Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. What impact goals will we hold ourselves accountable to over the next three-five years? Change management needs to be built in from the beginning.” What level and what type of funding will be required?

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San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston 98

Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is perhaps the most important asset to further your mission and accomplish your organizational goals, so when it’s time to undertake a redesign, planning is of the utmost importance. Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals.

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Websites Change Management Digital Government 61

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

As systems and processes are being re-written, it’s an ideal time to set new goals, experiment with different processes, and emerge stronger on the other side of your transition. This is the time to question how things have always been done and consider changes that will expand your institution’s reach. You’ve got this!

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Change Management Change Management Tools 26

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. As we reaffirm shared meaning making, we realize that knowledge work and social change are quite intertwined and interdependent.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 69

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

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. Collaborate Audits are a team sport!

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Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 96

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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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 91

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. Website personalization is the process by which individualized, relevant, and targeted content is created to suit a user’s online experience. Creating a personalization plan.

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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. Define your goals. Assemble the roadmap. Organize for success.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

And if you’re not around to help create a positive impact in your community, then who will be? It’s a continuous journey of aligning your organization’s mission and values with how you treat your team and grantees and go about the work of grantmaking to create a better community—and this doesn’t happen overnight. Rinse and repeat.

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Culture Consultant Calendar Team 75

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. A strategic plan helps you bring the vision for your organization’s future to fruition by setting goals and objectives.

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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. They are created with the biases and worldviews of those who developed them.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 84

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 82

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Some questions I ask myself: Does the purpose of this new technology align with our school mission and strategic plan? Can this new platform integrate into our existing tech stack, or will it create more work for staff to support and manage it? Is the innovation micro or macro? What and who does it impact?

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Denver Software PowerPoint Template 80

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

With an overwhelming number of CMS options available, it’s essential to consider various factors to ensure your chosen platform aligns with your organization’s unique needs and goals. Evaluate these in light of your organization’s goals, readiness, and the resources at your disposal. Total Cost of Ownership.

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Open Source License Drupal Platform 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Two weeks ago, I had an opportunity to have a discussion at the Community Roundtable on the topic " How do you create a culture that is not afraid to fail ? " There were many takeaways, including providing a safe place for social media pilots. Questions to Help Deep Reflection Occur. Did it accomplish goals or outcomes?

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Reflection Social Media Learning Media 89

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?" There is little doubt that technology aligned and used properly can bring efficiency in extending and meeting goals in support of the mission.

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Tech Org Chart San Diego 62

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Create policies together. A great change management technique, build (or re-engineer) your policies in a collaborative way.? And it allows f inance to ensure they are protecting the organization from off – mission spending and management.? Looking to empower your development and finance teams to better collaborate?

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Integration Develop Practice Technology 27

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Because of this, you must understand your goal for the partnership before researching consultants to ensure you find the right one for your team. What are your long-term goals for your consulting project? Create a request for proposal (RFP). How do I find a nonprofit consultant? Discuss the project with your board.

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Consultant Nonprofit Strategy Philanthropy 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ask them questions and really listen to the answers. The more people see you as someone they can turn to, the better positioned you'll be to lead a tech change. Do your homework before meetings, and if someone asks you a question to which you don't immediately know the answer, research the response and get back to them.

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Tech Change Demonstration Influence 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. Charlene Li shared an exercise that does with corporations that sounded very similar to the share pair exercise I created for the WeAreMedia Workshop. Tags: change management. Is it working? Why or why not?

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Social Media Media Social Model 61

NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Think ahead for changes or growth in your organization. Focus on creating career opportunities that talented people want to learn more about. Make sure you have measurable goals for the position and what you expect someone to accomplish in their first 30, 60, and 90 days. I have a list of about 50 interview questions.

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People Interview NTEN Job 74

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. But then the person in charge of managing donations had to manually add the donation into both their CRM and their QuickBooks account. Luckily, we have a million answers!

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit System Process Consultant 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. That will increase their motivation.

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Goal Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 44

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It is a method of project management that sets macro-goals achieved through a series of micro-objectives that must be accomplished along the way, each measurable and deliverable by a deadline. And perfection is not the goal. Make Evangelists of Early Users Change is difficult, Myers says, and it requires buy-in.

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Nonprofit Adopt Chart Press 94

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I am not new to the idea about what it means to lead when the tide has shifted, but what I really had to come to understand over the last several years was what it means to really lead and manage your time and manage your team when your reality continues to change and the only thing that feels constant is change.

Management 88

Management Work Video Slides 88

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Simply put, governance is your organization’s approach to ensuring accountability to your organizational technology goals. Change Management: Managing the change within the project lifecycle or overall organization. How, when, and by whom is documentation created (e.g., So, what is Salesforce governance?

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Org Government Support University 115

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Before you start trying to implement Salesforce on your own, browse some of our commonly answered questions when it comes to launching Salesforce. What business goals can Salesforce help nonprofits achieve? Organizations that use Salesforce can tailor their CRM experience in innumerable ways to help them meet their wider goals.

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Profit Organization Consultant Adopt 52

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. Finance leaders often get a bad rap as the naysayer to big visionary goals or the constant nag to submit your receipts.

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Challenge Organization Interview Roles 72

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. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

Question 40

Question Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 40

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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Interview Question Mentoring Kansas City 48

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.

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Question Open Mentoring Kansas City 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. Below are the 10 core values of Zappos.com, a company founded in 1999 with the goal of becoming the premiere destination for online shoes.

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Create Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene!

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Leadership Question Mentoring Kansas City 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? How can I help you reach your career goals?

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Review Question Mentoring Kansas City 44

Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Doing so creates a workflow map of that current process, which is then used to design the process in the new system and identify necessary changes to improve efficiencies. This is a key time to assess and improve processes that meet the goals and preferred workflows of your organization. .

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Process Interview Phase Map 92

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

All of those doubts and questions, that is the gremlin. They don't like things to change. Of course, if you have a big dream, that's really going to change things in their world, and they don't like that. They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. How does it work?

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Brain Life Artist Advice 41

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies.

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