Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . Throughout the day, top customers shared their experiences using Salesforce and highlighted the digital transformations their organizations have undergone. .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. You’d know how your organization will grow in the next three years. And you would feel confident that you made the best choice for your nonprofit organization. How does your system manage restricted funds?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

While this information might not come as a surprise, there is a clear path forward for your technology strategy as it relates to managing your constituents. For nonprofit organizations currently utilizing the LCRM product, the time is now to plan for what comes next. Summer 2021 – Begin Discovery and Assess Data Conversion.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

We converse with the team from the Ashoka Empathy Intiative and DataKind demonstrates how data can, in fact, save lives. We converse with the team from the Ashoka Empathy Intiative and DataKind demonstrates how data can, in fact, save lives. (online or mobile device) >>Download the PDF version (12.6 >>Enjoy, and subscribe!

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2013

You need to be prepared for the BYOD conversation. While we, as IT admins, may be repulsed by the idea of devices we do not control on our network, many organizations are moving in this direction. Darren Schoen. Director of Technology Infrastructure. Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2021

How can you better serve your customers using a digital platform and how can that positively impact your agency or organization? Processes grow organically over time and can create cumbersome systems, which is why the key to modernization is NOT to replicate the exact system you have now. Where to start. Hear from your users.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Maybe your organization even uses some early AI for administrative tasks, like a chatbot for questions. I say dangerously because the downside of AI is that it is still a blunt instrument, and organizations could miss diamonds that the AI doesn’t know to look for. You could even use AI to fully automate some types of grantmaking.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

They also help to clarify where a role fits into the collective organization. A posting is a marketing tool that sells the organization and also describes the role in a broader way. How does it affect the organization, and what will it contribute? Job descriptions outline what is expected for employees to do their best work.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Though it has changed in shape during the pandemic, here are seven tips on how to use your digital ecosystem to enhance your fundraising. As people are spending more and more time online, digital fundraising is vital for mission-driven organizations to achieve and surpass goals. . Start with what and where your organization does well.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations? The platform allows non-profit organizations to gather data and automate tasks across functions such as fundraising , program management , operations , marketing and member engagement , and more. What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

The post and ideas resonated with Holly Hight, a field organizer for Bread for the World. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

The second wave, however—coming after the launch of Google’s Bard and Microsoft Bing—has resonated more broadly and has implications and potential applications for nonprofit organizations. Your charitable organization has probably fielded questions from curious supporters and internal audiences on the ways it might be leveraged.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exctiting and powerful. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. I look forward to seeing you there. >

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth. So where to begin?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Photo by Sifter Last week, I had a fantastic conversation with the folks at EDF Innovation Exchange about transparency and social media adoption. 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?"

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

Lucky for us, our great pals Maddy and Lindy at Social Fish organized a Buzz 2010 breakfast with , who wrote , and who just released her latest book, Open Leadership. If openness is flattening our organizations and shortening the distance between the lowest rung of our org chart and the top, then what happens to those folks in the middle?

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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. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. Get engaged with your local or regional affiliate organizations like NACAC or AACRAO to brainstorm on best practices, generate ideas, and gain insights that could empower your institution’s strategy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Or: “not many of us are on LinkedIn, how should we use it to help the organization?”

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2021

Back in 2019, I had some great conversations with colleagues from various organizations while I helped them brainstorm ideas and strategies for their missions and make plans for the coming year. COVID-19 changed our lives, our organizations, and our supporters. As 2020 rolled in, most had created their plans.

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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. Chief Financial Officer,” I clarified.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

My experience since I started working in the social media field is that the failures are where you learn the most as a community manager, a social media manger, a change manger, a professional and as a person. Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.”

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NTEN

AUGUST 18, 2009

Flicker photo: jaredchapman In every corner of the NTC, frequently in the NTEN Affinity Groups, and at least two times a week in my in-box, you'll come across a conversation that goes a little like this: "They hired me to help them create a new data/web/email/IT strategy, but now they don't actually want to DO any of the things I recommend.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

If you’re a tech champion – or you’re on your way, join TechSoup’s CEO Rebecca Masisak for a big-picture conversation about what that really means. What does it mean that every organization, large and small, is now expected to have some fluency with technology? Join her on Thursday, March 13 from 1:30 p.m.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Pulling from years and years (and years) of teaching and training on change management and Bucknell’s recent move from its legacy CRM system after 14 years, we’ve mapped out some strategies for successfully onboarding teams and maintaining engaged and empowered users with ongoing education. Create a resources web page.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

But we spend most of our time talking about the basics: how to lay a good foundation for technology use and management. In fact, we've been talking about planning, budgeting, change management, and related topics since before I joined NTEN nearly seven years ago. Let's start the conversation now.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. That was the easy part of the conversation. By now, we all agree it's silly to evaluate an entire organization based on one ratio.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. All functional and productive organizations share certain characteristics.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. That was the easy part of the conversation. By now, we all agree it's silly to evaluate an entire organization based on one ratio.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Pick accessible channels Make your organization as open to feedback as possible. If you have the capacity, consider organizing local chapter meetups. You can't stop the community from talking, but you can help define the conversation. No organization is perfect. Be transparent People appreciate the genuine.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exciting and powerful. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. I look forward to seeing you there. >

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

For organizations with budgets under $5 million, only 20% have a written and approved plan for 2012. Your participation in that critical decision making about who you are communicating with and what you want them to remember about your organization may just be what keeps your communications staff excited about their jobs.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 11, 2016

According to the recent Nonprofit Finance Fund State of the Sector survey, “Forty-two percent of organizations reported that they do not currently have the right mix of financial resources to thrive over the next three years.”. Simply put, the matrix map allows organizations to view both their impact and profitability at the same time.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In the first rectangle, I sketched out one version of how our organization could be structured. We were a scrappy band of creative folks trying to turn around a struggling organization. I had never heard anyone at any organization say, “that re-org sure was great!” As it turned out, everyone’s job changed. It got chaotic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . Or, in other words, should other organizations consider doing this? Tags: change management training materials. Did it make a difference?

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