EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

Depending on the size, reach, and impact anticipated from a technology change, engaging the board of directors is often critical to your success. While the C-level and managers will probably lead your organization’s tech selection, you can think of the board as the ultimate executive sponsor. Focus on improving your operations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In a culture that supports innovation, everyone feels encouraged and confident to brainstorm, introduce new ideas, ask questions, and start conversations in order to identify opportunities for enhanced impact. Ultimately, you will be able to strengthen the impact your mission has on the people and communities you serve.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. The challenge isn’t knowing what to do. You can also look at the response rates, completion rates, and error rates of your application to see if there are any issues or challenges.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As a nonprofit industry advisor for Salesforce, everyday I speak with customers whose organizations are facing unprecedented challenges. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, everything changed for them in terms of how they connect with donors, supporters, and beneficiaries. And I’m thrilled to tell you that’s just what happened.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

As systems and processes are being re-written, it’s an ideal time to set new goals, experiment with different processes, and emerge stronger on the other side of your transition. In practice, transforming a large, complex institution with multiple stakeholders is an incredible challenge. Recording matching gifts is a challenge.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. However, navigating the complexities of setting up a data warehouse can be challenging, even for the most technologically savvy organizations. Monitor program impact. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Implementing a new AMS can be a daunting challenge. Contact Us The benefits of implementing Fonteva As a membership organization, your AMS is crucial to managing member functions and engaging your community. Health checks Keep your Fonteva system secure and your important member data protected with ongoing system health checks.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While grant funding may not require the continual stewardship efforts and nurturing of traditional donor-led funding, it often presents its own challenges: extensive reporting mandates, a list of requirements to qualify for funding, and the possibility of mission creep to meet those requirements. Lead the change. Seek clarity.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Define your goals. Assemble the roadmap. Organize for success.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

But that also presented a challenge. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. Having the financial agility to rise to the challenge can make all the difference. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Can this new platform integrate into our existing tech stack, or will it create more work for staff to support and manage it? What and who does it impact? Establish criteria for intended goals and involve the committee from ideation through implementation to increase successful adoption. Is the innovation micro or macro?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . The two discussed innovative solutions to the challenges facing nonprofits. Learn more about the insights they shared, including the future of funding.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

As a grantmaker, you’re on a mission to make a positive impact in your community through grantmaking. And if you’re not around to help create a positive impact in your community, then who will be? The benefit is more resilient, productive, and successful employees and grantees and a greater positive impact in your community.

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2021

Modernization can change the way you serve your clients, reduce work for staff, and help better achieve your mission and goals. How can you better serve your customers using a digital platform and how can that positively impact your agency or organization? Co-authored by Brian Stewart , Senior Government Executive, Siteimprove.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

But that also presented a challenge. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. Having the financial agility to rise to the challenge can make all the difference.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Of course, knowledge practice in philanthropy should align with and support targeted strategic goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The key to maximizing community impact is making sure everyone in the organization is pulling in the same direction. Management philosophy is stuck in the past. Every manager knows the value of teamwork. Assembly line concepts are so ingrained in our society that they find their way into management theory as well.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

We’ll summarize a few key takeaways and point to some resources that might be helpful as you think through the impact of this technology. But it happens to be an amazingly challenging question for a few reasons. Was Carroll wrong in calling for quarterback Russell Wilson to throw a goal-line pass?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors are faced with changes in the landscape of their work so frequently that the ability to be agile and pivot quickly should be a standard job requirement. Finance leaders often get a bad rap as the naysayer to big visionary goals or the constant nag to submit your receipts.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Generally, nonprofits partner with consulting firms when they face a clear need or challenge.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. The goal is to make it easier to act upon the vast amounts of data these institutions have. The popularity of these tools is not surprising.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

In the spirit of "walking the talk" and being transparent, I wanted to share with you what some of our goals were and what we've accomplished this year. One of the key challenges those members tell us about is lack of “buy in” from the top. The content?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What impact on our mission will our organization be able to celebrate because we took these steps? It is a method of project management that sets macro-goals achieved through a series of micro-objectives that must be accomplished along the way, each measurable and deliverable by a deadline. And perfection is not the goal.

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Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

In a rapidly changing world, it’s crucial for organizations to focus on a digital strategy that is rooted in organizational goals, audience needs, and the impact you are hoping to achieve. You’re not alone. So where do you start? The ALS Association had a national website and individual sites for each regional chapter.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

We are committed to changing beliefs like, "You are broken and need to be fixed," to "All people have the right to live in a community free of culturally constructed barriers." To design a technology model that could address the spectrum of skill in the network would be a challenge. The TLI wiki is enabling us to meet all of our goals.

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

What kind of questions would you ask in order to get a good sense of your current system’s challenges and what you’ll need from a new system? When talking with stakeholders, it can help if you have a list of goals for your new CRM. You can then cross-reference those goals with their roles and their day-to-day functions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. That will increase their motivation.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

With the help of Classy and Salesforce, the Foundation handily met their fundraising goal through this virtual event and helped so many Riley kids in the process. The Foundation’s Salesforce solution has enabled better multi-touch tracking of donors, supporting opportunities for more creative moves management.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

With that program, the goal is to get syndicated but the opportunity is there for anyone. Spending more time on the same old thing hasn't shown to make that impact. Many of them are small development shops in partnership with small public media stations, etc. Among the top winners there were a couple that were not big players.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Make An Impact With Your Words Of Thanks Your words of recognition and appreciation delivered face-to-face with your employees will be compelling, effective, meaningful and memorable. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

What is the impact they want to have in this world? They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. It would be great for someone, especially in the beginning of the year, to do some visioning around what their goals are for the year. Also, getting in touch with what's their essence?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Change Team : These are your evangelists and communication leads for the project, responsible for monitoring and managing the project’s impact on the people within the organization, with an eye toward ensuring user adoption (more on Change Management and Adoption Readiness below). Scope Creep.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

What have we done in the past to make your biggest challenges more difficult? Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:10 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Change Management , Customer Feedback , Customer Service , General Management Skills , Strategic Planning 1 comments: Maths private tutor said.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Working for a large nonprofit focused on programs and services that have impact on peoples’ lives, we often find ourselves with great stories of inspiration to tell. The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

For example, a presentation on LeaderLab explains: Management is made up of activities needed to run a business, unit or organization to help achieve its goals. The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

We’re a nonprofit, data-driven social media PR agency with one client, the ocean, and one goal: more people talking about the ocean. Their organizational list building goals for that day were a higher priority. It’s our mission to make the ocean more famous online. Competition is real in the marine conservation space.

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