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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

So, how can we strategically navigate change? It is one thing to adopt certain principles for how you will navigate change personally, but things get even more complicated and interesting when you are navigating change management as a unit, group, family, or organization. Unplanned change – responding to the unexpected.

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8 Steps for Creating a Nonprofit Innovation Culture

sgEngage

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. Communicate Transparently Transparent communication plays a key role in innovation and subsequent change management.

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Nonprofit Finance Leaders: Don’t Miss These bbcon 2023 Sessions

sgEngage

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs A Holistic Operations Consultant

Bloomerang

When you start with a pain point, you have a different conversation. A more meaningful conversation. Nine out of ten times a senior leader can quickly engage in a full conversation with these simple prompts. Changing systems from QuickBooks to Intacct is not going to solve a “bad reporting” issue.

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Five Must-Read Business Books To Read This Summer

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Edited by Edward T. I couldn't put this book down.

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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

Candid

Change management needs to be built in from the beginning.” The questions posed during the planning process—about impact goals, resources, change management, or the potential risks of the plan—are not the sort you answer only once.

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How To Inspire And Energize People Every Day

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. One study cited by Hedges found that just the appearance of a phone on the table during a conversation-- even while silenced -- reduces empathy. Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Focus on the person in front of you.

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