NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

If you've been keeping up with this blog series about applications of our annual Nonprofit Tech Staffing & Investments research, you've noticed that we refer to "Tech Adoption" when gauging the impact of staffing levels or investments on an organization. What is Tech Adoption? "We

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? Further, funders disincentivize risk when they require lengthy applications and reports that may not always showcase reality or the organization’s ability to create impact.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 74

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. In a follow up email, she asked what might be different about the adoption issues for social media? In the past, adoption of technologies like Web 1.0

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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. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 79

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Support these policies with management tools that help you stay on track with requirements and deadlines throughout the entire grant lifecycle. Adopt a robust fund accounting system. Get a clear understanding of what capabilities you need in your accounting software to effectively manage grant funds.

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Grant Process Management Tips 91

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Consider all ramifications Enthusiasm and innovation are great, but only when they support your mission and move your organization forward. Can this new platform integrate into our existing tech stack, or will it create more work for staff to support and manage it? What and who does it impact? Who is the decision maker?

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Denver Software PowerPoint Template 77

sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Our registrar must issue addendums when families add, remove, or change support services. Our business office has to re-enroll students in the tuition management system. Thankfully, Blackbaud support was able to help us navigate these challenges, with some things still in the works to accommodate our new processes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Photo by Sifter Last week, I had a fantastic conversation with the folks at EDF Innovation Exchange about transparency and social media adoption. If we overbuild, it will require more resources to support and be that much harder to deconstruct. Tags: change management working wikily.

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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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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

That’s where change management comes in. By implementing a change management strategy that’s geared towards their specific circumstances, nonprofits can help their staff members adopt new systems quickly and effectively. Change management: What is it?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The social justice organization supported Black and Indigenous people through grantmaking with an annual budget between $2 million and $3 million. The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist. Inadequate Processes.

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Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 83

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. 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.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . When the pandemic hit, BGCA quickly realized they needed to rethink their entire service delivery model in order to continue making an impact.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Let’s explore how these two factors impact higher education and the potential strategies institutions can adopt. How is the perceived value of a college degree changing? Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support.

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Education Student Award University 77

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. Monitor program impact.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The social justice organization supported Black and Indigenous people through grantmaking with an annual budget between $2 million and $3 million. The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Dreamforce 2022 — primed to be our most impactful Dreamforce ever — will return to San Francisco from September 20 through September 22, bringing the entire Salesforce community home for our 20th anniversary of Dreamforce. For nonprofit customers: Do you inspire your supporters to build movements? Have you heard the news?

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San Francisco Education Student Org 59

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Dreamforce 2022 — primed to be our most impactful Dreamforce ever — will return to San Francisco from September 20 through September 22, bringing the entire Salesforce community home for our 20th anniversary of Dreamforce. For nonprofit customers: Do you inspire your supporters to build movements? Have you heard the news?

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San Francisco Education Student Org 52

sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Through those transformational conversations with your community, you can ask how your organization can show up better and what support they actually need. How can we make sure we are capturing the incremental stories and the impact we are having over time?” Now comes the hard work of building meaningful and authentic relationships.

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Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 66

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Your charitable organization has probably fielded questions from curious supporters and internal audiences on the ways it might be leveraged. We’ll summarize a few key takeaways and point to some resources that might be helpful as you think through the impact of this technology. Is it just a fad?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. Trajectory thinking is actually more useful for knowledge success.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

The graphic above shows the average number of organizational staff supported by tech staff (60.18) according to our survey at the end of 2011, as well as the average number reported by Small ( $10M) organizations, respectively. Tech staff at larger organizations generally have a larger number of staff they need to support.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices related to staffing your Salesforce instance. Change Management: Managing the change within the project lifecycle or overall organization.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

It's important not to forget that your organization is made up of people and, therefore, consideration for the effects of the technology change on these people is important to the success of the project. Technology change is not new. The effects of a technology change on people are not new either. Communication.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

We have adopted Facebook and Twitter and examine new tools before taking them to assess their usefulness in reaching our community. Adopting video into our mix of communications and marketing tools to tell the story of those affected by a brain tumour. Your mission?

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As experts in bridging gaps and supporting missions, we’re a Salesforce Trusted Partner with strategy, implementation, and support experience. What are the benefits of keeping a Salesforce consultant on to support my nonprofit? It’s a broad tool, so it won’t just impact one area of your organization. What is Salesforce?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Some of the findings in this year’s survey included the importance of having leaders with digital experience, the connection between well-structured teams and outcomes, the challenges in restructuring digital teams, and the gap between the value organizations place on supporter engagement and how they are prioritizing managing and tracking it.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

As a key enabler to income generation growth and enhanced engagement with largest and most diverse external audiences, it is essential that fundraising teams harness a smart customer relationship management (CRM) that supports the ‘orchestration’ or automation of their work. The popularity of these tools is not surprising.

Education 90

Education Technology University Blended 90

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

Operations & Leadership What to Expect When Buying a Nonprofit CRM 14 min read Read Now Innovation and Support Are Important Alex: What kinds of questions should people be asking a potential CRM vendor? On a similar note, you should also dig into how a potential vendor supports their clients. It’s a very valuable resource.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2021

The mission of government is to provide support, information, and services to citizens. Having a precise picture of your current state of systems will allow you to identify where there are inefficiencies so that you can make the necessary changes. Develop a change management plan. Focus on accessibility for all users.

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Government System Adopt Digital 68

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Hospital is recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the US and donations to the Foundation help sustain critical programs at the hospital, including Pediatric Research and Patient Care, Maternity and Newborn Health, Family Support Programs, such as Child Life and Social Work, and so much more.

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Gyrus

APRIL 10, 2018

How To Foster User Adoption In Your New Learning Management System? As you are planning to transition from your outdated Learning Management System (LMS) to your new LMS application it is important to keep in mind your users’ perception of the change. ” Educate on the Interworkings of the New Program.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. In addition to these immediate cash grants, Two Ten provides information and referral services for counseling and other support.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More governance and cross-cloud architecture have become necessary, and ultimately more data is being created – a nice problem to have – but those who support implementations need tools to work more efficiently. As the platform has expanded, the use of Salesforce has expanded to break down departmental silos within organizations.

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Education Experiment Student Application 59

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

But with change comes new opportunities to evaluate and improve on existing business processes and demonstrate to existing and potential supporters that your organization is dedicated to compliance and ethical accounting practices. This article and infographic provides tips for getting started with compliance change management.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Change Team : These are your evangelists and communication leads for the project, responsible for monitoring and managing the project’s impact on the people within the organization, with an eye toward ensuring user adoption (more on Change Management and Adoption Readiness below). Scope Creep.

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