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The benefits of working with a selection consultant to find your next AMS

Nimble AMS

Your association can more easily navigate the ups and downs of your technology adoption when you leverage an AMS selection consultant. Working with an experienced consultant can help your association find the best AMS for your staff and members. AMS selection consultants are experts in their field.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation?

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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

Association Analytics

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Data Governance: The Key to Strategic Planning

sgEngage

This can be done internally or through external review by a consultant. Change Management is Key The adoption of new data governance practices must be prioritized through an effective change management plan if it’s to succeed. Establish data goals that will support your long term vision by scaling as you grow.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

sgEngage

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

Change management issues: Anytime a new technology tool is introduced to your organization, you’ll face some growing pains and adoption challenges. This is also the point at which you should hire a nonprofit technology consultant. After you’ve narrowed your potential list of consultants, send your RFP to your top picks.

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A Huge Thanks To Guest Bloggers from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Cindy Rizzo, Senior Director, Grantmaking and Evaluation, Arcus Foundation. David Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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