Judi Sohn

JULY 21, 2013

Over 3 years ago, I wrote a blog post about my quest to find decent project management software for Fight Colorectal Cancer. Right around the time I started at KELL Partners last year, I helped our team implement Smartsheet as our main tool for keeping track of timelines, requirements and deliverables with clients and internal projects.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Know Who You Want Whether you are hiring a new employee or selecting staffers for a special project, a perfect fit doesn’t happen by accident. Similarly, when you are building a project-related team, document goals, and objectives and ensure that all participants understand what success looks like. I’ve seen it happen.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An RFP, or a request for proposals, is a process disguised as a document. While an RFP may look like a regular document with a list of things to do and brainstorm, an effective one breaks down a project (usually a big one) into parts and set out dates and milestones to get that project done. Don’t skip the budget.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At a bare minimum, the RFP should include: A description of your organization and your work, Why your nonprofit is issuing the RFP, The project requirements along with the software and services you need, and Your proposal submission, review, follow up, and selection process. Your proposal format (be flexible!)

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Create a Policies and Procedures Manual Once a new employee joins your team, having a comprehensive document outlining standard procedures for data entry will make that transition much easier on both the individual and the staff members training them. Here is a document that outlines the different security roles available in the system.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 25, 2013

However these annoyances pale in comparison, to process documentation, a task the mention of which we all cringe. Now we have to document it as well?”. You do not understand the value of documentation. The most important reason for process documentation is to eliminate confusion and ambiguity. So why is it important?

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Identify Your Team The HR staff could take the lead on this project. Cloud connectivity, project management systems, and meetings platforms with transcription and note-taking functions are software prerequisites. But do begin with clear documentation that is available to everyone. Every organization is different.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

However, it’s not worth it to rush the project, especially if you fail to set a strong foundation and have to rebuild your site from scratch a few years down the line. Why Work With A Development Agency to Complete Your Web Design Project. Web Design Project Step 1: Register your domain name.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are billions of historical documents housed in archives, museums, and libraries around the world. The vast majority of these documents do not have full-text transcriptions or indexed data, making them difficult to search and largely inaccessible to historians, students, scholars, and the general public.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

Myth 3: “You just need to have board members sign an expectations document in order for them to follow through with the items on that list.” ” Truth 3: Moving beyond document signatures for board commitment Some believe that if board members sign a paper, they’re committed. ” – Joe Q.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

Once you have your typefaces selected, document how to use these in your brand guidelines. Stylistic decisions could include finding more journalistic photos or perhaps looking for images that project a calmness with a lot of open space. You can look up online “type pairings” to find various resources with suggested pairings.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

Any consulting shop that does significant amounts of implementation and development (as we do) needs a project management and ticketing tool. We also have been using Google spreadsheets for some elements of project management. And, in addition, the best tool does nothing without good human project management skills using it.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

If you are an organization or group that wants to catalyze and support community-generated projects or you are someone that wants to get involved, I hope this is a format you can take and run with. The documentation explores Project Spaces conceptually as well as provides examples of how to hold a Project Spaces event.

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Project Remix Collaboration Wiki 126

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

Any consulting shop that does significant amounts of implementation and development (as we do) needs a project management and ticketing tool. We also have been using Google spreadsheets for some elements of project management. And, in addition, the best tool does nothing without good human project management skills using it.

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Project Tools Management Wiki 154

Wild Apricot

MARCH 2, 2010

Do we really need another free online document-collaboration tool? Very possibly, yes — if it’s lightweight, easy for non-techies to use, designed specifically for reviewer annotation, and allows an unlimited number of users to give feedback on a document.( read more ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

As an intern with HRDAG , I was part of the team analyzing data drawn from documents in the National Police Archive, a cache of approximately 80 million sheets of paper kept by the police system during the Guatemalan Civil War, a 36-year long conflict that ended in 1996. It’s funny, my parents asked the same question.)

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Guatemala International Project Statistics 137

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2023

These documents not only fulfill legal obligations but also serve as a tangible reflection of donors’ impact on your organization’s mission. Your nonprofit has to provide accurate documentation of donor contributions. Use them to update your donors about ongoing projects and upcoming events.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With an accounting system designed to manage and track balances by fund and subfund across fiscal years and with supported documentation, you can minimize risk by making nonprofit compliance a streamlined process. Track restricted funds by project to manage funder requirements Restricted revenue is at the heart of nonprofit accounting.

