fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Fonteva is the leading Association Management System (AMS) for the Salesforce platform. From managing membership and events to driving ecommerce , member engagement , and data reporting, Fonteva has the comprehensive functionality to deliver on the needs of your membership community.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Let’s start by defining each type of solution, respectively, in the context of grants management software. A configurable system is an out-of-the-box solution that allows the owner to easily personalize certain aspects of the system themselves, without the help of experienced software developers.

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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. A strategic plan helps you bring the vision for your organization’s future to fruition by setting goals and objectives.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

Whether it’s because leaders are driven to do things differently or that situations like the pandemic have forced much-needed evolution, nonprofit organizations everywhere are looking for ways to become more efficient and impactful. At least not for any organization that wants to stay relevant.

Digital 52

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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. Compatibility with your organization’s technical inclinations is crucial for smooth operation. Many do not have open-source code, but some, like Umbraco, do.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The social justice organization supported Black and Indigenous people through grantmaking with an annual budget between $2 million and $3 million. Leverage Technology to Manage Rapid Change.

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Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 87

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

They know they can’t really share everything that happens behind the curtain (and believe me, there is so much that never reaches beyond the walls of most organizations) because they will risk the loss of funding. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Authors Jeff Kavanaugh’s and Rafee Tarafdar’s new book, The Live Enterprise , is all about how to create a continuously evolving and learning organization. They explain that the very nature of organizations has come under pressure. The way we think about experience has changed. Value chains have changed.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The social justice organization supported Black and Indigenous people through grantmaking with an annual budget between $2 million and $3 million.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Community Time Blackbaud 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 3, 2007

Adriano and I have had some long conversations over the years about how to best provide the training organizations need to make effective use of their information systems, and he led us in experimenting with a lot of different ways of doing training. What should you do if the system warns that an account code was not set up properly?

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations? The platform allows non-profit organizations to gather data and automate tasks across functions such as fundraising , program management , operations , marketing and member engagement , and more. What is the best platform for nonprofit organizations?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

My experience since I started working in the social media field is that the failures are where you learn the most as a community manager, a social media manger, a change manger, a professional and as a person. Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.”

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Specifically around the question, "What it is in the culture of organizations that are able to make the shift that is different from organizations that cannot?" Traynor's piece is a reflection on how network leadership is different from more traditional leadership skills for leading organizations.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit organizations look to outside experts for all kinds of reasons. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. You likely already have an idea of the kind of support you’re looking for.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Your database doesn't track the date of your organization's last communication with a donor, and many of them aren't donating because they never hear from you. 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.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

If you've been keeping up with this blog series about applications of our annual Nonprofit Tech Staffing & Investments research, you've noticed that we refer to "Tech Adoption" when gauging the impact of staffing levels or investments on an organization. In this article, we're taking a closer look at what we mean by "Tech Adoption".

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2013

Budget season is upon us and for many nonprofit organizations, this spawns a flurry of strategic planning as everyone gets in line for the budget dollars for their part of achieving the goals and objectives of the mission. Time to fire up the spreadsheets and calculators! These are usually the “big ticket” budget items.

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Tips ROI Phase Info 35

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The premise is that when central office buys an information system solution it has many factors to consider. So, let’s start with the core constituent management and transactional system. They have become mainstream more recently than most organizations deployed their current core constituent system.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Cloud for Good recently sat down with BWF’s Jason Boley, Senior Vice President of Systems and Operations, to discuss the value and best processes of the RFP process. JB: We generally recommend that organizations focus on high-level requirements gathering before authoring and issuing the RFP to more fully define the project.

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Process Interview Phase Map 92

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

How can you even tell if a new system is going to be right for your organization? 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. What are the warning signs that your organization needs a new CRM?

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Nonprofit System Process Consultant 52

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

However, many organizations are unprepared for the multitude of regulations and requirements associated with managing federally funded programs. Understand Your Organization’s Capacity Your organization should consider these four components before applying for any grant, especially those connected to federal dollars.

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Award Grant Application Analysis 98

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’m often asked to help nonprofits define a technology roadmap – that is, figuring out how to migrate their business from a legacy system(s) to a new solution(s) and beyond. End-users ask, “can we make changes to the ‘out of the box’ software to meet specific needs? .” Development approach.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can't make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning? So you can judge any kind of organization and the gaming piece is just how well it fits in. We create systems to mitigate all risk.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Foundation uses the Blackbaud Grantmaking system, and to expedite the timing, grants managers completed applications on behalf of island employees. “I That changed after the pandemic when Tacker and her team streamlined their tech systems for more efficiency. “In Everyone on the island suffered a loss.

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Advice Tech Sharepoint Grant 77

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

For example, with a governance model in place, you will ensure that your support agents and technical staff are enabled and guided by the leadership within your university to make the right changes that are approved organization-wide, that comply with regulations, and that are technically sound. So, what is Salesforce governance?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

Tax-exempt organizations have seen significant changes to financial accounting and reporting standards in recent years. This article and infographic provides tips for getting started with compliance change management. Maintain a clear accountability structure. Assess the impact on your operations.

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Tips Nonprofit Policy Structure 37

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

My last post covered a few common denominators I see in successful IT projects at nonprofit organizations: executive vision and involvement, defining requirements, and proactive risk identification and management, all of which provide a solid foundation for executing a project. What makes an IT project successful? Scope Creep.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

But I spend most of my time as a trainer and a strategist as a coach and I help organizations and the people that lead them, just like you, grow your skills, your teams, and your results. Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This challenge is further complicated by the fact that while we want to empower our staff to share client stories, we also want to make sure that our external communications are shared in a single voice that represents the organization’s brand. This has radically changed the need for more stories and content. The web has become social.

Digital 78

Digital Program Chicago Metrics 78

Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

You don’t know how to make the change that you want inside your organization. I tell a story of the remodeling that I’ll tell you today and a change management theory that I will share with you. And even when organizations say to me, “We need a pitch deck,” I’m like, “Do you really?

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Product Video Donor Structure 73