DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Say you rely on one platform for your organization’s accounting work, another for grant management, and another for online fundraising. This is also the point at which you should hire a nonprofit technology consultant.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. Rapid changes for nonprofits bring pressure from all sides. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes. But that also presented a challenge.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. This can range from them being consulted to owning the results. What are the changes that are meaningful to them?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Organizations play funders’ perfection game by writing grant proposals and making promises to funders as if they can predict the future.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

You might find it helpful to imagine what your team’s well-being would be like if you knew it was impossible for you to fail and you had every resource—money, board support, external consultants—you needed at your disposal right now. employees, their families, the community, grant)?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. Find the Tools to Maintain Momentum Rapid changes for nonprofits bring pressure from all sides. But that also presented a challenge. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

Philanthropy 52

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For example, if you were creating a job description for a development associate at your nonprofit, you might have a purpose statement that says: “The development associate will source and recommend grant applications to the development manager to ensure that the organization is exploring all of the funding resources available.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tying together rescue operations, grants management, and donor data they have a full understanding of what is happening in various countries, quantified by data, showing that programs work. A long time Salesforce customer, they made the switch from a legacy system and used Salesforce to build the Justice Data Solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Dave Doig, Director of Grants and Community Initiatives, Vancouver Foundation. Gigi Barsoum, Consultant, Barsoum Policy Consulting. Jessica Bearman, Bearman Consulting. Roberto Cremonini, Principal, Cremonini Consulting. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Efrain Gutierez, Associate, FSG.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Dave Doig, Director of Grants and Community Initiatives, Vancouver Foundation. Gigi Barsoum, Consultant, Barsoum Policy Consulting. Jessica Bearman, Bearman Consulting. Roberto Cremonini, Principal, Cremonini Consulting. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Efrain Gutierez, Associate, FSG.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Too often, amateur accidental techies -- nonprofit staffers who have taught themselves technology skills -- find themselves in over their heads trying to develop databases, but forgetting to do business process modeling or change management. Serendipity is also a poor sector-wide technology staffing strategy.

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Professional Technology Consultant Change Management 74

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Packard Foundation asked me to write a blog post about our 2016 staff restructuring (which they supported with a capacity-building grant). By the time we applied for a Organizational Effectiveness grant from the Packard Foundation in early 2016, it already felt late. Keri was like a hidden Jedi consultant. Some were poetic.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012. The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week.

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Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

Sean's post brought up some good discussion on the list from other nonprofits and consultants working on the same issue. In fact, "business processes" are a key element behind a recent theme rumbling through both the for-profit and now, somewhat, nonprofit sectors: " The Changing Role of the CIO ".

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

She got lots of great advice on how to work together better, from staff and board members, to consultants and grant writers. Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

She got lots of great advice on how to work together better, from staff and board members, to consultants and grant writers. Another resource roundup comes from Kivi Leroux Miller , who hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, themed, ''Getting Along with Others'' in the nonprofit world.

Research 61

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 61

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How much does a Salesforce consultant cost? How long is it going to take for a consultant to set up Salesforce for my nonprofit? What are the benefits of working with a Salesforce consultant before setting up our CRM platform? Can a consultant help me if my nonprofit is already using Salesforce? What is Salesforce?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Finally, nonprofit leaders should confirm they have the funds available to support this role, not just by checking today’s bank balance, but by consulting with their longer-term budget or forecast. Interview Question: Explain how you handle revenue recognition for multi-year restricted grants.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Now, through Salesforce, this process is completely automated, granting every person in the organization access to real-time data illustrating the health of all Foundation operations. Later that summer, the Foundation linked up with Cloud for Good Managed Services to further support team members and the organization’s change management.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

As a development associate with previous experience working within a functional CRM, I knew how much more effective our entire organization would be if employees could access -- from anywhere -- a single system managing all our contacts with donors, vendors, volunteers, and grant makers. It only took 2 years.)

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. Who gets to be involved in consultation? Whew, listen, we all have had a time of it and what I saw over and over again, and so I’m no different from you. And what I found was that many of.

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