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Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. The people using Threads are early adopters and they have seen it many times before.

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3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Tech Project Should Begin with a Discovery

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. Discoveries are essentially risk mitigation exercises, and they should be a separate contract from the build phase whenever possible. Why is that? It’s about people.

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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

Association Analytics

The first phase of crafting comprehensive requirements can be very time intensive. The next step is to develop everything from scratch, including performing integrations with all of your other software platforms and building all the dashboards and visualizations for your performance metrics. People can be adverse to change.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

.orgSource

As part of managing growth and scaling the business, Zappos adopted the Holacracy constitution. The adoption of Holacracy encouraged autonomy and distributed authority, key pillars today. We had a roadmap for how to advance the organization and prepare for the next phase of growth.”. That’s trust.

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Getting the board on board with nonprofit technology changes

EveryAction

They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. You’ll want to approach this project in phases, and build a solid foundation first to help you create lasting change. Focus on improving your operations.

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RAG-Enhanced Conversational AI: A Comprehensive Guide

Forum One

The introduction of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, now allows AI applications to enhance the capabilities of machine learning models by integrating them with a retrieval component. One of the main areas that has seen renewed interest due to enhanced capabilities is chatbots and conversational AI.

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Customer Experience: 5 Considerations When Assessing Volunteer Management Software

Volunteer Hub

It begins with a thorough qualification process during the sales phase, aimed at determining if the software is the best fit for your organization and your specific use case. Personalized Onboarding Onboarding is one of the most important steps in successfully adopting volunteer management software.