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. This may include new staff or reassigned staff from other important projects. Additionally, it’s critical that the project road map is managed meticulously to avoid risk of delays that can lead to cost overruns. Costs are clearly spelled out at the onset of the project.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 8, 2020

Here we are in part 2 of our Non-Profit Planning Series where we are going to discuss choosing your priority projects to execute our chief initiative. really what we need to do is be selective about the projects, to do, campaigns, etc we choose to work on in order to execute our chief initiative. Ready for it? Choose the obstacles.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Breaking down its typical sections, this blog offers a step-by-step roadmap for how to craft a winning project proposal. Four common grant proposal documents (free samples included) by Melissa Pulis of Candid Next up, a familiar theme reemerges. As a bonus, get free sample documents to see what success looks like in practice.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Reproductive Health Access Project works at the crossroads of the medical community and the reproductive rights space to mobilize and train clinicians to ensure access to abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. How did the Reproductive Health Access Project start? We love a good origin story.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

This includes reviewing your process documentation or creating it if necessary. Work with your team to review and document each of your funding programs, including the number of grantees, timelines, and applications for each. As part of the timeline, identify the decision makers and the project manager for this initiative.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN. Ensured that thousands of human rights activists could securely document human rights abuses.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Documented Processes : Your annual budgeting process should be documented with tasks, responsibility assignments, and clearly stated deadlines.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sample documents and reference materials : Gain inspiration from a collection of sample grant proposals, letters of inquiry, project budgets, and other documents for making your case to funders.

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Kindful

JULY 22, 2021

Usually called a creative brief, creative outline, or communications overview, your job is to create a document where you outline the overall strategy, context, and goals for the campaign. This document is designed to be shared with the writers and designers and anyone else who is working on the campaign. . When the project starts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

Organizations spent hours sorting through documents, filling out forms, and ensuring they followed all the grant requirements. You can use features like forums, messaging, and document sharing to talk to grantors, team members, and other people involved in the grant process.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2023

By proactively working with your auditor, having consistent workflows that keep your data updated, and establishing clear expectations with your staff, you can make remote audits just another project on your list, instead of something to dread. Many organizations leave your internal controls documentation on autopilot until there is an issue.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal by NMAAHC Government Standard of Excellence In 2016, NMAAHC launched the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project in the Smithsonian Transcription Center. million pages of documents in the Freedmen’s Bureau archive, the largest transcription project ever undertaken by the Smithsonian.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2022

It's also becoming increasingly interconnected with other products, including project management tools, collaboration services, and document storage solutions. Zoom is an ever-evolving video conferencing platform, suitable for one-on-one check-ins, group meetings, large events, and everything in between.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp offers an appealing and efficient method of sharing documents and other materials among members of a team. Documents can be attached to a WhatsApp message in various forms, and photos and videos also make suitable attachments. Below are four examples: 1) Virtual Team Management.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2012

Pinterest allows us--requires us, really--to document a part of our creative process openly on the web. Project coordination on wikis. Loosely formatted blogs to document progress. I'm curious how other organizations are publicly documenting and sharing creative process.

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Care2

JULY 6, 2023

The Fundraising Effectiveness Project documented just how many donors in 2021 didn’t return to give again in 2022! Many charitable organizations experienced a worrying trend in 2022: A 10% dip in individual donations and a declining donor retention rate. What can fundraising professionals do to put 2023 back on track?

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Budgets can be one of the most intimidating aspects of grantseeking and nonprofit management, especially for new projects or organizations—most of us don’t have accounting degrees after all! What is a proposal project budget? . Proposal project budgets are the budgets you submit to a funder as part of a grant application.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 19, 2023

Also, consider shouting out ongoing volunteer projects within your program so more members are aware of the good your association is doing. Provide a one-sheet document on the impact of your members’ volunteer work and thank each volunteer. Ensure you share the document with your entire organization, to recognize your volunteers.

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Celebrate National Associations Volunteer 110

Forum One

AUGUST 9, 2023

But when you start adding up all the pages and posts and images and assets on your website, this might feel like a daunting project. It often entails rethinking how you want to communicate about your organization in the new structure and style you’re pursuing with your redesign project.

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