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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

Candid

Everything but the kitchen sink This pitfall occurs when a strategic plan includes a logical list of things that would help the organization, but it lacks overarching impact goals, tradeoffs, and prioritization of activities. Who is our population of focus, and will some populations be disproportionately impacted?

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4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs A Holistic Operations Consultant

Bloomerang

Changing systems from QuickBooks to Intacct is not going to solve a “bad reporting” issue. However, changing culture will. Changing from one system to another is a process change. Managing people appropriately so that data entry and data quality is improved is a cultural change.

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

sgEngage

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. Collect and review any qualitative feedback you’ve received from applicants in the past.

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

NTEN

Read the complete article, "From Outcomes to Impact," by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. In order to be successful in this step you will need full management support and a dedicated key project lead for your team.

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Digital Transformation for Government Agencies

Forum One

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Organize for success.

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . When the pandemic hit, BGCA quickly realized they needed to rethink their entire service delivery model in order to continue making an impact. Customer Spotlights.

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Migrating Your Government Services to Digital: Getting Started

Forum One

How can you better serve your customers using a digital platform and how can that positively impact your agency or organization? The biggest advantage of digital modernization—by far—is that you can have a bigger impact. Start with thinking about what services you have that are digital or need to move to digital. Where to start.