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4 Necessary Culture Shifts To Help You Navigate Change Management

Bloomerang

The first lesson I learned while working in the healthcare industry was this: Expect change. 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.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

In grant proposals and pitches, they want you to predict the future and show how, with your eloquent promises and plans for impact, you can best provide them the assurance of certainty. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.” Their response in year two?

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Say you rely on one platform for your organization’s accounting work, another for grant management, and another for online fundraising. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts. Discuss the project with your board.

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

sgEngage

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally. We can learn through direct experience.

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An 8-Step Plan for Nonprofit Change Management

Neon CRM

That’s where change management comes in. By implementing a change management strategy that’s geared towards their specific circumstances, nonprofits can help their staff members adopt new systems quickly and effectively. Change management: What is it?

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Nonprofit Consulting Firms: 26 Leaders in Their Spaces

DNL OmniMedia

Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Review your candidates. Why They Stand Out.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

NTEN

For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. What evidence do we need to influence politicians that games can help extend learning of science beyond schools? How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning?

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