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Noodling Around Change Management and Social Media Adoption

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I interviewed Joitske about her work way back in 2006. I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. She also pointed me to an older post on her blog about one of theories of change in the book based on thinking styles.

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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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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Lessons from the Field.

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Finally, acclaimed journalist and producer Soledad O’Brien interviewed José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, who spoke about the power of a good meal to reignite, maintain, and grow a community. . The two discussed innovative solutions to the challenges facing nonprofits. Customer Spotlights.

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Five Keys to Finding and Hiring Talented People

NTEN

I have interviewed hundreds of people in my career. Ask the Right Questions There are lots of books and websites about how to answer the typical interview questions. Any decent interview candidate is ready for the basic questions. That's why you need to do your own preparation before interviewing people.

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The Interpretive Dance of Social Media Adoption

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals. Elusa has a great summary of the Dion's interview here Who in your organization, community, or network serves as the intepretive dancer? Tags: change management network effectiveness. What style of dancing?

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Network + Self-Organizing + Location + Data Visualization = 2010

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's your professional social network or a network of organizations or typically both. For more traditional institutions that have worked in a particular way, embracing this tool might require addressing some cultural/change management issues first. My Plancast for SXSW Session: Crowdsourcing Social Change.

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