fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

Issues more deeply rooted in organizational structure, like outdated processes or chronically low member engagement, emerge as barriers to reaching your organization’s goals. The technologies must support your organizational goals, they can’t drive them.

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Digital Nonprofit Process Goal 52

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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Change Management Change Management Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. I was working with a coalition of organizations from one community that was working on a shared mission of supporting families.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 78

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You likely already have an idea of the kind of support you’re looking for. Major giving and prospect research support. Internal support, like for accounting or HR. Nonprofits generally don’t partner with consultants year-round for ongoing support with all of their operations. Zobrio – Financial & Accounting Support.

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Consultant Nonprofit Strategy Philanthropy 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Packard Foundation asked me to write a blog post about our 2016 staff restructuring (which they supported with a capacity-building grant). In the first rectangle, I sketched out one version of how our organization could be structured. After an hour, I had 12 different versions of our staff structure, each in its own little box.

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Org Learning Structure Museum 20

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The Vendor (or vendors) – who provide products or services in support of the head-office, the affiliates or both. Addressing these areas manages the interests and responsibilities of the central buying office (head-office), the vendor, and the affiliates. Platforms for implementation, upgrade, live production, training.

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Phase Structure License Training 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

It covers different models for purpose, structure, style, value creation, design, leadership, and change management. As Patti notes in the essay: Since the early 1990's, technologies to support connections have danced a mutually reinforcing dacen between the capabilities of the technology and the ways that we use them.

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Social Media Network Media Social 50

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices related to staffing your Salesforce instance. Change Management: Managing the change within the project lifecycle or overall organization.

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Org Government Support University 115

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Who might be a suitable partner to support the project? Review the Funding Opportunity Announcement Carefully When you start the application process, review the announcement carefully for programmatic requirements such as evaluation, organizational structure, planning, and outreach. What needs are missing?

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Award Grant Application Analysis 98

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Set the expectation with stakeholders that undocumented requirements won’t be considered to facilitate a thorough analysis of the actual business process and outcomes to be supported. Are you sure a standard product can’t support your needs? How will change requests be handled: in-house or through a contractor?

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Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

Operations & Leadership What to Expect When Buying a Nonprofit CRM 14 min read Read Now Innovation and Support Are Important Alex: What kinds of questions should people be asking a potential CRM vendor? On a similar note, you should also dig into how a potential vendor supports their clients. It’s a very valuable resource.

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Nonprofit System Process Consultant 52

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning? That said, there are structures within government that can handle risk. They are going to look for innovation solutions.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As experts in bridging gaps and supporting missions, we’re a Salesforce Trusted Partner with strategy, implementation, and support experience. What are the benefits of keeping a Salesforce consultant on to support my nonprofit? Contents What is Salesforce? Can nonprofits use Salesforce? What is Salesforce?

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Profit Organization Consultant Adopt 52

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

But with change comes new opportunities to evaluate and improve on existing business processes and demonstrate to existing and potential supporters that your organization is dedicated to compliance and ethical accounting practices. This article and infographic provides tips for getting started with compliance change management.

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Tips Nonprofit Policy Structure 37

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

Part of my path was being in the corporate world for 10 years doing consulting, doing change management work, and realizing that although it was intellectually stimulating and interesting, and I enjoyed it, it wasn't what brought me alive. It took me a few years to actually go through the training. I tend to attract that.

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Brain Life Artist Advice 41

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This post will cover key considerations after you’ve thoroughly defined the project, secured sponsorship, and documented risks: getting the right people and team structure in place, managing changes to the project, and preparing the user population for a successful go-live. Change Management and User Adoption.

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Project Adopt Change Management Team 35

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. There is a whole group, a support group for us. Flat structures have hidden hierarchy. Then maybe there’s some staff training or staff. Absolutely.

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Management Work Video Slides 92

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Most groups of people do not self-manage well. It often takes clarity of roles and purview and even some structure to do that. These include so-called “soft skills” that are process-oriented; they serve to bring people together in meaningful ways, connect people to their own expertise and to each other, hold space for change, and more.

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Participatory Facilitation Philanthropy Skills 88

Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

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 I’m explaining to you a way that in my experience has been much more effective for the people that I work with, that I coach and train. I’ve gotten some remodeling going up there. Here we go.

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Product Video Donor Structure 73