sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

While an innovation culture looks different depending on the nonprofit, there are some key characteristics of a culture that leaves room for innovation: Strong Leadership: Leadership plays a key role in any company culture, but it becomes even more important when fostering innovation. Room for failure: Failure is part of innovation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The Art of Change Leadership demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively, explains author of the book, Cheryl Cran.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. Nonprofit staff have a lot of tools, tabs, and systems to navigate on a daily basis, and an improved use of technology— even by 2%!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 31, 2018

The Art of Change Leadership demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively, explains author of the new book, Cheryl Cran.

Arts 40

Arts Leadership Change Change Management 40

sgEngage

JULY 5, 2024

Involve your staff by developing a steering committee comprised of different members of the team who interact with your system, including your accounting, technology, and program teams. Once finalized by the committee, have the requirement list approved by your leadership. Don’t do this in a vacuum.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Identify the person who will be the primary project manager as well as the member of leadership who will make the final decisions. Outlining these challenges in your project charter will keep your team focused on solutions that can alleviate these issues without getting pulled into new directions. How big is the problem?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. Here are a few sessions that will inspire you to rethink your workflows.

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

What makes them proud to come to work and be part of a team? These roles serve as guiding principles, shaping the CFO’s approach to financial leadership and influencing the organization’s trajectory towards financial sustainability and mission success.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

To manage your stakeholders’ expectations, consider adopting a culture of change management at your association. Help stakeholders embrace the likelihood of change during your AMS project by creating a communication timeline to share news promptly. Remember, you’re not looking to recreate your old AMS in a new system.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Art of Change Leadership demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively, explains author of the book, Cheryl Cran.

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Arts Leadership Change Learning 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

In addition, “Even though the book is written directly to the leader, going through the Survive, Reset, Thrive loop is a team activity, not an individual one,” adds Homkes. You may be in Thrive for months, or years, but then find yourself needing to move into Survive to re-stabilize.”

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

Change management needs to be built in from the beginning.” For example, implementation plans lay out the steps, sequence, owner(s), and metrics for each key activity of the plan, while performance dashboards track progress against it using a few vital metrics for the leadership team and board.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. And, shows you how to inspire those you lead.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rapid changes for nonprofits bring pressure from all sides. Nonprofit team members tend to wear many hats and carry immense stress even under normal conditions. The team consolidated databases of both organizations and migrated the data to Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT and Raiser’s Edge NXT. Maximize Current Tools.

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Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 93

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

These training programs typically cover a variety of topics, including the: Principles and practices of change management Psychology of change Stages of change Communication strategies Stakeholder management, etc.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

All of this is change. The actual process of changing takes true leadership, whether in our personal or professional lives. My organizational leadership mind had alarm bells ringing so loudly that I thought people could hear them. Nothing dooms a project more than failed change management in an organization.

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Change Management Change Management Denver 89

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Earlier this year I released the 2018 Nonprofit Digital Teams Report in partnership with Jason Mogus, principal consultant at NetChange Consulting. The Importance of Digital Leadership. No high performing teams are merely “informed” of new ideas. This should be a wake-up call to all campaigns and executive directors.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Finance must partner with other departments and organizational leadership. A crucial part of a leader’s daily role is to guide the path toward positive change: more efficiency, better information, and more accessible data. Foster strong internal partnerships. Keep the momentum going.

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fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

It’s a matter of making sure your teams have the best tools and processes at their disposal, your members get the best experience possible, and you can deliver on your mission. You need buy-in from both leadership and your wider team for a digital transformation to be successful.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2014

You know your organization needs to make a core technology change. The list is long— you can’t get the donor information you need, your program team can’t effectively manage volunteers, and your operations staff are spending way too much time entering and moving data instead of engaging key constituents.

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Open Source Open Organization Software 90

NTEN

JUNE 12, 2013

Effective leadership can come from anywhere in an organization. An important thing to remember is that leadership, especially when it comes to digital technologies, can come from anywhere in an organization. So depending on the results of the most recent reorganization, we may find ourselves working in many different departments.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2021

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. And, shows you how to inspire those you lead.

People 52

People Influence Leadership Blended 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from a few years ago: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Find the Tools to Maintain Momentum Rapid changes for nonprofits bring pressure from all sides. When your community experiences increased need, there is a higher demand on your services in several ways, including: Overwhelmed Staff Nonprofit team members tend to wear many hats and carry immense stress even under normal conditions.

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Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 52

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. SU: These individuals are recommended by their team’s leadership to be the subject matter expert on their team for solutions within Salesforce.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2013

In the end, however, we all found that the failures were not of technology, but of leadership – and so were the lessons. In the end, however, we all found that the failures were not of technology, but of leadership – and so were the lessons.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2014

Change is inevitable. Change is good. Help your employees and team learn to embrace change. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change ( Charles Darwin ).

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2013

Julia, a staff member at a nonprofit, offers her story about project management and personal growth. Having never managed a project, I was thrilled when the Executive Director asked if I wanted to be the project manager for the website initiative. Project management seemed easy and straightforward.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Change is inevitable. Change is good. Help your employees and team learn to embrace change. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change ( Charles Darwin ).

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit.

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Facilitation Leadership Track Change Management 69

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, only five months into 2017, I had already found a new leadership book so good that I couldn't wait until year-end 2017 to share it. And, shows you how to inspire those you lead.

Influence 52

Influence Leadership Blended Language 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Fundraising teams at the eye of the pandemic storm have experienced an eye-watering pace of change the past two years. Individual giving in particular has become more sophisticated and complex as teams manage an ever-growing range of platforms and channels, while driving net donor base growth.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Julia, a staff member at a nonprofit, offers her story about project management and personal growth. Having never managed a project, I was thrilled when the Executive Director asked if I wanted to be the project manager for the website initiative. Project management seemed easy and straightforward.

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Project Active Activism Activities 70

NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

Based on that feedback, this new exclusive event offers advanced level learning for nonprofit leaders and changemakers across an organization in three tracks: Impact Leadership: Dynamic executive directors and leadership teams will learn how to plan and implement effective programs through a data-informed approach.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

We converse with the team from the Ashoka Empathy Intiative and DataKind demonstrates how data can, in fact, save lives. The NTEN: Change publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and ready to download!

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Costa Rica NTEN Issue Change 66

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I believe teamwork is rare because our organizations are built in opposition to working as a team. Management philosophy is stuck in the past. The problem is that with the quickly changing landscape of today’s challenges the assembly line concept is not agile enough to adapt to those changes.

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