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What I’ve learned from working with mission-based organizations

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

In a mission-based organization, many problems that initially appear to be about information and communication technology are really about organizational culture, knowledge management, or a combination of organizational culture and knowledge management. Age discrimination is alive and well in mission-based organizations.

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2011 Nonprofit Day

Amy Sample Ward

This panel will discuss the larger picture of movement building, nonprofit organizations, and what we can learn about recent events that change what we do and how we interact with the world we’re trying to impact. Noah Flower , Director of Knowledge Management, Monitor Institute. Related Links : CompassPoint.

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising

Amy Sample Ward

Larry very rightly points out: If you position fundraising as separate from meeting your mission, donors won’t see why their donations are creating the impact they are interest in. If it is something separate, your doomed. Gem #2 – Work from the inside out. And that is the best tone you can set!

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How to Create a DEI Style Guide for your Nonprofit

Whole Whale

This will help people understand the implications of their words and how they can impact others. Other organizations may build a style guide into their instance of confluence or Notion which are internal knowledge management systems. This is a good option if you just want to get something up and running quickly.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Organizational Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fifteen of us met for 90 minutes to share, commiserate, trade ideas and think about our work at the intersection of evaluation, knowledge management and organizational learning. And GEO has been our guide and our ally in explaining how learning, streamlining and stakeholder/grantee involvement all come together to improve impact.

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Lee Bryant at #KMUK10

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at #KMUK10 , also known as the Knowledge Management UK conference. why is there not a bigger impact on organizations today? David Wilcox will be spending the day helping show folks understand and get started with various social media tools. From Lee Bryant: KM = sense making.

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Announcing the 4th Edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report

Saleforce Nonprofit

Never has there been so much sophisticated tech available to nonprofit organizations — innovations that could bring tens of thousands more people into their missions, and bring an unprecedented ability to take action and measure impact. Katharine Bierce manages thought leadership research content on the Salesforce.org marketing team.

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