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New Study and Case Studies: Nonprofit Organizational Culture in the Cloud

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Flickr: marcp_dmoz Technology aside, it’s clear that the advent of Cloud-based solutions has had an impact on the culture of our work as nonprofits. It’s changed the jobs we do, both within the IT department and in more mission-related positions, and how we’re able to do them. The idea of Cloud culture is somewhat nebulous.

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How can you create a safe place for hands-on learning from social media pilots?

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Touching A Starfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium : Source Flickr Photo by Beth. The participants were from corporations, but the issues are creating a culture that isn't afraid to fail are the same for many nonprofits, particularly larger organizations. Tags: change management.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

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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. When organizations embrace this holistic culture, the nonprofit begins to come alive online. By Jamie Millard and Lori L.

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Social Media Behind the Firewall: The Tire, Tower, or Hub and Spoke?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The discussion was organized around four points of social media failure: How can I get my culture to adapt? For this post, I wanted to focus on the first issue - the mismatch between organizational culture and social media adoption. As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night.

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

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Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. We need a culture change. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer.

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

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Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. We need a culture change. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. And that's just to name a few.

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A Leadership Manifesto: Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom

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Flickr photo: Chris.Corwin Nothing gets done without leadership. Tech leaders need to lead this culture shift in their organizations. Tags: Change Management Leadership microsoft NPTech Planning. Leaders are the ones who find the peaks we need to climb amongst those clouds. When we get lost, leaders help us find our way.