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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

sgEngage

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. We also ensured that we reflected industry best practices for funders and our own organizational values were embedded deeper into our grantmaking practices and partnerships.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] If Donors Giving From Donor-Advised Funds Want Anonymity, How Do You Cultivate Them?

Bloomerang

Other things you can do include: Meet with local DAF sponsor organizations. Being human, DAF donors generally want to see some of that love reflected back. So, you should be doing everything within your power to leverage more of this giving (I’ll get to some tips to do exactly that in a moment). of those gifts were given anonymously.

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How To Transform Good Intentions Into Great Performance

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Reflecting on the messages. Duncan demonstrates in the book how humanness, approachability , and friendliness are necessary but often overlooked elements of making change successful in an organization. But the number one most expensive thing that can happen to your organization is for your best and most capable people to quit and stay.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

A tech-savvy team is essential for nonprofit organizations that want to thrive in the digital age. Determining what technology skills your organization needs Skill requirements are not one-size-fits-all. One approach to documenting skill requirements could be to create a matrix of skills and roles for your organization.

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Social Media: Distributed Influence Quantifying the Impact of Social Media - A New White Paper from Edelman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Screencapture from Jonny Bentwood 's White Paper on measuring influence. Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. On Twitter, Kami Huyse pointed over to her reflections on this paper which lead me again to the paper itself.

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Change-friendly Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Reflecting on the messages. Duncan demonstrates in the book how humanness, approachability , and friendliness are necessary but often overlooked elements of making change successful in an organization. But the number one most expensive thing that can happen to your organization is for your best and most capable people to quit and stay.

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Does Your Nonprofit Have A Social Media Work Flow?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He defines this as “a sequence of connected steps that enables the entire organization to act efficiently with minimal overlapping tasks and resources in order to serve the market in social channels and beyond.” or on a larger scale, ”What if our organization finds itself in the center of a social media backlash ? .”