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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?

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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Change management can be a long and uncomfortable process, but the introspection and analysis help you find ways to improve and more closely align with your mission. For process changes like this, there isn’t a set timeframe for each phase of this process.

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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. Does the organization need an independent, neutral third party to assess needs, listen to staff, and provide comprehensive analysis on the best path forward?

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. The American Hospital Association advises that healthcare boards that conduct self-assessments are more likely to have a strong culture of governance and they are more likely to be effective in managing risk.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. The following image conveys what this looked like in practice for the same cultural intermediary that used the matrix tool above. These visual analysis tools illuminate potential connections and spaces where relationships exist or are possible.

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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2018 analysis by Ben Gose , a reported 57% of nonprofits doubted their ability to continue meeting demand, motiving many nonprofit leaders to consider collaboration with other nonprofits and across sector lines in order to increase organizational capacity. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Layer two begins with the implementation process.

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Digital transformation for nonprofits

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The tech might be a crucial component of it, but the software can’t succeed on its own if your business processes have aged or your organization lacks a culture that embraces change. Technology challenges to digital transformation As a nonprofit, the goal of a fit-gap analysis isn’t only to understand how your current technology works.

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