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Nonprofit Finance Leaders: Don’t Miss These bbcon 2023 Sessions

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The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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Professionalism in Nonprofit Technology: Should My Techies be Accidental?

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David Geilhufe, Philanthropy Program Manager, NetSuite In this age of cloud computing, sophisticated, affordable (often free!) They should then immediately follow that question with: “Should they be a qualified professional?” They should then immediately follow that question with: “Should they be a qualified professional?”

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

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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. As we reaffirm shared meaning making, we realize that knowledge work and social change are quite intertwined and interdependent.

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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

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Some well-paying jobs only require trade school or technical education programs, and those certifications take far less than four years to earn. This leaves students questioning if they can make more money more quickly—and avoid student debt—by entering the workplace with a certificate instead of a college degree.

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Are Marketing and Fundraising Changing Permanently?

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An organization’s perspective on this question is significant, with major implications for the fundraising teams of the future. Nonprofits will need to give dedicated focus to professional development, as organizational structure has to evolve to support new fundraising paradigms. No New Normal Means More Innovation is Needed.

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Grantmakers’ Questions as a Way Toward Change

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Knowledge work in philanthropy is a big umbrella, expanding exponentially over the last decade to cover more of what grants professionals do on a regular basis. Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions. Questions are instrumental to successful grantmaking that focuses on change.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

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Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? This isn’t a new concept. and on and on.

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