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4 Necessary Culture Shifts To Help You Navigate Change Management

Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every year there was guaranteed to be a policy or procedural change that required change management , which led to the second lesson I learned: Figure out how to make the change last. Organizations that successfully navigate change management have also made culture shifts to ensure lasting change.

Change Management

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5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. And you would feel confident that you made the best choice for your nonprofit organization. Managing restricted funds is not a “workaround” but part of the core functionality of the fund accounting system.

Fund

Fund Question System Integration

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

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

In recent years, relationships between nonprofit organizations and their auditors have seen positive change. Auditors are viewed less by nonprofits as once-a-year visitors and more as year-round trusted advisors. Nonprofits would sometimes modify or overhaul their systems and controls without engaging their auditors.

Relationship

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How to Choose the Right CMS for Your Nonprofit

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Selecting the right Content Management System (CMS) for your nonprofit website is crucial in building and managing a successful online presence. Business Considerations: Elements like budget, licensing type, training needs, and change management are also essential considerations in CMS selection.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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4 Things Large Nonprofits Miss When Redesigning their Website

Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. If your large nonprofit is considering a redesign of your primary website, be sure to include other aspects of your digital ecosystem in your planning.

Websites

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Modern Nonprofit Tools for Long-Term Success

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

Now think about your nonprofit organization. If you are still hosting the data and applications that you’re using to run your core operations and development efforts—from your accounting software to your donor relationship management and fundraising systems—on premises, you are not setting your future organization up for success.

Tools

Tools Application Nonprofit Software

How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? Does it ask for information that helps you measure your progress, evaluate your impact, or learn from your failures?

Application

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. As we reaffirm shared meaning making, we realize that knowledge work and social change are quite intertwined and interdependent.

Knowledge

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Combatting Innovation Creep

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. Some questions I ask myself: Does the purpose of this new technology align with our school mission and strategic plan? Please join me in a discussion to learn more about innovation creep, school software, and data management.

Denver

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

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. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question.

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Roles Question Ratio API

Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. And salaries in many nonprofit organizations can’t compete with the for-profit sector. According to The Council of Nonprofits 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey , almost three quarters of nonprofits that completed the survey have current openings at their organization.

Data

Data Blackbaud Policy Database

The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

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. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question.

Roles

Roles Question Ratio API

Essential Strategies for Your Foundation’s Next Website Redesign

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Here are some questions to answer when looking at forming a personalization plan: Why are you personalizing? For example, images and content displayed on the homepage will change based on past clicking and scrolling behavior. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

Websites

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Budget Changes? Keep Calm and Carry On with These Tips!

Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

Start by asking yourself how you and your organization reacted to change last year, and how those reactions can be different in the future. Then, follow these tips to get your change management creative juices flowing! For each change listed, add a sentence or two to support your reasoning for the change.

Change

Change Tips Attitude Poll

A Huge Thanks To Guest Bloggers from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results. David Greco, Vice President, Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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You Asked for It! TechSoup Launches Online Training for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Learn the basics of implementing and conducting effective tech training in TechSoup's Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101. Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101 will. Introduce you to how to manage technology change in your organization. What You'll Learn. What the Course Includes.

Library

Library Training Train Online

Report Release: The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report

NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. > Download the Report for Free.

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How do you create a culture that is not afraid to fail (or be more receptive to social media?)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So, we came up with this topic: " Creating a Culture that is not Afraid to Fail. " I thought this would be a great opportunity to reflect on some of my recent blog posts on this topic as well as gain new insights from others who work on social media in a corporate (and nonprofit) setting as well as my network.

Social Media

Social Media Culture Create Media

Do Social Media Nightmares Encourage Adoption? The Answer Might Surprise You!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2009

At last weekend's Transparency Camp West , Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation asked me a great question. "What are the characteristics of nonprofits that have successfully adopted social media?" . But what is in the DNA of these nonprofit organizations that allows for them to embrace social media and use it successfully?

Social Media

Social Media Adopt Media Social

3 Ways to Embrace Change and Shake the Status Quo at Your Organization

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Don’t let fear of change hold your organization back from making much needed technology upgrades. Be pro-active and constantly evaluate your processes, so you can stop playing “hurry up and implement!” You will be able to ask more direct questions and gain insight into their daily processes.

Change

Change Organization Disaster Consultant

Measuring Impact: Feature Article from the Latest Issue of NTEN:Change

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. In order to be successful in this step you will need full management support and a dedicated key project lead for your team. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

Measure

Measure Issue Impact Method

Forget the Tech, Let’s Talk Mission

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?" So, you've done your homework, read the strategic plan and your questions and relationship building have begun to bear fruit.

Tech

Tech Org Chart San Diego

Build, Buy, or Customize?

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’m often asked to help nonprofits define a technology roadmap – that is, figuring out how to migrate their business from a legacy system(s) to a new solution(s) and beyond. End-users ask, “can we make changes to the ‘out of the box’ software to meet specific needs? Development approach.

Build

Build API Evaluation Exercise

Salesforce for non-profit organizations

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When nonprofits are ready to make the shift to Salesforce, having the right team in place and the right mindset for the launch makes all the difference. Before you start trying to implement Salesforce on your own, browse some of our commonly answered questions when it comes to launching Salesforce. Can nonprofits use Salesforce?

Profit

Profit Organization Consultant Adopt

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Evaluation

Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Ask These Five Questions

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 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. Who is our Customer? What are our Results?

Question

Question Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Thanks to Sharon Armstrong, author of The Essential HR Handbook , for these helpful questions! 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Interview

Interview Question Mentoring Kansas City

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Question

Question Open Mentoring Kansas City

How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene! Don't Praise.

Leadership

Leadership Question Mentoring Kansas City

5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Don't Praise.

Giving

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Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. But, it works!

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