Tips Associations 119

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design. This gets in the way of everyone being able to do a little bit of work. It's your professional social network or a network of organizations or typically both.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Corporations and nonprofits alike are rapidly embracing the practice of letting employees work remotely. Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work.

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Work Second Life Laptop Audio 97

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. You’d know how your organization will grow in the next three years. And you would feel confident that you made the best choice for your nonprofit organization. How does your system manage restricted funds?

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Fund Question System Integration 81

NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] As a senior staff member for my organization, I don’t have the time or expertise to learn every API call.

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Org Leadership Technology Organization 77

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. Funders wield their power around risk in ways that are also unfair.

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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. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? But is this the right question?

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. Looking at this data together will give you a better understanding of what works in your programs and what could be improved.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

And according to the Wellbeing Project , a global non-profit organization focused on catalyzing a culture of inner well-being for all changemakers, changemakers face increasing levels of burnout, stress, depression, chronic illness, and weak personal and professional relationships. I know you’re doing great work.

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Culture Consultant Calendar Team 72

fusionSpan

OCTOBER 10, 2022

However, Salesforce can be difficult to manage. Luckily, Salesforce Managed Services can help organizations get the most out of their investment in this business application by offering professional support, training, and implementation so you can start using Salesforce as soon as possible.

Service 52

Service Business Management Help 52

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. Fall 2021 – Build Functionality, Convert and Compare Data.

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Life Test Nonprofit Data 64

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

But isn’t the way the organization spends its money just as important? You want to make sure that the organization that’s getting your money is running as economically as possible and can provide an accurate accounting of its efforts. Now think about your nonprofit organization. Their business models depend on this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

The Web is still its own silo in many organizations. was going mainstream in nonprofit workplaces, along with the need to develop technology plans. Similar adoption issues and themes surfaced as I identified in my recent post on social media policy. It's working in a networked way. started to cross the chasm.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Just like any technology, realizing success on the Salesforce platform takes careful maintenance, dedication to change management, and intentional roadmap planning. Some SUs might already work in their sandboxes and have limited admin privileges. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: Recapping the 8th Annual Education Summit.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations? What are the benefits of working with a Salesforce consultant before setting up our CRM platform? How do nonprofits make Salesforce work long-term? Organizations that use Salesforce can tailor their CRM experience in innumerable ways to help them meet their wider goals.

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Profit Organization Consultant Adopt 52

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students. Work with local, state, and federal programs.

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Education Student Award University 77

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. NTEN’s gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help your organization devise a solid strategy as well as learn the secrets of using a variety of social media tools.

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NTEN Media eLearning Case Study 105

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

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Management Work Video Slides 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

" He talking about building shared language and understanding in order to successfully introduce a change (adoption of social media principles and tools) in an organization. Information How does it work? Management How can I master it? Many people shared examples, but nothing much about change management.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Specifically around the question, "What it is in the culture of organizations that are able to make the shift that is different from organizations that cannot?" The leadership of the organization understands that social media and connectedness has an impact on the organization and they need to embrace it.

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Social Media Adopt Share Media 95

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] work must be spread among staff 2.) Some of the team is dispursed, working virtually.

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Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

A great change management technique, build (or re-engineer) your policies in a collaborative way.? This can be around where/how gifts are entered and even more importantly, what types of gifts your organization will accept. To illustrate this, donors sometimes want to fund a project that is outside an organization’s mission.

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Integration Develop Practice Technology 27

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Instead of getting a nod of understanding or an enthusiastic question about the mission of the organization, I got a blank stare and the response, “C…F…O…?” Another empty gaze, followed by a quick change of subject. Once, when asked what I do for a living, I responded, “I’m a CFO for nonprofits.” Chief Financial Officer,” I clarified.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

Lucky for us, our great pals Maddy and Lindy at Social Fish organized a Buzz 2010 breakfast with , who wrote , and who just released her latest book, Open Leadership. Everyone can be a leader in their organizations, and everyone can bring openness - through social media - to their work. They get licked.

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Org Chart DC Social Media 81

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

My experience since I started working in the social media field is that the failures are where you learn the most as a community manager, a social media manger, a change manger, a professional and as a person. Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.”

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

The post and ideas resonated with Holly Hight, a field organizer for Bread for the World. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

The discussion was organized around four points of social media failure: How can I get my culture to adapt? How can I make my campaigns work? As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. Expo by Peter Kim , Charlene Li , and Jeremiah Owyang.

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Social Media Media Social Model 61

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

With more than 38 years of success in leading strategic initiatives resulting in operation growth and market strength, her specialties are aligning the needs of a varied group of constituents with the overall mission and working with a grassroots chapter and volunteer network while maintaining a strategic business operations focus.

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

We are standing right on top of a critical inflection point, and we owe it to our causes to make sure that we navigate the change as best as we possibly can. When you started this work, technology was all servers, Cat5 and HTML. And that's where we're headed now, through a time in which the need for our work has never been greater.

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Leadership Measure Hunger Tech 88

NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for fre e! ] Consider your personal goals and those for the organization you work for. By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit organizations look to outside experts for all kinds of reasons. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Work with your team to compare and analyze your shortlist of candidates.

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