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

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Even small associations tend to stack layers of management like the cake at a royal wedding. As many as five tiers of responsibility (junior positions, middle managers, executive staff, committees, and the board of directors) are not unusual. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? You can do it.

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What Does a Project Manager Do?

Media Cause

When timelines are being met, challenges that arise are being navigated with ease and wisdom, and communication flows consistently and clearly between a nonprofit and a marketing agency, thank a project manager. What does a project manager do? The broad answer is project managers manage projects.

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Hiring A Google Grants Manager: A Guide & 9 Agencies

Nonprofits Source

Best of all, there are professional Google Grants managers out there to help you navigate the program and make the most compelling ads possible. In turn, professional account management can empower you to make the most of your marketing budget. How do I manage Google Grants?

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How can small nonprofits be successful in strategic human resources management?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Kelsey Duman Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Strategic human resources management (SHRM) is a fundamental factor in making the best use of these resources. It is widely acknowledged that HR management is an integral component of any successful business. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

And every advocate for social good has much to gain by paying attention to the Information half of IT. Why pay attention to data? Think about the last time you heard someone mention a safety deposit box and compare that to the last conversation you heard about creating, managing, or forgetting login credentials. That’s okay!

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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More than a few of those executives were managing virtual teams. One bit of wisdom is that like most skills, managing a remote team is both easier and more complicated than we could have imagined. We were forced into situations that few were prepared to manage. But we also paid special attention to looking after each other. “To

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Donor Management Software: Buyer’s Guide + 16 Top Solutions

Bloomerang

The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy. Let’s get started.

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