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4 Necessary Culture Shifts To Help You Navigate Change Management

Bloomerang

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. Organizations that successfully navigate change management have also made culture shifts to ensure lasting change.

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Digital Transformation for Government Agencies

Forum One

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Organize for success. How long do these projects typically take?

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

sgEngage

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

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An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process

Cloud 4 Good

Request for proposals, or RFPs, help define projects, set expectations, and ensure the right clients and/or vendors are selected to help businesses grow effectively and efficiently. When does the planning phase end? First, planning to purchase and move to a new Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system.

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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. Capital campaigns based on four primary phases. This firm’s change management services are: Customized for each individual nonprofit and its unique needs.

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Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions

sgEngage

McKnight used to require two application steps: a letter of inquiry, followed by a full proposal. For some of these apps, we’re still in adoption phase. “It was important to us to have fewer touchpoints for our grantees, so that they can spend less time on our process and technology, and more time on focused on their missions.”

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Case Study: An Accidental Techie #FAIL Story

NTEN

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.