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Introducing a New NTEN Workbook: Getting Started With Data-Driven Decision Making

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It’s important that your entire team buys-in to the strategy—data collection, analysis, and reiteration is a cultural shift for many of us, and it’s something that can’t be done once or intermittently or inconsistently across your organization if we’re going to be more effective.

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Forget the Tech, Let’s Talk Mission

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There is often a powerful disconnect between the objectives of technologists and the direction of an organization's leadership team. Understanding how you can best support your organization via technology depends on the relationship you will and can forge with the leadership team. Reach out, build bridges and swallow your pride.

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Technology Process Improvement for Nonprofits (Can Help Raise More Funds)

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The selection of quality technology systems is a very important piece of managing those relationships, but equally important is how your team uses the technology. All we're going to do now is add a little structure – and do it as a team. What is Technology Process Improvement? Preparing for Technology Process Improvement.

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Case Study: Moving to Google Apps

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The first step was to create and present a proposal for the management team and get an approval. I made a SWOT analysis between an in-house server solution and Google Apps. When the analysis was done, I created a proposal with my recommendations, which was approved by October 2009.

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Intuition vs. Data: How VolunteerMatch Uses Data to Change the Way It Makes Strategic Decisions

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As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from. As an application service provider with roots that stretch back to the early days of the Web, we've been through several phases of change and development. Test small, incremental changes instead of overhauling everything.

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Going from Accidental Techie to Technology Leader

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The bottom line: show how you and your team add value. Get good at cost/benefit analysis and measuring ROI. Pull these folks into a circle of "power users," give them resources and training, and ask for their feedback on your plans. They’ll become ambassadors for your work. At the end of the day, you have to "show them the money."

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Tech Across Your Org: Sharing a Cause and Data Across Multiple Orgs

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Our philosophy at Upwell is that we’re part of a big ocean team that includes marine conservation organizations, marine scientists, and ocean activists. During each brief webinar, we shared our analysis in quick, memorable bites , and asked organizations (if they felt comfortable) to share their Shark Week campaign plans and challenges.

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