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Change Management: 3 Steps to Make Change a Reality at Your Nonprofit

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As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. A “Why” Statement.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. It is to be made by experts and controlled by those in authority. Philanthropy loves “new” things.

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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

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Use a proactive lens towards the post-award phase and understand if modifications are needed from a programmatic, financial, and operations vantage. Lack of access, such as the Grants.gov AOR is on vacation when the grant is due, or the Two Factor Authorization code pings someone’s phone which is no longer with the organization.

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An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process

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JB: We generally recommend that organizations focus on high-level requirements gathering before authoring and issuing the RFP to more fully define the project. When does the planning phase end? First, planning to purchase and move to a new Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

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Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. Author information Kristen Hay Marketing Manager at Bloomerang Kristen Hay is the Marketing Manager at Bloomerang. I thought that I was going to power down a little bit.

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Facilitation: The Secret Ingredient for Successful Participatory Decision-Making in Philanthropy

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During the group’s decision-making phase, a skilled facilitator turns their attention to: Offering shared agreements: Shared agreements about how the group will work together should be informed by any existing values the foundation or group has. Wilkinson offers insights and ideas. There are many programs that will build facilitation skills.