EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

While the C-level and managers will probably lead your organization’s tech selection, you can think of the board as the ultimate executive sponsor. They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

I often wonder if parents truly knew the internal machinations that make a school run—successfully at that—they would take a long pause before they screamed, fainted, or cried. This was going to be a significant cultural shift for the school. Nothing dooms a project more than failed change management in an organization.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2013

I had decided in early 2011 that moving our small company from a physical office space to the cloud would be good for our business in a variety of ways: allow us to employ and contract with top-of-the-line workers and take advantage of cutting edge technologies for both internal and external communications and operations.

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Culture Change Management Nptech Leadership 89

sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

In our webinar with Satonya Fair, CEO and President of PEAK Grantmaking, she shared these tips for shedding the idea of “best practices” and how grantmaking organizations can cultivate a culture of learning and unlearning. Be committed to your own internal change as an individual. Not get stuck.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

By making key changes in technology, processes, and culture, your organization can adopt a responsive philanthropy approach to adapt to increased community need. Leverage Technology to Manage Rapid Change. Break Down Culture Siloes for Effective Collaboration. Key Elements for Responsive Philanthropy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Next, the Summit featured a conversation between Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , a $16 billion international human welfare and social justice philanthropic organization, and Dr. Una Osili , Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I had decided in early 2011 that moving our small company from a physical office space to the cloud would be good for our business in a variety of ways: allow us to employ and contract with top-of-the-line workers and take advantage of cutting edge technologies for both internal and external communications and operations.

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Culture Change Management Nptech Leadership 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

To prepare for this discussion, I posed this question on my Facebook status and Twitter: " How do you create an organizational culture that is not afraid to fail? Scott Bechtler-Levin said on Twitter in less than 140 characters: " Change happens when the desire for gain is greater than the fear of loss." (2)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

This is already apparent in the recent emergence of a plethora of new roles in the sector, such as digital community managers, data strategists, supporter experience roles, digital fundraising and marketing, and even cryptocurrency fundraising specialists. The post Are Marketing and Fundraising Changing Permanently?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. When we let this discussion unfold, it simply reframed how we looked at “internal” or “proprietary” data. From the beginning, we at a child’s right have fostered a deep desire to be ethical, honest, and effective.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

By making key changes in technology, processes, and culture, your organization can adopt a responsive philanthropy approach to adapt to increased community need. Break Down Culture Siloes for Effective Collaboration Major changes in technology and processes often call for major shifts in organizational culture as well.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No amount of information matters for equitable change if it is disconnected from relationships and social interaction. Let’s be honest, more information never leads, by itself, to desired change. This understanding led me to an approach for “datamaking” that I utilize with groups.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 73

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A job description is an internal document used to define roles and responsibilities for the employee and senior leadership. If you are creating a job description for a new role without internal resources to help identify critical characteristics of the position, look into webinars and connect with industry-specific groups.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

When a shock (either internal or external) hits, your organization moves into “triggered Survive.” The WD-40 Company and The Gorilla Glue Company are also two companies that I profile in the book as a rare example of when your culture can be competitive advantage and provide you a strategic Right to Win.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. Steve said silo culture has been a barrier to effective web strategy for years. Tags: change management network effectiveness working wikily.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

where he discussed the crossroads of movements and campaigns and the need for an open culture. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. Policy and research staff have a different culture than those of us who work directly with individuals on the group.

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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. ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 Some of the team is dispursed, working virtually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Corporate culture is the product of four dynamically related components : attitudes, beliefs, values, and behavior. The fastest and most effective way to change attitudes and beliefs is to change people's behavior and show them the beneficial results of the new behavior.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

It didn’t take long, after that, to realize that rather than through social work, I could make the biggest difference through my organizational development and change management skills along with fundraising. I am proudest of how professional the organization has become and of the big culture shift. A: This makes me laugh.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

There are even a few international reports. This intensive, in-person, nonprofit leadership workshop will highlight change management issues and methodologies to align your strategic plan with enterprise-wise technology initiatives and business processes development.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

There are even a few international reports. This intensive, in-person, nonprofit leadership workshop will highlight change management issues and methodologies to align your strategic plan with enterprise-wise technology initiatives and business processes development.

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Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 61

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Internal support, like for accounting or HR. Advancement Resources – Managing Culture Change. PaperSave has worked with nonprofits of all sizes to digitize and streamline their internal operations, saving them tons of time and money in the process. Able to address multiple audiences both internally and externally.

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NTEN

JULY 25, 2011

Because it is part of the culture, and ties directly back to their core institutional values of being “transformative, captivating, honest, innovative and personal.” Does this internal alignment payoff? That vision and mission are also translated into the way that everyone in the company engages.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Here’s some food for thought on the topic that will hopefully make customization-related decisions easier next time it comes up, whether with vendors, internal business stakeholders, or developers: You keep using that word “customization” I do not think it means what you think it means. Document Requirements.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

In addition, we learned that internal factors--such as staff capacity, expertise, and budget--as well as external demands and stakeholders—including funders; local, state and federal governments; donors; clients; and community groups—also hinder an organization’s ability to make strategic use of data they have collected.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Besides inter-organizational collaboration, nonprofits also continually work on improving internal efficiencies and innovations; we're always looking for ways to work smarter, faster, and with more impact.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

Case Study: Pinterest for Program Planning," documenting one museum's application of Pinterest to meet internal program and project planning needs. "Mapping Your Communications Mix," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, with tips and examples for mapping the right mix of content for your channels--and organizational goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Dan is the vice-president of customer success modernization and managing director of International Markets Group at Blackbaud and has years of experience working in the higher education space. Build Your Team The world has changed multiple times over the last five years, and that will continue.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Technical Know-How While not typically immersed in journal entries on the daily, the modern CFO needs to have expertise with accounting principles, financial reporting standards (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or International Financial Reporting Standards), and nonprofit accounting guidelines.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

But with change comes new opportunities to evaluate and improve on existing business processes and demonstrate to existing and potential supporters that your organization is dedicated to compliance and ethical accounting practices. This article and infographic provides tips for getting started with compliance change management.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In this issue of NTEN: Change, we take a holistic approach to looking at some of these internal processes, including trust building to demonstrate impact, making decisions with data, and prioritizing activities through evaluation.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We also heard from International Justice Mission – a great organization with a critically important mission. In addition to giving information on how Salesforce helps accelerate their mission, they spoke to the ‘how’ behind receiving internal and external stakeholder buy-in, as well as tips for change management.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I'd managed for ages by then, and I'd certainly put in place change management. It's a pernicious culture of seeing rank-and-file staff as costs, not assets, nevermind as people. A larger organization could test this approach in a few departments, with results made public internally.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Some people call this a "hello" culture. Its a culture that helps to quickly develop relationships. And, its a culture that ensures your new hires feel welcome during their critical onboarding time period. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The values remain constant and dont change from time to time, situation to situation or person to person. The values clearly set the companys culture. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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