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5 best practices for Salesforce change management

fusionSpan

Nonetheless, for nonprofits looking to either implement Salesforce for the first time or build on their existing setup, managing change is crucial to keeping things running smoothly for both your organization and your members. What is Salesforce change management? That’s where Salesforce change management comes in.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

As Socrates says, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”. So, how can we strategically navigate change? Organizational change is what we will focus on today. Unplanned change – responding to the unexpected. Change Management 101.

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

Association Analytics

We’ve all heard the catchphrase, “ if we build it, they will come. ” While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. You need to have the right talent for a technical build.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

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.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

sgEngage

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor.

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How a Project Charter Can Help You Have a Successful Fund Accounting Software Implementation

sgEngage

Projects like these can drain resources, take more time than necessary, and quickly become your least favorite meeting on your calendar. A well-developed project charter can help to keep stakeholders aligned from the onset, avoid common risks and pitfalls, and ensure that you’re making the most effective use of your resources.

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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

Candid

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. In addition, we will share several of our organization’s free educational and planning resources to support your efforts throughout this piece. What new systems or capabilities will we need to build or buy?