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Budget Changes? Keep Calm and Carry On with These Tips!

Connection Cafe

And most importantly, how do you communicate budget changes to your staff, volunteers, and stakeholders? Start by asking yourself how you and your organization reacted to change last year, and how those reactions can be different in the future. Then, follow these tips to get your change management creative juices flowing!

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Professionalism in Nonprofit Technology: Should My Techies be Accidental?

NTEN

They should then immediately follow that question with: “Should they be a qualified professional?” Too often, amateur accidental techies -- nonprofit staffers who have taught themselves technology skills -- find themselves in over their heads trying to develop databases, but forgetting to do business process modeling or change management.

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Hot Off the Press: Issue Two of NTEN:Change is Live

NTEN

What do Guerrilla Video, Facebook for Volunteer Management, and #GettingSlizzard have in common? In it you'll find: "Facebook for Volunteers," from Idealware's Chris Bernard, which tackles the question of whether Facebook can be an effective volunteer recruitment and engagement tool.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

NTEN

Maybe there are monthly brown bag lunches where staff can ask the in-house experts questions? Jamie Millard , client relationship manager for Fast Horse , an innovative, integrated agency offering traditional and non-traditional marketing services, specializes in understanding audiences and digital media strategies. and on and on.

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Switching Nonprofit CRMS Doesn’t Have to be Scary

Neon CRM

What kinds of questions should you be asking your team members and potential vendors? If you’re looking to switch CRMs, you probably have a million questions. I’ve found that events management and volunteer management features are the two biggest “extras” that nonprofits look for.

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Tech Across Your Org: Technology Leadership at a Small Organization

NTEN

You know your co-workers and volunteers. Please leave your suggestions, stories, and questions in the comments below! Technology isn’t going to create a business process where one doesn’t exist. Focus first on process, not technology. Don’t worry about what you don’t know. You know your organization. You know your constituents.

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2011 NTC Preview: 6 Steps to Refocus Your Small Org Tech Strategy

NTEN

But how often do you step back to ask questions like: How can use our website to communicate differently? How can we change our process to use our CRM better? Nonprofits are inherently good at making things happen with what they have, asking for help, taking advantage of opportunities and relying on volunteers or other support.

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