Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Especially in associations, analytics can provide invaluable insights, guiding strategies and shaping outcomes. Focus on the Outcomes Embracing the Future: We know change is hard and in long-standing organizations, can be met with resistance. However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Back in 2017, we could see that business was changing. Kimberly Pendo AI is rapidly changing the world, and the non-profit sector is no exception. Kimberly will explore these complex and evolving ethical and legal issues and the importance of developing policies and regulations that address this changing landscape. Kimberly A.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The pandemic will not be the last catastrophic disruption or paradigm-changing event. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. Initiatives that impact a broad audience or community Outcomes that deliver strategic goals and objectives for all participants.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

The landscape of nonprofit fundraising has changed dramatically in 2024. In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before. Her team at Cause Fokus uses empathy-based marketing to turn passive audiences into loyal advocates.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more Safeguard program and participant data Secure data management Having a secure data environment is imperative. Track high-level insights to ensure programs are staying on track, dig deeper into comprehensive data across your programs, or take a closer look at a specific program, staff member, or participant’s outcomes.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

She defines failure as an outcome that deviates from desired results. Her work explores teaming – the dynamic forms of collaboration needed in environments characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. Author Amy Edmondson ’s book and revolutionary guide will undoubtedly transform your relationship with failure.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Communicate outcomes. Grantors increasingly view themselves as investors and, as a result, place greater emphasis on outcomes reporting. When you are putting together your grant applications and reporting, you want to emphasize achieving the desired outcomes. Lead the change. Keep the momentum going.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Then just before the turn of the century, the railroad became a thing, and everything changed. Fast forward to the last ten years, and our whole environment has changed, as well as our outlook. Then a global pandemic hit and everything changed again. Local businesses became national. You decide…. Corporate Culture.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here are some of the recent changes to the government funding and reporting landscape so you will be better informed and ready to incorporate best practices. These changes reflect a sliver of the updates that have taken place since 2020. Be Prepared for the Additional Windfall of Government Funding. Bottom Line: Stay in the Know.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

As our users’ lives have dramatically changed, our approach to understanding them must also change. Audience research is changing—along with a changing world—to help us on our quest to better understand audience behavior, needs, frustrations, and successes and ensure products and services are successful.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. But is this the right question?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 Generative AIs went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight.  of ChatGPT last December. We didn’t ask. It seemed just another Tuesday—just Apple’s version of a mobile phone that not everyone had or even wanted.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

It gives you some control when the external environment is rapidly changing, and people are looking to you for leadership. An open mind and the ability to connect and collaborate with diverse groups and people (especially those who don’t share your point of view) creates the nuanced vision needed to imagine multiple outcomes.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

Trust: A trusting environment ensures your team feels comfortable sharing their ideas and asking questions. If you are looking to launch a lean and agile innovation culture, you must change your mindset to overcome inertia. Manage Change This brings us to the last step. You can do so with open and transparent communication.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

But what if we could move beyond that and use the power of connected data clouds to directly change lives? We use Salesforce tools to create a digital environment which engages at-risk youth, and has proven to be highly impactful in changing negative trajectories and positively impacting wellbeing. Here’s how we’re doing it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Why it’s imperative to foster an environment where your people are free to disagree. How an effective leader pivots to accommodate each of their employees’ work styles. The importance of open communication and authentic employee feedback. How the quickest way to resolution between your employees is through immediate action and transparency.

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Business Guide Attitude Leadership 82

Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

2020 will be remembered as the year that changed grantmaking. Nonprofits undergo an arduous application and vetting process designed to provide funders a measure of confidence that their investment will achieve an intended outcome. Learn how grantmakers can drive operational efficiencies for better outcomes with internal controls.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Depending on your perspective, one of the most thrilling or terrifying realities of making a request for time, talent, and treasure is that you really never know the outcome. But those of us who have seen the color of our hair change during the course of our careers in asking for gifts know there are no guarantees.

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Fundraising Attitude Arts Causes 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Taking a few minutes to establish these rules ensures a productive and respectful environment. It can be effective if you have a manager resistant to change. Do you have one in place?

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Generation Ideas Arts Share 94

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Every nonprofit leader must be comfortable making decisions and be willing to own the outcomes no matter what. An effective strategic plan will not only provide direction for the organization, it can give nonprofit leaders guidance in day-to-day decision-making and promote more predictable outcomes. Diversity of opinion. Conclusion.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s more important than ever to share your mission in a way that is real, relevant, and sensitive to what’s going on within your organization’s environment and the impact of your work. change post-November strategies? Ahead of time, discuss how each possible outcome of the election could impact your nonprofit and plan for each.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

On September 6 in San Francisco, over 200 attendees at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit (14LCS) convened for its finale event: the Idea Accelerator. The goal was to surface ideas to create real, world-changing impact that make people’s lives better. “We 14lcs idea accelerator Leadership leading change summit'

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Then just before the turn of the century , the railroad became a thing, and everything changed. Fast forward to the last ten years, and our whole environment has changed, as well as our outlook. Then a global pandemic hit and everything changed again. Local businesses became national.

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Place Associations History Work 156

Blue Fox

APRIL 13, 2022

Equal opportunity or outcomes cannot be attained without addressing any limiting factors within those circumstances. We are a community of business leaders, business owners, and professionals with diverse backgrounds who will lead by example to create awareness and an environment that empowers positive change.”

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In this dynamic work environment, how are you keeping gift officers motivated and connected to their outcomes? It is finding what works for your team, managing change, and maybe even changing the culture. In the spring of 2020 when the pandemic changed the world, we all moved into a time of unknowns.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Given the research-validated outcomes and demonstrated financial impact belonging offers, organizations should make cultivating belonging a personal leadership imperative across the world,” says Brad Deutser , author of the new book, Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity and Foster Performance. Challenge everything.

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Action Build Structure Attitude 71

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

While the feedback and conversations were highly productive and valuable, the challenge we still faced was that the informality meant that we did not have: Agreed upon goals and outcomes with partners. Engaged stakeholders on all sides committed to driving those mutually agreed-upon outcomes.

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Communication Education Product Voice 105

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? Social media is still the tool or the medium, not the change or the action.

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. It requires foundations to step beyond the role of a mere funder and become catalysts for change within their communities. Traditionally, their primary function has been to provide financial assistance to grantees.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Diversity highlights all the ways in which people differ; equity is the fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for all individuals; and inclusion is the act of creating environments where all individuals and groups can feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued to fully participate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As nonprofits are in the business of seeking change within various populations, diversification within leadership in order to ensure the best outcomes of goals for all population demographics comes with the need for additional characteristics within its members. A diverse board provides additional expertise.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Simple tasks that would normally cost a nonprofit time and money can be delegated through one mobile application and can create a friendly environment for the user. Brian Burke, VP of Research at Gartner, defines 7 key considerations when designing the player experience for gamification: Business Outcomes and Success Metrics.

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sgEngage

APRIL 14, 2022

Are you willing to leave the important job of internal controls to a “catch me if you can” environment? Or would you prefer to create a climate change of inclusiveness where everyone understands the important roles they play in protecting the public trust? . Component 1: Control Environment . How about it? Broken laws .

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 8, 2014

Organizations change like the seasons. But, as time goes on, it is expected that the people who are the face of the organization will change. External stakeholders will change too. New projects will replace old ones and ways of doing things will change. They move on to new responsibilities and other priorities elsewhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Photo by Trav Williams.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

We need transformative thinking that fundamentally changes the way social good is delivered. We need transformative thinking that fundamentally changes the way social good is delivered. The goal is to create a trusting environment in which people in need may readily receive coordinated care from multiple sources.

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