fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But not every AMS is made equal, and legacy systems can easily become too unwieldy to keep up with a growing organization – particularly if the implementation wasn’t right in the first place. What makes a successful Fonteva implementation Designing and building a tech solution is only one part of making a successful Fonteva implementation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Next, the Summit featured a conversation between Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , a $16 billion international human welfare and social justice philanthropic organization, and Dr. Una Osili , Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Nonprofit 73

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Some well-paying jobs only require trade school or technical education programs, and those certifications take far less than four years to earn. For some tuition-dependent schools, that increase necessitated cuts in academic programs and personnel and created an inability to backfill positions when tenured faculty retired.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation?

Participatory 82

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The new system allows them to visualize their logic model in action across programs in 24 offices in 14 countries. Tying together rescue operations, grants management, and donor data they have a full understanding of what is happening in various countries, quantified by data, showing that programs work.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time. However, connecting finance to the program and development teams enables highly effective collaboration. And with the right permissions in place, everyone can rest assured that they won’t “break” anything or interfere with other teams’ reporting.

Philanthropy 83

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Without a vetting and approval process in place, they can end up in the “Wild Wild West” of technology, with redundant or underutilized tools, wasted human capital, and unnecessary expenses. It can also raise red flags in the finance office when suddenly they are asked to find money in an already tight budget. Keep data security top of mind.

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Denver Software PowerPoint Template 77

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 74

sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Inadequate Processes For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time. However, connecting finance to the program and development teams enables highly effective collaboration. The pressure of a demand spike—paired with the urgent desire to support communities in need—can feel insurmountable.

Philanthropy 52

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time.

Knowledge 67

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Linda Wood, Program Director, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

What is often hardest, though, is the transition between the modes; that is, knowing when to move from Survive to Reset, and when to move from Reset to Thrive, as well as how to successfully manage this transition.

Latvia 93

Latvia Companies North America San Francisco 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

The GeoFunders National Conference takes place from March 12-14th. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Annie Hernandez, Program Officer, The Lumpkin Family Foundation. Linda Wood, Program Director, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Kimberly St.

Results 95

Results Seattle Evaluation Michigan 95

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

You want to know that 100% of your contribution is going toward supporting the mission you care about—which may include program costs, reasonable salaries, and adequate supplies. But isn’t the way the organization spends its money just as important? Cloud-based systems are not only secure, but they’re frequently backed up.

Tools 71

Tools Application Nonprofit Software 71

sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

AI in Grant Applications Perhaps the most obvious place to start would be the application process. AI could certainly be used by applicants to fill out parts of the required forms, such as program summaries, leaving the questions that would need a human touch to finalize.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

We''ll close the open call for proposals and Early Bird registration at midnight, so don''t delay in securing your place on the main stage and snagging the lowest registration rate available. 14ntc 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference Leadership plenary Communications Fundraising IT Staff Program' >> Don''t miss out!

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? What if the executive director tweeted about the upcoming gala?

Digital 78

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

We're glad you get it, because we need you to help us meet OUR mission of ensuring that every nonprofit can use technology to make the change they want to see. We're incredibly excited about a brand-new program to get us one step closer: the Technology Leadership Academy. You can see the full schedule here.

Leadership 64

Leadership Tech NTEN Articulate 64

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place. Toyotas and BPs woes this year have certainly put crisis management plans on the radar screen. Unfortunately, most businesses dont have a plan. And, how often?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

That goes for an idea you might have and for which you can’t get interest or for a program you have run for five years that no longer sells. S ( solve the problem): In a flexible environment, we need to move through stuck places a hundred times a day. Tags: change management working wikily.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media. Using social media listening is somewhat more difficult to imagine, perhaps, if you're managing programs or at the policy/funding level. Has it been valuable?

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

We're headed to a place where: Technology is essential to the success of every aspect of our work, Technology is in the hands of nearly every one of our clients, volunteers, and stakeholders , Your staff and clients are innovating uses of technology in the field for you, It is easier than every to share, collaborate, and aggregate.

Leadership 88

Leadership Measure Hunger Tech 88

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

For the report, we surveyed those responsible for digital at 80 advocacy-oriented organizations based in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom about how their organizations were using digital tools, staffing their digital programs, and making decisions about digital in their organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

This is rather amusing as she is in such demand to speak at so many conferences regarding the Social Networking program at NWF. She was like a little kid in a candy store snapping pictures, then turning to her iPhone and Tweeting about how she spotted Wildlife with the #NWF hash tag to share with the Wildlife Watch program what she had seen.

Social Media 85

Social Media Life Media Social 85

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Getting Attention is a nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in Google Grant acquisition and management. The Google Grant program gives 501(c)(3) nonprofits up to $10,000 in search advertising, but with a few strings attached. Executive search and leadership learning programs. Succession planning for executive changes.

Consultant 52

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I also don’t have the budget to bring in a consultant or vendor to solve every non-program problem. or has to be duplicated (are you entering the same donor data in 3 different places?). As a senior staff member for my organization, I don’t have the time or expertise to learn every API call.

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Org Leadership Technology Organization 77

NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2012

You won’t need to do anything, “the cloud” instantly works, and doesn’t require any processes to be reviewed, planning to set up, or specialized skills needed to effectively put it in place. Cloud, cloud, cloud! DON’T lavish any love on your nonprofit techie!

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Director Journal Nonprofit Org 84

NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Functioning - we keep the lights on; we have basic systems in place to meet immediate needs. They keep up-to-date and continually inform us of new technology developments and opportunities for us to integrate these into our programs and outreach initiatives.

Adopt 81

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

Place 49

Place Work Mentoring Kansas City 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Annette Kramer, Learning Lab Blog The Collaborative Technologies Conference sponsored by CMP took place in Boston this past week. In this context, you can't talk about collaborative technology without also talking about change management both in the abstract and in the room at the moment of conversation.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

One 21st century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. If your staff is trained in the techniques of content curation, this process can be a form of professional development, building their expertise in a subject area that can, in turn, have significant returns to your organization’s programs.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2011

Make sure to offer a diversity of volunteer opportunities, and to have rock-solid practices for handling volunteers in place. “If you’re going to tell me to go to your website and sign up, and the web site doesn’t say what it needs to say, or there’s no info, I’m going to be angry,” she said.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

We needed a plan that would model the very things we wanted to teach, including ways for centers to: Share expertise, resources, and innovative ideas in a centralized place Create a cultural shift from a top down system of service delivery to a system where everyone is a creator and a consumer simultaneously.

Case Study 69

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies.

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Place Companies Work Kansas 45

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The Head-office may also buy to serve their own centralized responsibilities in fundraising, advocacy, finance, administration or programs. What is the overall scope of the program – overall vision and time-frame covered by the Master Agreement. Overarching considerations regarding performance and non-performance. Ongoing Services.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Changing funding levels from long-time donors, increased demand for services, challenges in finding and retaining top talent, combating the employee burnout crisis, and continuing to provide essential program services is akin to juggling a dozen balls without dropping a single one.

Challenge 69

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When you’re moving to a new association management software (AMS) system, having the right project team in place makes all the difference. That might be a strange place to start, but just think about it: Your AMS system is the software you use to manage all aspects of your association. Consider who’s not on the team.

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