sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

What is the impact of the problem? Risks No change management undertaking is without its risks. Build a Foundation for an Effective Fund Accounting System Implementation Changing your fund accounting software can be intimidating. When and where do problems occur? How big is the problem?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Confirmation bias is the tendency to place the greatest value on information that supports your pre-existing beliefs. Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. You’ll recognize these examples.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

Running a successful school is hard work as it’s not just a place of employment, but also the front door to the future of our students’ lives. 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. They need us to succeed.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But not every AMS is made equal, and legacy systems can easily become too unwieldy to keep up with a growing organization – particularly if the implementation wasn’t right in the first place. Even the most comprehensive AMS can fail to make the right impact if you don’t get executive alignment and buy-in across your organization.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. This centralization allows nonprofits to process and organize data from multiple places so that it’s easy to understand and use altogether. Monitor program impact. Conduct effective strategic planning.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Instead of placing a Band-Aid on a bleeding wound, a different approach to healing is taken to addressing pain points in a nonprofit. 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.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist. For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes. Inadequate Processes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

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.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Grantors increasingly view themselves as investors and, as a result, place greater emphasis on outcomes reporting. A crucial part of a leader’s daily role is to guide the path toward positive change: more efficiency, better information, and more accessible data. Communicate outcomes. Keep the momentum going.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Without a vetting and approval process in place, they can end up in the “Wild Wild West” of technology, with redundant or underutilized tools, wasted human capital, and unnecessary expenses. Can this new platform integrate into our existing tech stack, or will it create more work for staff to support and manage it?

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

As a grantmaker, you’re on a mission to make a positive impact in your community through grantmaking. And if you’re not around to help create a positive impact in your community, then who will be? The benefit is more resilient, productive, and successful employees and grantees and a greater positive impact in your community.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. Are you ready for a grantmaking solution that helps your organization manage your data simply and efficiently?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Yes, we must steward our investments responsibly and ethically, but what is responsible and ethical about potentially wasting massive amounts of resources, using outdated problem-solving skills, and getting minimal impact for our efforts? First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist. Inadequate Processes For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

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sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

You and your employees would also be able to access your data from wherever and whenever , any time of the day, any place in the world, without worrying about a local support issue. Future Focused to Prepare Your Nonprofit for What’s Next All the benefits of cloud-based applications have an enormous impact on a nonprofit.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

We’ll summarize a few key takeaways and point to some resources that might be helpful as you think through the impact of this technology. Get the design or presentation of prediction solutions wrong and you can impact user trust and adoption. Finally, we’ll identify some viable use cases for your organization.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

AI in Grant Applications Perhaps the most obvious place to start would be the application process. This could help ensure that, as a funder, you are more targeted in who you ask for funds, and who you fund, helping everyone be more efficient and making the greatest impact with our granting. Perhaps this thing has a future after all!

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

When it comes to fundraising, the more information you can gather about how, why and when your supporters choose (or choose not) to donate, the better you’ll be placed to improve how you implement your fundraising strategy. Developing a change management plan ensures you’re never reliant on one person to do certain jobs. .

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Let’s explore how these two factors impact higher education and the potential strategies institutions can adopt. How is the perceived value of a college degree changing? Ensure your marketing, website, and social media appeal to a broad audience and reflect an ever-changing student population. Promote those partnerships.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

What is often hardest, though, is the transition between the modes; that is, knowing when to move from Survive to Reset, and when to move from Reset to Thrive, as well as how to successfully manage this transition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Just like any technology, realizing success on the Salesforce platform takes careful maintenance, dedication to change management, and intentional roadmap planning. Knowledge should always be stored in a shared place so that all support agents that need it have access. How do support agents handle these requests? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

The GeoFunders National Conference takes place from March 12-14th. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Casey Foundation.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As you transition from your outdated Learning Management System (LMS) to your new GyrusAim v16.1.0.4 application it is important to keep in mind your users’ perception of the change. In order to properly prepare your workforce for the impending change, it is pertinent that you: Obtain User Input to Specify Requirements.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation. Staff have to see a payback or reason to get engaged themselves.

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Digital Build Community Minneapolis 78

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The key to maximizing community impact is making sure everyone in the organization is pulling in the same direction. Management philosophy is stuck in the past. Every manager knows the value of teamwork. The worker only sees his/her part with the emphasis placed on speed of production. Management philosophy for today.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. How do we determine which data matters in the first place, and how that data will impact the direction of our work?

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012. The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

Sure, we need those things to do our work well, but we know the real impact lies elsewhere: using handheld devices to collect data in the field, crowdsourcing maps to help under-resourced communities get the services they need, putting the power of your mission right into the hands of your stakeholders with mobile apps.

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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. Q: What role does technology play in your organization, and how do you see it continuing to have an impact in the future?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

As Dave notes, "I often hear "everything you say makes me uncomfortable - but go do it." The leadership of the organization understands that social media and connectedness has an impact on the organization and they need to embrace it. Tags: change management working wikily. Anything that can be routine should be.

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Social Media Adopt Share Media 95

NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

We're headed to a place where: Technology is essential to the success of every aspect of our work, Technology is in the hands of nearly every one of our clients, volunteers, and stakeholders , Your staff and clients are innovating uses of technology in the field for you, It is easier than every to share, collaborate, and aggregate.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For one, the scope of your project and the length of time you’ll be working with the consultant can impact costs. Further, the complexity of your project and the consultant expertise needed may impact the cost. Succession planning for executive changes. Feasibility studies for major campaigns. Why They Stand Out.

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