sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The right fund accounting software can save you time and streamline your processes. But as a community health center, you’re already running on lean margins, which makes it even harder to carve out time to implement new software. You’ll also want someone who is familiar with compliance, especially GAAP and FASB. Think about the future.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mostly we think of this as time spent on a task. But the other more nefarious cost is the amount of time it takes others to aid in completing work outside of their department. Furthermore, the taxing workload degrades our faculty and staff’s time, willingness, and effort. The internal stakeholders are the key to success.

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Change Management Change Management Denver 79

sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

Recognize what’s not serving you so you can make time for new approaches. Instead of providing direct answers to their problems, how are you helping them solve their own conundrums? Layer Learning into Your Work Looking for, understanding, and applying new ideas takes time—something many in philanthropy don’t have enough of.

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Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

of mainstream companies report that they continue to struggle with cultural challenges relating to organizational alignment, business processes, change management, communication, people skill sets, and resistance or lack of understanding to enable change. In the 2021 survey, 92.2%

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2014

The pursuit of social change globally requires visionary thinking regarding a nonprofit's IT strategy. Now is the time to think about why and how. Nonprofits and charitable organizations are solving some of the world’s most complex problems, including extreme poverty, humanitarian crises and environmental degradation.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Organize for success.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 4, 2024

Often times we use arbitrary dates such as January 1 st as mile markers on our journey to success. We see the calendar as a very black and white, finite example of change. This year, I am challenging you to change. Contrary to the new leader who is making decisions for the first time, seasoned leaders tend to avoid ambiguity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Today brings the new book, Build For Tomorrow , by Jason Feifer , Editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers. “My Change is coming. So, what happens next time these people confront change? It cannot be stopped! But it's not.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

This can cause problems when tasks fall through the cracks or emails go to inboxes that no longer exist. As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

It is tailor-made for that organization and does everything the customer needs it to do in the way that works best for that team at that point in time. It locks that organization into a static workflow that can only be changed by hiring cost-prohibitive engineers to make updates to the system’s code.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Change management: Planning and executing changes to your Salesforce configuration and managing the release of new Salesforce features. With a team of experts handling all aspects of your org, you can free up time to focus on other important tasks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Management philosophy is stuck in the past. Every manager knows the value of teamwork. The problem is the organizational structure in most nonprofits prevents it. 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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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ensuring fundraising success is more important than ever and our team at Blackbaud is monitoring the latest trends coming out of our Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management community to help our customers stay relevant and innovative. . Mastering change management to usher in digital transformation .

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In the introduction to the Change Management Strategies Series I mention three major factors effecting change. These include an organized implementation plan, communication, and management buy-in. This blog will focus on management buy-in. See Also: Change Management Strategies for LMS Implementation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

These things should be efficient but are not, mostly because of human problems, such as poor communication, resistance to compliance, forgetfulness and so on. K ( keep it simple): We need to keep simple things simple so that we have the time and energy for the complicated stuff. A five-minute problem shouldn’t take 15 minutes.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

Why is change management so daunting, in the nonprofit sector and in others? NetSuite.org Opportunities for Consultants : Learn how to access hundreds of NetSuite grantees needing change management, accounting, ERP, CRM, website and other services. Join her on Thursday, March 13 from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. to hear more!

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

But oh, will it be worth your time. So, yes, the Academy will require commitment, but, knowing our community, we don't expect that will be a problem for you. Please take some time to review the application guidelines , gather the necessary materials, and apply to the Technology Leadership Academy before July 30th. (By

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

And at all times, leaders help us enjoy the journey. And that's where we're headed now, through a time in which the need for our work has never been greater. Solving the issues that we are working on requires that we work across our sector to address these complex problems in equally complex ways. Open by default.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The 2013 Community of Impact cohorts will focus on two real problems, opportunities, or business solutions. What are the biggest problems facing nonprofits that we could work together to address? What are the biggest problems facing nonprofits that we could work together to address?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

By Peter Drury, a child's right a child's right either had a problem or an opportunity—the distinction hinged only on our perspective. As long as spare parts are in stock and locals know how to maintain and repair the systems, we can keep safe water flowing for a very long time.) Anybody could observe our progress, at any time.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

Staff time and budgets are limited, and improving the different ways they use technology seems out of reach. The innovation transformed the relationship from a time-consuming hassle to a real partnership. Have you done some creative problem-solving to with technology? By Laura S. Please share in the comments below.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems. To wit, we in online learning are often in the business of managing transactions. As we know, these transactions are often managed in the most labor-intensive way possible.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

] By Judi Sohn, Outgoing VP of Operations, Fight Colorectal Cancer Fight Colorectal Cancer: > 6 year-old Org > 6 Full-time Staff > $1.1 As a senior staff member for my organization, I don’t have the time or expertise to learn every API call. But I do have to do my homework and make smaller, strategic technology decisions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This can be a tremendous asset at the management level. Everything that a tech person deals with on a daily basis revolves around problem solving. Their goal is to save money and time for staff. They know the vast amount of data they have access to, where to find it, and what it means. Solution Based Thinking. Efficiency.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Do people come to you for problem solving? This can take some time. Aligning their incentives with the change you are leading will encourage people to be inspired to do what you want them to do -- because they want to do it. Tags: Change Management Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN. What You Do. Do you work hard?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

After all, those organizations must know what works when it comes to IT -- they spend a lot more time and money on it. Because they're so close to the action, as it were, we've found that users have an overwhelming desire to prescribe solutions instead of seeking help with problems. We were bold and optimistic.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 15, 2009

We're usually expecting to hear things like "Our staff will spend significantly less time putting together monthly reports" or "We will finally have agreement between the membership lists on the website and in the AMS." Problems with the adoption of new IT tools can rob an implementation of much of its ROI.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Three quarters of digital teams we surveyed have been restructured one or more times in the past 3 years, yet only 10% find their structure to be highly effective. This leaves an unfortunate 40% of teams stuck in structures that are creating significant problems and do not work. The Engagement Gap.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The key is to begin, said Linton Myers, Director of Innovation and Incubation at Blackbaud, and keep trying, even if the first attempt is not a slam-dunk. “Risk-averse leaders look at failures as a time loss, resource loss, or budget loss,” Myers said. Instead of thinking what happens if I fail, think about what happens if I don’t try?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most effective nonprofit consulting projects will address immediate problems and provide long-term strategic value that helps you grow. Clearly outlining these answers now will save time down the line and keep your team focused on the task at hand. Why should I hire a nonprofit consulting firm? Discuss the project with your board.

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Forum One

JUNE 21, 2023

A good strategy prioritizes among goals and sets out an action plan for what you can achieve, taking into account real-life constraints like budget, time, organizational goals, organizational capacity, and technology. Plans for change management, ongoing training, and clear internal communication are all key.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Here’s some food for thought on the topic that will hopefully make customization-related decisions easier next time it comes up, whether with vendors, internal business stakeholders, or developers: You keep using that word “customization” I do not think it means what you think it means. Development approach.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Define the problem: Identify the specific problem or issue you want to address through data analysis. Collect data: Make sure your data is relevant to the problem. Learn how to evaluate your data health and best practices to maintaining your data so it gives you accurate information.

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