Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. If your large nonprofit is considering a redesign of your primary website, be sure to include other aspects of your digital ecosystem in your planning.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Salesforce.org’s second annual Nonprofit Summit, held earlier this month, attracted over 6,500 attendees from 100 countries. 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. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

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. Everything changes autonomously, of its own accord. ".

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

For example, you will be reviewing your expense management processes as part of this project, but any fundraising management topics will be reserved for a later initiative. Project Team List the names, titles, and respective roles of your core project team. Risks No change management undertaking is without its risks.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Selecting the right Content Management System (CMS) for your nonprofit website is crucial in building and managing a successful online presence. Business Considerations: Elements like budget, licensing type, training needs, and change management are also essential considerations in CMS selection.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. And salaries in many nonprofit organizations can’t compete with the for-profit sector. According to The Council of Nonprofits 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey , almost three quarters of nonprofits that completed the survey have current openings at their organization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

But perhaps the most understated revolution of all was that of nonprofits’ mindset. The 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report highlighted the positive impact nonprofits have experienced from investment in new payment methods, technologies, and skills. Many tried new things….but

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

When someone asked me, "What is the role of circuit riders today?" A month or two ago, a friend of mine asked me a great question: "What is the role of circuit riders today?" " I didn't have an immediate answer. I didn''t have an immediate answer. I didn''t have an immediate answer.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

In recent years, relationships between nonprofit organizations and their auditors have seen positive change. Auditors are viewed less by nonprofits as once-a-year visitors and more as year-round trusted advisors. Nonprofits would sometimes modify or overhaul their systems and controls without engaging their auditors.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? In the nonprofit sector, we have some big challenges in this area. Most examples we have of successful IT practices would likely fail in a nonprofit context, though. Sometimes the user/manager and executive are the same person.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Philanthropy loves “new” things. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. We need a culture change. So what are our next steps?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The articles in the March issue of the NTEN: Change journal capture stories of nonprofits in transition; they’re transforming from one stage to another, using technology to fuel their campaigns, initiatives, and to optimize their day-to-day work. >>Read True to its name, the Change journal is changing.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. We need a culture change. So what are our next steps?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

For example, images and content displayed on the homepage will change based on past clicking and scrolling behavior. Establish new digital governance and implement change management. Change management is quite simply a proactive approach to managing change in an organization’s processes, goals, or technologies.

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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. These two roles can broadly be defined as follows: . Together, these technical “Tier 2” roles typically make up a university’s CRM Team. . Tier 2 Support.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

After over a decade of convening our signature annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, we are excited to unveil and invite you to our inaugural Leading Change Summit in San Francisco on September 3-6. The Future of Technology : Cutting-edge technologists will strategize how to adapt to the evolving role of technology in their work.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

technology and increased measurement and reporting expectations, every nonprofit should ask themselves, “Who in my organization is responsible for successfully deploying technology in support of our mission?” They implement content management systems without getting users and executive sponsors on board.

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

NTEN member Sean Watson brought up his concern about the lack of staffing around, and interest in, "business processes" in most nonprofit organizations. Here's a little more background from him on this topic: " I spent my days at [a for-profit company] working with managers on process improvement. That wall is an obstacle to success.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. What will the nonprofit office of the future look like? Corporations and nonprofits alike are rapidly embracing the practice of letting employees work remotely. The death of management by walking around. Probably like your own home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

The leaders of the nonprofits that can embrace social media can tolerate vertigo. FOLKS is our network management motto and stands for the following: F ( form follows function): We want to build only the level of structure and formality that we need to do the job—no more and no less.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

First, I should note that many folks don't want to leave behind the notion that "accidental techie" implies: that they are not certified technology experts, and that they (happily or otherwise) have adopted technology into their varied skillset as nonprofit professionals. pursuing other things.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

With that in mind, I began thinking about how AI might start playing a role in our collective grantmaking. It could scour the web for information that would allow it to alert a grantee when funders have provided grants similar to their needs, or to similar nonprofit organizations.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

Q: What led you to working in the nonprofit sector? 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. A: Technology plays a huge role in our organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Earlier this year I released the 2018 Nonprofit Digital Teams Report in partnership with Jason Mogus, principal consultant at NetChange Consulting. Jason Mogus has long advocated that hybrid teams, in which digital roles are distributed across departments with a central team still driving strategy and leading some key functions, are better.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

For many nonprofits, salaries and benefits for staff make up the largest percentage of admin costs. This is exacerbated by the high turnover that is prevalent in nonprofits. Your first thought should always be “Do I have anyone here already who could be trained to fill this role?”. Train Instead of Hire. Solicit For Volunteers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Management philosophy is stuck in the past. Every manager knows the value of teamwork. The problem is the organizational structure in most nonprofits prevents it. Assembly line concepts are so ingrained in our society that they find their way into management theory as well. Management philosophy for today.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. And: “what role should Slideshare play in relation to the podcast?” Here are a few key takeaways that the Center learned about the role of collaboration and social media: 1.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s what the nonprofit finance office looked like only a few decades ago. Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. In a recent webinar, we talked with nonprofit experts Natalie C.

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

How do you know when it’s time for your nonprofit to find a new CRM solution? We sat down with Neon One’s Product Marketing Manager, Samantha Nyland, for an in-depth conversation about the ins and out of switching to a new nonprofit CRM. I often talk to nonprofits who are using a free CRM or an extremely basic, low-cost system.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

The call to action in the letter is clear, and I think one that resonates with any nonprofit who struggles to find more efficient ways to achieve their mission and to raise support from grant-makers and donors to help them do that. To address these demands, we need better measurement tools to determine which approaches work and which do not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Danielle Brigida, NWF Social Media Outreach Coordinator ( @starfocus on Twitter) Note from Beth: In the coming weeks, we're peeking over the shoulder of nonprofit social media practitioners to learn about their work flow and techniques. For nonprofits, that means moving from the transactional to the constant relationships.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

With advances in technology such as artificial intelligence, automation, and cloud services flooding the marketplace, nonprofits feel the pressure to adapt, adopt, and innovate. According to nonprofit technology experts, successful leaders often share one proven approach to innovation: They think big but start small.

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