Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This is the time to question how things have always been done and consider changes that will expand your institution’s reach. In practice, transforming a large, complex institution with multiple stakeholders is an incredible challenge. Recording matching gifts is a challenge. Be open to new ideas and tangling with taboos.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The challenge isn’t knowing what to do. Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? 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. It’s getting buy-in.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 88

Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

Here are Harvard Business Review’s key findings from the study, along with (in blue text) association-specific perspectives: Cultural Challenges For the fifth consecutive year, executives report that cultural challenges — not technological ones — represent the biggest impediment around data initiatives. In the 2021 survey, 92.2%

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Rebecca Homkes Today, Homkes shares these insights with us: Question: You describe SRT as a loop, not a line. But continuous loops are emotionally challenging, as once you are in the Thrive mode you want to stay there. Question: Which part of SRT is the most important and why? Know that these loops represent growth!

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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. Organize for success. FAQs on government digital transformation.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Information is all around us. Data requires intention.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. But is this the right question? Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? For whom is monitoring, evaluation, and learning being done?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Individual giving in particular has become more sophisticated and complex as teams manage an ever-growing range of platforms and channels, while driving net donor base growth. But are emerging digital income streams viewed as separate, or even a challenge to traditional ones, or merely an evolution of the traditional?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

However, navigating the complexities of setting up a data warehouse can be challenging, even for the most technologically savvy organizations. Change management issues: Anytime a new technology tool is introduced to your organization, you’ll face some growing pains and adoption challenges. Review their proposals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

By reading the book, you’ll learn in great detail how to accelerate the change process—lessen your panic, adapt faster, define the new normal, and thrive going forward. Jason Feifer Today, Feifer answers these questions for us: Question: Of the four phases of change, which is typically the most difficult for people to work through and why?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

Start by asking yourself how you and your organization reacted to change last year, and how those reactions can be different in the future. Then, follow these tips to get your change management creative juices flowing! For each change listed, add a sentence or two to support your reasoning for the change.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The connection is becoming even more important as the sector seeks to address social divisions, contemporary challenges of democracy, socio-economic issues and various entrenched inequities. Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions. or “What is the geographic location served?”

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

This leaves students questioning if they can make more money more quickly—and avoid student debt—by entering the workplace with a certificate instead of a college degree. While studies show that workers with bachelor’s degrees have higher lifetime earnings and lower poverty rates than those without, technology has changed the workforce.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And, because everyone loves change and learning new technology, you aren’t anticipating any challenges when communicating this decision or providing training to impacted teams across campus. Complete these 5 steps to help mitigate future adoption challenges. . YEAH RIGHT ! . Populate your inner circle.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Some questions I ask myself: Does the purpose of this new technology align with our school mission and strategic plan? Your committee can evaluate solutions and the benefits and challenges of new software while helping educate your school’s stakeholders on how complicated and sophisticated data management can be.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Your charitable organization has probably fielded questions from curious supporters and internal audiences on the ways it might be leveraged. A few key things to keep in mind: AI measures probabilistic outcomes in response to a question to determine what data it should show. Is it just a fad? ChatGPT is a probabilistic model.

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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

AUGUST 29, 2023

Instead of getting a nod of understanding or an enthusiastic question about the mission of the organization, I got a blank stare and the response, “C…F…O…?” Another empty gaze, followed by a quick change of subject. Interview Question: Explain how you handle revenue recognition for multi-year restricted grants.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

Start small by considering this question: what’s our vision for what we want well-being to look like for our team and/or organization over the next 90 days? Here are a few additional questions that be helpful as you map out your vision: How do our organization’s current mission, vision, and values connect to employee and grantee-well-being?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Specifically around the question, "What it is in the culture of organizations that are able to make the shift that is different from organizations that cannot?" The principal challenge here is capacity, as an ever-expanding network requires ever-expanding resources. One management tool we have developed to help us is FOLKS Protocols.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Sacha Litman, Managing Director, Measuring Success. Rafael Lopez, Associate Director, The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Roberto Cremonini, Principal, Cremonini Consulting.

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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.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?" It can be a challenge to get an audience with the top leadership. John Merritt, YMCA of San Diego County and Steve Heye, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He described the challenges of adapting evaluation methods to non-Western systems in developing countries because evaluation has traditionally been deeply rooted in the Western ways of thinking. A big question is how do you get people in your organization to value this learning versus viewing it as a failure or waste?

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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. Review your candidates.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

This corresponds somewhat to what we found in our recently released 2011 Nonprofit Data Ecosystems Report : respondents were most likely to have invested in email management and website management tools.

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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. we'd love to hear your story and your advice to others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

So, we should try to avoid at all costs asking this question first "What tool should we use?" There is a process that requires understanding the space between the tools and the people and having someone (a change agent?) Tags: change management network effectiveness. What style of dancing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve constantly stretching myself to learn new techniques that help nonprofits embrace and effectively put social media strategies and tools into practice as well as address the change management issues of becoming a Networked Nonprofit. Some analysis questions: What points were the participants in the room tweeting?

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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. Ask them questions and really listen to the answers.

Tech 78

Tech Change Demonstration Influence 78

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

What kinds of questions should you be asking your team members and potential vendors? If you’re looking to switch CRMs, you probably have a million questions. 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?

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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. Prepare for a transition period and add time to the agenda for the first few meetings with the new software to allow for questions, log-in difficulties or other unforeseen difficulties.

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Collaboration Tools Adopt Journal 59

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The challenges of building these experiences have decreased as device manufacturers have provided application developers with new toolkits for developing applications. As with physical simulation, we expect to see challenges around integrating the AR/VR experience into your learning infrastructure.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 3, 2007

Information Systems rollout trainings need to include a change management component. The ongoing training is not as difficult to organize as you might imagine, because someone in your organization knows the answer to almost every question someone else has. The challenge is to make the knowledge accessible to your users.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. The 100-plus page book, co-written with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Some of the findings in this year’s survey included the importance of having leaders with digital experience, the connection between well-structured teams and outcomes, the challenges in restructuring digital teams, and the gap between the value organizations place on supporter engagement and how they are prioritizing managing and tracking it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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