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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

From the urban demonstration projects of the historic foundations (Kellogg, Ford, Carnegie) to the contemporary emphasis on indicators and evaluation work, the sector has increasingly embraced systematic and intentional research processes for advancing social change goals. How does trajectory thinking strengthen grantmaking?

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Boosting Board Collaboration: Getting Board Buy-In for Collaboration Tools

NTEN

A board is made up of a group of people, and people have varying levels of comfort with, and willingness to adopt, new technology. Even the most technically articulate board members will start to push back if they have to remember a handful of different log-ins and passwords, or have to learn too many different tools or systems.

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Guest Post by Holly Hight: When Controlling the Message Stifles Community (and Staff Morale)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. How are you changing the culture of your organization to embrace social media?

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What Makes an IT Project Successful? Nonprofit Edition, Part Two

Connection Cafe

In addition to a sponsor, I’d suggest creating a committee of key leaders within the organization to act as a steering committee for the initiative, ensure clear communication at the executive level, and foster organization-wide focus on project objectives (more on articulating the value of an IT project here ).

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What Makes an IT Project Successful? Nonprofit Edition

Connection Cafe

But as many of us have found out the hard way, on-time and on-budget projects do not necessarily mean a new system will realize proposed goals and yield expected value…or that users will even adopt the system as desired. Next time, I’ll continue with a discussion of resources, scope creep, change management, and user adoption. (If

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