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. Organize for success.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

What happens when a new hire with a head full of ideas wants to switch to the software they used in their last job or learned about in college? There is a reason why “solution” is often used as a synonym for software—it is meant to solve a problem, make someone’s job easier, and improve workflow.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Contributing factors include a strong job market, challenging political landscape, and the ongoing student debt crisis. However, according to the Council of Graduate Schools , the shrinking enrollment pipeline playing out in undergraduate programs across the U.S. may be reaching the graduate education community.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For nonprofits working with limited resources and staff, the prospect of adapting a new practice or technology can seem extra intimidating—even if it promises to make everyone’s job easier in the long run. That’s where change management comes in. Change management: What is it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

One of the hardest things about strategy, and the jobs it gives leaders, is that it’s never done,” a checkmark you can complete. But continuous loops are emotionally challenging, as once you are in the Thrive mode you want to stay there. Homkes: Growth through uncertainty is a loop, not a line. Know that these loops represent growth!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change. And even change management is changing as well. In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology. “The

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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. More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions.

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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. The post Meeting Today’s Challenges: Why Your Organization Needs a Modern CFO first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

The big challenge with training is the challenge of transfer - after people go through a training - do they actually put the knowledge and skills into practice? Last fall, we marched all 350 or so Environmental Defense Fund staff through two days of a social media challenge. Biggest challenge now: How to find the time?

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

I posed a question to our NTEN Members' LinkedIn Group about this challenge, specifically asking our members there to suggest ways NTEN could help more "accidental" techies re-brand themselves. Did I give up any job responsibilities to add these? The organization could not manage either of those.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Our mission here at NTEN is to help you use technology to change the world. A lot of our job, then, is to try to stay on the cutting edge to see how it might be used in our sector. But we spend most of our time talking about the basics: how to lay a good foundation for technology use and management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

The principal challenge here is capacity, as an ever-expanding network requires ever-expanding resources. Because of this, “efficiency” in these areas is less a system-building challenge than a habit-building one. One management tool we have developed to help us is FOLKS Protocols.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Your nonprofit’s mission is likely the same as it was when your organization began; to make an impact and to effect change, whether locally, nationally or globally. The challenge then is to stay true to your mission while taking the steps needed to keep pace in a changing industry. Technology and training go hand in hand.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

We shaped those buckets into jobs. We kept our eye on our core values and how to bake them into the departments, jobs, and interfaces among them. When we started this project, I expected about 30% of the museum’s jobs to change a little bit, and about 20% to change a lot. As it turned out, everyone’s job changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

It’s my job to listen to our members and empower them to get involved. We are taking a few steps in this direction, primarily by challenging our internal culture of message control and creating space for conversation across departments. How are you changing the culture of your organization to embrace social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

If the words "executive" or "chief" do not appear in your job title, you may think you're not in the right position to lead a successful technology change. Here are a few things you can do to challenge that assumption and become a technology change leader. Dahna Goldstein, PhilanTech.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

Sure, you didn't sign up for more responsibility; keeping the servers running and your end-users happy has been challenging enough in this economy. Your job was to make sure everyone else could do their jobs, by making sure they had computers that work, access to email, and of course, the ability to print mailing labels.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Whichever solution or solutions you choose, there are steps to minimize adoption challenges and ensure a more seamless transition for busy boardmembers. First , use the right tool for the job —additional features and functionality will only confuse if they’re not necessary.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Different communities have different tastes, dreams, challenges, goals and desires! Here's the challenge: most nonprofits are not racially and ethnically diverse, especially at the highest levels of leadership. I asked if they were talking to the parents about their challenges. But this is our job.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In the nonprofit sector, we have some big challenges in this area. When faced with this list of challenges, I've seen some nonprofits try and find a life-raft in the IT ocean by following what larger commercial or government organizations do. Where do our ideas about IT come from? It's up to the engineers to provide the solutions.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Usually, this is the most inspiring part of my job. Then, last week, I spent some time chatting with a colleague about the challenges of running an organization, and the toll it can take on your personal life, and I let out the ED's familiar lament: "I wish I could make more time to just read and think, but we're so busy, I can't."

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Many in philanthropy now have titles or job descriptions that include creative words like knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis. Questions are instrumental to successful grantmaking that focuses on change. What is the agenda of the question?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

One of the key challenges those members tell us about is lack of “buy in” from the top. Much of NTEN's programming and services is geared toward those nonprofit professionals who execute on strategies and ideas: IT, Marketing and Communications, and Fundraising staffers make up a majority of our members and program participants.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Plan Monthly Job Learning Days Having your employees learn more about what their fellow employees do is invaluable. When everyone knows how each job/position on your team fits together, your team can accomplish so much more. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

From there, we can translate that into, what might that look like in a job, or a project that they might do in their community, so that they are bringing that out into the world, and serving people in whatever way is in line with their values. I decided to quit my job in the spring of 2006. Who are they as a person?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

I can't give you an answer in my job, but I can as a dad: I love it. Where we see the opportunity is to leverage games as a way to reach a broader spectrum of things beyond just the education. I think we will see a lot more of it. Learning outside the classroom, what's your opinion of games that support tangential learning?

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But the truth is, the Salesforce team did an amazing job of making attendees feel safe. In addition to giving information on how Salesforce helps accelerate their mission, they spoke to the ‘how’ behind receiving internal and external stakeholder buy-in, as well as tips for change management. Education Cloud.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

While we used to use change management strategies to help soothe the fears of those who would reject the new database, now we need something slightly more radical: entirely new organizations. But I found that I was still challenged by the ideas that Maddie and Jamie present. The problem is, they don't even own the cog.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. Okay, thats really not too surprising during these times of high unemployment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, reports Nicholas Nigro, author of, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

A survey recently completed by the job-placement firm Manpower that found 84 percent of employees intend to look around for a new job this year, and that is up from 60 percent last year. What resources do you need to get the job done? Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

What have we done in the past to make your biggest challenges more difficult? What resources do you need to get the job done? If you still use us, why do you continue to do so? If you don’t use us currently, what are some of the reasons why you don’t? What impact is this going to have on you?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Make sure your project manager has capacity to focus on the project and actively manage the team, as well as project budget, risks, issues, status reporting, and any third-parties that may be involved. Too often this function is given to a staff member who already has a full-time job. Change Management and User Adoption.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories. In this article, we will explore how to manage these challenges from a technology standpoint, including publishing metrics, establishing structure, removing barriers and offering training.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? What do you want most from your job?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. What resources do you need to get the job done? What impact is this going to have on you?

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