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What I’ve learned from working with mission-based organizations

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

In a mission-based organization, many problems that initially appear to be about information and communication technology are really about organizational culture, knowledge management, or a combination of organizational culture and knowledge management.

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Meatball Subs & Knowledge Management

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

I was in the middle of an office move many years ago, all my papers and books and files stacked on the floor or dumped in cardboard cartons, when the messenger service showed up to collect a proposal we'd just finished and and needed to get into the hands of our prospective client by close of business. Don't organize, search!

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3 Unexpected Lessons Nonprofits Learned from the Pandemic

Saleforce Nonprofit

Nonprofits have radically needed to change their business models in light of the pandemic. While it might have been harder to find donors, technology made it easier to retain and engage these new donors. Katharine Bierce manages thought leadership research content on the Salesforce Customer and Market Insights team. In the U.S.,

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Find me in my “office”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me.

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How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

Tech Soup

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. Philanthropists, nonprofits, and the development sector as a whole cannot underestimate the role they have to play in understanding and using technology for development.

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4 Things Large Nonprofits Miss When Redesigning their Website

Forum One

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. Change management is quite simply a proactive approach to managing change in an organization’s processes, goals, or technologies.

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

Tech Soup

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. But there are millions of nonprofit staffers who don't have the skills to use technology to do more good. Los Angeles, California: Summer Event in the Works on Technology-Business­-Social Responsibility.