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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

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Whether you are thinking about applying for your first grant or your organization manages several grants each year, it’s important to have clear processes to meet those mandates and avoid straying outside your mission. In managing grant funding , communication is key. Focus on the why. Learn the language and history.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

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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.

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Effective Project Management: Three Critical Activities

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Julia, a staff member at a nonprofit, offers her story about project management and personal growth. Having never managed a project, I was thrilled when the Executive Director asked if I wanted to be the project manager for the website initiative. Project management seemed easy and straightforward.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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These functions put facts in the hands of CEOs, boards of directors, and any other leader who, in an increasingly competitive environment, must take off their rose-colored glasses and see that their pet pony is actually a nag. AI provides a satellite image of an entire data landscape. And what might that be?

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Change Management = Changing Mindset

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Now as the Director of Finance at the school, my office is housed in the development department, where all the inner workings of ICCP take place. For example: What: ICCP currently uses multiple disconnected systems for recruitment, contract, tuition, fundraising, registration, curriculum, and records management.

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Effective Project Management: Three Critical Activities

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Julia, a staff member at a nonprofit, offers her story about project management and personal growth. Having never managed a project, I was thrilled when the Executive Director asked if I wanted to be the project manager for the website initiative. Project management seemed easy and straightforward.

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To BYOD or Not to BYOD: One IT Director's Take

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Director of Technology Infrastructure. BYOD Change Management Infrastructure Leadership leadership buy-in Mobile nonprofit technology policies nptech Organizational Culture Policy staff buy-in technology policies IT Staff' Darren Schoen. Broward Center for the Performing Arts. You need to be prepared for the BYOD conversation.