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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Of course, knowing that isn't enough: Anyone who's engaged in implementing technology projects at nonprofits needs a whole slew of tools to help navigate the change management waters. Tags: NPTech bev magda dahna goldstein NTEN change management 09NTC. I could not agree more.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

All those zeroes and ones that your IT team deals with every day are immeasurably valuable to your organization. Tags: Change Management do something george weiner NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Now, there are legitimate reasons for some of this behavior. It's their job to keep it safe. " But what do you think, IT types?

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New York NTEN Change Management Tech 61

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

Also, using a team approach, we all learn and grow together, increasing our organizational capacity to use social media. The social media team includes the Deputy Director, the Special Projects Director, the Social Media Manager, the social media consultant, summer interns, and an outside content development consultant.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

There is often a powerful disconnect between the objectives of technologists and the direction of an organization's leadership team. Understanding how you can best support your organization via technology depends on the relationship you will and can forge with the leadership team. Reach out, build bridges and swallow your pride.

Tech 62

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN. IT Alignment session was good but Fundraising Alignment and overall strategy alignment with mission type sessions would be good. . More in-depth, financial metric focused ROI, perhaps in a Roundtable discussion format.

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Community Sharepoint Org Metrics 52

NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

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. My team would be brought in and asked 'How do we do this better?' We would then figure out a software solution and people process to streamline the work, cut down on resources, etc.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The selection of quality technology systems is a very important piece of managing those relationships, but equally important is how your team uses the technology. All we're going to do now is add a little structure – and do it as a team. What is Technology Process Improvement? Preparing for Technology Process Improvement.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

With the help of the design team at Lemon.ly , we created another infographic to tell the story of smarter nonprofit technology investments. Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again! More dollars and more staff isn't always the answer; it's how you invest those resources and capacity that really make the difference.

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Benchmark ROI NTEN Evaluation 94

NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

Having uncomfortable discussions with employees or other team members makes most of us a bit nervous – even uncomfortable sometimes. Often as managers, we need to have serious discussions with employees or other team members. Sage Nonprofit Solutions. Why is that and what can we do?

Management 56

Management Technique Grant Discussion 56

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

It’s important that your entire team buys-in to the strategy—data collection, analysis, and reiteration is a cultural shift for many of us, and it’s something that can’t be done once or intermittently or inconsistently across your organization if we’re going to be more effective.

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NTEN Data Metrics Sample 100

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

With all areas working toward a common cause, the group may look like a cohesive team. But what happens if the development team is functioning independently of the social media team? These lists are frequently separate and "owned" by different teams. you get the idea. You are not a Facebook customer.

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Data Time Social Media Database 56

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APRIL 13, 2011

Have a group of potential rocks stars ready to join your team. Think ahead for changes or growth in your organization. I am much more interested in how they work with a team, the last book they read, and when was the last time they've failed at something. Don't wait until you have an opening to start looking.

People 74

People Interview NTEN Job 74

NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Echo Ditto’s manifesto outlined the cultural shift we’d been looking for and Civic Actions’ presentation on creating successful virtual teams gave us some needed strategies for working with team members across 4 states.

Case Study 69

Case Study Culture National Network 69

NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

The communications team at your nonprofit is probably looking at this and saying: "Yes, we get this, and we can do this.". This has obvious applications for us as we create donation or advocacy campaigns, whether it's with email, video, mobile phones, or social networks. But this should also be applied to our overall work and strategies.

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Action Work Advocacy NTC 59

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APRIL 5, 2011

The point is that the changing demographics of the country are forcing nonprofits to address issues of diversity in their organization. In particular, you want more diversity on your teams that advocate, make, marke,t and sell stuff. It's become critical to their future success. How do you do it? Ok, you're sold. But how do you do it?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

They demand an in-house tech team. This is also a commonly held view of programmers, web developers, IT professionals, database administrators, and other tech staff in an organization. But unlike an office building, websites and online communities are living entities that require frequent iterations.

Leadership 94

Leadership Tech Lecture Org 94

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 3, 2007

Information Systems rollout trainings need to include a change management component. But to say "this will make our work easier" or "these tools will help our teams collaborate" just skims the surface. So the training needs to be a collaboration. Mission critical software rollouts have broad implications for the way people work.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I had a pretty good handle on process modelling, but I glossed right over the critical change management aspect. Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. And, in case you were wondering, the transition finally did happen.

Case Study 98

Case Study Studies Story Mali 98

NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from. As an application service provider with roots that stretch back to the early days of the Web, we've been through several phases of change and development. Test small, incremental changes instead of overhauling everything.

Data 63

Data Change Analysis Metrics 63

NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The bottom line: show how you and your team add value. Pull these folks into a circle of "power users," give them resources and training, and ask for their feedback on your plans. They’ll become ambassadors for your work. This isn’t an "in group;" they should help you expand the circle.

Technology 93

Technology Oakland Chicago Skills 93

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The first step was to create and present a proposal for the management team and get an approval. The cost for this would huge for our organization, soI started to look at solutions in the cloud in order to follow the visions and goals in the technology plan. My choice was to take on a migration to Google Apps.

Case Study 84

Case Study Google Studies Tutorial 84

NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Our philosophy at Upwell is that we’re part of a big ocean team that includes marine conservation organizations, marine scientists, and ocean activists. Our competition is Justin Bieber, not each other. Social Mentions: single items of online content, such as a tweet, a blog post, etc., that contain one of our mission key words.

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Org Share Data Conservancy 59

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Accountability can also be managed in a more fun way by grouping authors in teams and using metrics to help them push each other. At the YMCA of Metro Chicago we created a set of these resources that you can use as an example. Remove Barriers.

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Digital Program Chicago Metrics 78