sgEngage

MAY 14, 2024

You worked your way up through the normal accounting roles. You cut your teeth on accounts payable and have managed more than your fair share of audits. You want to use your accounting skills for an organization that makes a difference. As a nonprofit organization, you aren’t working to improve a stock price or the bottom line.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

At PEAK Grantmaking , these qualities and practices of emergent learning are an everyday endeavor that the team embraces in their work and advocates to members. A growth and learning mindset is not about skills and competencies. But that is a surface-level change. It’s not about what you do. What are they focused on?

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As a Fonteva premier service partner , our team of certified experts have been working with Fonteva since 2014 and completed more than 80 implementations and migrations. Contact Us The benefits of implementing Fonteva As a membership organization, your AMS is crucial to managing member functions and engaging your community.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Students pursue advanced degrees with the promise of invaluable research opportunities, specialized skills, and increased earning potential. Many highly competitive graduate programs are now looking to expand their applicant pool to reach enrollment goals and maintain their competitive status.

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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. Looking at this data together will give you a better understanding of what works in your programs and what could be improved.

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2021

Modernization can change the way you serve your clients, reduce work for staff, and help better achieve your mission and goals. As you develop the new system, build on what’s working well with the current system and look for opportunities to streamline the process. Focus on people.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve also heard from many changemakers, including funders like you, about how today’s changing world has resulted in increased stress, uncertainty, and social isolation, as well as a decrease in overall well-being. I know you’re doing great work. Ultimately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Though it has changed in shape during the pandemic, here are seven tips on how to use your digital ecosystem to enhance your fundraising. As people are spending more and more time online, digital fundraising is vital for mission-driven organizations to achieve and surpass goals. . Plan for governance and maintenance .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

What worked really well in this project? Did it accomplish goals or outcomes? What processes did you use that worked well? Which didn’t work so well? How did people work together? What skills and processes did you help people learn as part of this project? How did they work? In what ways?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I believe teamwork is rare because our organizations are built in opposition to working as a team. Each individual is given a small piece of the work to be completed. Assembly line concepts are so ingrained in our society that they find their way into management theory as well. We assign roles, divide the work and get started.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 4, 2024

While this is an admirable goal, as leaders we need to focus on the initial decision, not the result of the made decision. Avoid Confirmation Bias: The beauty of gray thinking is that this mindset, if leveraged appropriately, works against confirmation bias. This is where we embrace ambiguity.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Here is a snippet from Bill Gates: Of course, the work of our foundation is a world away from the making of steam engines. To address these demands, we need better measurement tools to determine which approaches work and which do not. The government is now working to develop better plans for the poorer performing regions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. It is obvious that our skills directly translate into establishing an online presence.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2011

Yet, critics seem unduly preoccupied with tools and/or the use of metrics like open and click rates and contrast that with proven skills of movement building and civil disobedience. Managers need to make sure the right questions are being asked. How do you know if your plan is working? Who do we need to mobilize?

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.) work must be spread among staff 2.) Some of the team is dispursed, working virtually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

The big challenge with training is the challenge of transfer - after people go through a training - do they actually put the knowledge and skills into practice? EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! .

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. The goal is to make it easier to act upon the vast amounts of data these institutions have.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

So how do you hone that kind of skill? Here are some strategic ways to position yourself well to lead a technology change, and inspire people to want to do the things you want to do. Here are some strategic ways to position yourself well to lead a technology change, and inspire people to want to do the things you want to do.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The same holds true for lawyers, investment bankers, firemen, and doctors; their skills are not needed in day-to-day operations at the management level of a nonprofit. Tech people have unique exposure to the inner-workings of an organization. Their goal is to save money and time for staff. X-Ray Glasses. Efficiency.

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Leadership Tech Lecture Org 94

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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

To design a technology model that could address the spectrum of skill in the network would be a challenge. Lucky for us we didn't have to re-invent the wheel: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission outlined a model and provided us with the foundation we needed to get the ball rolling. Fast forward to Jan.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Work Backwards Figure out what outcome your organization envisions as its future state and work backwards to the starting point. 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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Spend some quality time with the new book, Rapid Realignment , and you'll learn how to ensure that your strategy, customers, processes and people work seamlessly together in the service of customers and that those four elements continually realign in the face of constant change. The authors, Dr. George H.

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Teach Attitude Boston Articulate 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. And, the eBook is free! Quite simply, it helps people and organizations be even better."

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Hospital is recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the US and donations to the Foundation help sustain critical programs at the hospital, including Pediatric Research and Patient Care, Maternity and Newborn Health, Family Support Programs, such as Child Life and Social Work, and so much more.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Now that you know how to place the right people in the right positions based on their skills to succeed, it is also important to ensure that you have implemented a governance model. Simply put, governance is your organization’s approach to ensuring accountability to your organizational technology goals.

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

And while that system worked for them in their earlier stages, as the organization grows, their needs grow too. As for volunteer management, well, volunteers are just such an important part of nonprofit work. When talking with stakeholders, it can help if you have a list of goals for your new CRM.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games. If you have something that everyone is doing but it isn't really working, that isn't great either. Have you considered using games to change expectations? So how do you do that?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Clearly, my conversation partner didn’t understand the role of a CFO, let alone how important the position is in providing financial acumen and strategic vision in the rapidly changing nonprofit sector. 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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Place Work Mentoring Kansas City 47

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. You can recruit volunteers: Providing volunteer opportunities that align with your community interests and skills can help to build a strong volunteer base that supports your organization’s work.

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Change Organization Evaluation Analysis 71

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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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. Thanks for the summary.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She was also featured in the book, The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear and her art visioning work is showcased in The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life. They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. How does it work? How long have you been coaching?

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