Nimble AMS

JANUARY 5, 2024

Read our blog for change management tips and get your staff ready to embrace new software. 6 change management strategies to empower your association staff Change fatigue can be a real pain point at any organization. Build trust with your staff by getting a core group of employees involved early in your AMS implementation process.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

What is the business impact of losing a handful of Product A purchases this year vs. losing a handful of Product B purchases? This proactive strategy will definitely help set your association apart in such a busy world! How can you set up better collaboration and document sharing? Plus, your future self/team will thank you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? This blog post shares some thoughts. What is Collaborative Overload? There are ways of working that can reduce collaborative overload.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is one of those insightful people who discovers hidden opportunities and helps leaders outline a path and a process to seize the moment. Non-dues revenue is a hot topic in any business climate. Leadership. Growing Together.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit teams would then be caught off guard, unaware of either newly implemented accounting systems, new chart of accounts, or changes in processes and management roles. Here are six best practices your nonprofit organization should adopt to increase collaboration and enhance its relationship with your audit firm.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2023, Candid completed our first external SOC 2 audit, a collaborative effort across our administrative teams. software, business intelligence, data storage, financial reporting) to ensure they can operate smoothly. In this blog, I’ll share lessons learned from our SOC 2 audit to help you build a culture of nonprofit compliance.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. Thought leadership is an old idea that has been made new again. Thought leadership is a strategy that seems tailor-made for associations.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

If you want to read about the first 10 years at Matrix Group, here’s a blog post I wrote back in 2009 ! Full of Gratitude As I reflect on 25 years of being in business, I am filled with gratitude. For a change, Leah Monica, Director of Marketing at Matrix Group, interviewed me about my personal journey and the journey of Matrix Group.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

How Automation Can Help You Retain Fundraisers Automating business processes saves time and resources so your team can focus on support for your cause and the more challenging elements of the job, instead of the repetitive, monotonous tasks that sap energy and so much of a fundraiser’s time.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

The intrapreneurial mindset–acknowledged as a big deal in the business world – might be even more essential in the social impact space, where resources are often limited but the need for effective solutions is vast. Trust me–we’ve been busy! But our Chief Operating Officer, Danielle Parker, took the intrapreneurial path.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 15, 2022

And while it’s great for specific uses in day-to-day operations like transactional, process renewals or course payments, it can’t help you answer complex questions (see our previous blog, Your AMS Wasn’t Designed for That ). An analytics platform, like Acumen , will help you find things to make business decisions.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. Make Deadlines and Processes Transparent To be clear is to be kind. With grant deadlines and processes, err on the side of repetition. Include information on your processes and deadlines wherever you think grant writers will look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

You can find out more about them in this blog post on virtual meetings and check-ins during a pandemi c. Try to avoid a busy calendar with too many calls. It’s Time for Next Generation Virtual Collaboration by Civicist – tips for online collaboration. Robin Good’s Mega List of Online Collaboration Tools.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

Curiosity, transparency, diversity, vulnerability, and collaboration. Recognize What’s Not Serving You When you are busy, it’s easy to follow inertia down the path of the-way-it’s-always-done. It’s recognizing the ways you typically take information and apply it may not be the process your organization needs to move forward.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 14, 2023

In this blog post, we will guide you through the process of securing incredible auction items for school fundraiser. Creating an “Ask List” with Committee Members Collaborate with your school event planning committee members to create a comprehensive “Ask List” of potential donors.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Tax compliance can be an intimidating topic, so in this article, we’ll be re-framing the process. Returns in the 990 Series are arguably more in-depth and complex than a typical business tax return. The filing process starts with gathering financial information. Then comes the filing process. This is definitely untrue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspired by more than 40 years of collaboration with private school leaders, Blackbaud has created a track of sessions for ATLIS 2024 , the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools’ annual conference. Every manual process is an opening for human error, data loss, or outright theft.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Tip 2: Bring both your program and finance teams into the grant application and award process. Instead of just asking for information, make sure everyone is aware of why you are applying for a grant, what the budget restraints are, and the process for tracking spend. Document any processes you don’t already have highlighted.

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Greater Giving

JULY 13, 2023

Job Description The Chair plays a pivotal role in the event committee, assuming the responsibility of managing the logistical aspects of the planning process. Collaboration with Businesses: Events often involve partnerships with local businesses for sponsorships, donations, or promotional support.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Collaborating with a Brick Mason Partnering with a skilled brick mason is crucial. Remember, it’s always advisable to order extra blank bricks to accommodate any gaps that may arise during the installation process. Send out physical mailers to targeted individuals or businesses who may be interested in participating.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

"What are the best ways to foster collaboration?" How to pick the best tools for your particular collaboration challenges. Collaborative Conversations have been convened in client companies such as Genentech, NASA, The National Park Service at Yosemite, UCSC, and The Center for Interfaith Relations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some nonprofit staff members have expressed concerns about losing their sense of purpose.They anticipate that AI might reduce their job role to mere oversight of automated processes, stripping away the meaningful engagement that comes from hands-on creativity and a decline in job satisfaction.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

The performance review process itself should also be straightforward and transparent. Consider your niche, as well—higher ed or healthcare fundraising programs work differently than typical charitable fundraising processes, so goals and trajectories should be designed with those distinctions in mind as needed.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Even before the pandemic the world was in a time of rapid digital revolution, making the old “business as usual” approach outdated. Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? Or you’re stuck.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. It’s a win-win for everyone involved.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2012

The Collaboration Imperative is a totally cool book. It may just be the model for many books to come – full of 60-second end-of-chapter wraps, bold graphics, Q&A’s with real-world business leaders, case studies, and lots of ways to test yourself along the way. Trust anchors every successful collaborative team. Saved money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. Cameras off does not mean meeting participants are disengaged.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Website: Create web pages dedicated to the various aspects of your nonprofit, such as an “About Us” page that summarizes your vision and a donation page with integrated payment processing. Additionally, write search engine optimized blog content to drive traffic to your site. Establish clear collaboration guidelines.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2014

This article was authored by Chad McEvoy; it is a cross-post of an article originally published on the BRIDGE blog. "The solution we have collaboratively developed is truly simple. The system is open to new rules to handle nonprofits from all around the globe," explains Kamil Sowa, Future Processing. Special Thanks.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

Once risks are identified and prioritized, set procedures and processes to address them, and document those processes. Procedures and processes that serve multiple purposes, such as compliance and information-related processes, have a much better chance of success than doing something just because it must be done.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

No longer an abstract concept, many nonprofit staff are experiencing the “dividend of time” as they adopt tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT for scheduling and managing meetings, processing email, writing drafts, summarizing long reports, analyzing data, and creating efficiencies in other common workflows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

A number of standard philanthropy business processes, like financial due diligence, come to mind. Scarcity, as the conference heard in the morning from Stephanie McAuliffe, can have a very positive effect — in her example producing a crucial collaboration to support post-abortion women in Pakistan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

You also need to establish meeting norms or rules of engagement and then design and facilitate the process to get results. What if you tried different processes to increase engagement or productivity? This section includes templates for meeting processes. Here’s my curated list. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A data management process should be simple to follow and easy to communicate. It involves working collaboratively with the department or person(s) requesting the data and ensuring the reports they receive accomplish set goals. Data Management in K–12 Schools first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Register for bbcon now !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

With simple steps, Zani (a former US Olympic sailing team coach) shows how companies of any size can collect and analyze voluntary data about their employees to purposefully align a company’s business and talent strategies. Producers – those in the Results and Discipline quadrant; focused on beating the competition and generating new ideas.

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