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Technology Leaders Are Change Agents: Discussion from the NTEN Community

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Flickr: ePublicist A recent discussion thread on NTEN's main community email list really hit something home for me. Here's a little more background from him on this topic: " I spent my days at [a for-profit company] working with managers on process improvement. That wall is an obstacle to success.

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How can you create a safe place for hands-on learning from social media pilots?

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Touching A Starfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium : Source Flickr Photo by Beth. Tags: change management. A few weeks ago, we drove down to Monterey for a visit to the Aquarium. The kids loved, especially the hands-on exhibits. What better way to learn about a starfish than to pick up and hold it in your hands.

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What do Innovative Organizations Have in Common?

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Flickr Photo: Vermin Inc On Wednesday, the kind folks at Russ Reid allowed me to invade a little think thank they held with some clients about social media and its applications in the nonprofit organization. This led me to wonder: what's in the DNA of each of these orgs that allows them to embrace change and experiment?

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New Study and Case Studies: Nonprofit Organizational Culture in the Cloud

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Flickr: marcp_dmoz Technology aside, it’s clear that the advent of Cloud-based solutions has had an impact on the culture of our work as nonprofits. It’s changed the jobs we do, both within the IT department and in more mission-related positions, and how we’re able to do them. The idea of Cloud culture is somewhat nebulous.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

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Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. By Jamie Millard and Lori L. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth.

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

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Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. We're all for a change in the way that effectiveness is accounted for. We need a culture change. And that's just to name a few. .

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Social Media Behind the Firewall: The Tire, Tower, or Hub and Spoke?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. Flickr Photo by MR+G. Flickr Photo by Colmmacc. Tags: change management. For this post, I wanted to focus on the first issue - the mismatch between organizational culture and social media adoption.