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A Closer Look at Nonprofit Technology Benchmarks: Tech Adoption Levels

NTEN

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. In this article, we're taking a closer look at what we mean by "Tech Adoption".

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Staff: Provide an organizational chart with photos and enough information about each person’s role so volunteers can find the person they are looking for.

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Does Your Organization Have Social Media Guidelines for All Staff?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We adopted a set of Guidelines that TNT created (creative commons) to ENCOURAGE their staff to use social: bit.ly/YQe91n We adopted a set of Guidelines that TNT created (creative commons) to ENCOURAGE their staff to use social: bit.ly/YQe91n YQe91n #npsmpeer. Brian Fitzgerald (@brianfit) March 10, 2013.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. At SXSW, there….

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Great reads from around the web on July 29th

Amy Sample Ward

" Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? — Global Neighbourhoods – When everyone wants a bit of the social media juice, having a strategy and usage policy become even more important. Freeman about what community organizing looks like in the 21st century."

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SXSW: Future of Social Networks

Amy Sample Ward

get your privacy and permission policies and proceses aligned with an open strategy. where are customers or users “in&# the organization chart (at the top?). If social media is SO compelling, how it is SO hard for organizations to adopt it? Evaluate where social makes sense. find your tust agents.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

It is one thing to adopt certain principles for how you will navigate change personally, but things get even more complicated and interesting when you are navigating change management as a unit, group, family, or organization. Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes. Be strategic in this answer.