Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2024

The Phi Kappa Phi implementation team sought to future-proof its system and went through multiple levels of scanning and segmenting its data. As you work with your staff, try tailoring your training content to various user roles within your association to ensure the content is relevant and not overwhelming.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2011

There are lessons all around us if we’re willing to look. I’m big on creating systems in your office to make fundraising (and everything) run smoother and easier. Here’s a great experience I had a couple of days ago which reminded me of the importance of systems. First, have a system.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Lessons from the Field. Mapping the Change.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Richmond, VA, December 21, 2017, Gyrus Systems, a leader in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) industry, proudly announced that Talented Learning named the GyrusAim® Learning Management System Honorable mentions for "Best Compliance LMS" category.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2023

Since 1996, Boys to Men Mentoring has worked to provide fatherless and at-risk young men with positive male role models and influential mentoring relationships. The Grow Into You Foundation provides mentoring support specifically to young people in and aging out of the foster care system. Boys to Men Mentoring (San Diego, CA).

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

Grant Elliott, vice president of product at Foundant Technologies, also described the role that grants management systems can play in reducing the reporting burden on nonprofits by ensuring their demographic data flows efficiently to funders. And a lot comes down to the systems. How do we tie that data together?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

And if you are new in your governmental role, be sure to spend extra time reading Appendix A, the 100-day action plan for bridgebuilding in your new government job. It takes money and basic ground rules to drive the system toward doing it. Understand that trust and accountability are interlinked. Make conversations transparent.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

All of you are our heroes of 2020 and we are so very grateful for your role in our lives and work this year. And, most of all, the courage of volunteers , whose passion and commitment delivered food, fought wildfires, tested vaccinations, marched for justice, cared for animals, checked in with seniors, provided skills, and so much more.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice. On Not Being Constrained by the System You’re In. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. We Need to Talk About ‘The Giving Tree’ Systems Change Is All about Shifting Power.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned. Often, the engineer role is filled by an outside developer, consultant, or firm.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 30, 2021

Soon into my role, HIPAA was introduced and I was also asked to serve as our HIPAA Security Officer. In discovering that new role and HIPAA regulations, I learned valuable lessons on the importance of information security that I have kept with me throughout my career in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. The ability to integrate with many systems and bring organization-wide conversations into one centralized location in Slack is invaluable.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Through education and advocacy, the Colorado Mental Wellness Network seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to improve the quality of their lives, give back to the community through meaningful roles, and to change the perceptions of mental health. Impacting: Mental health. Headquarters in: Denver, CO.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2014

The longer version of the story is that in a previous role, I was a part of a grantmakers'' group that was talking about funding NTEN back in the very early days. What are some of the lessons you learned as the former Director of Community Affairs for the One Economy Corporation? Doesn’t everyone just know NTEN?

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NTEN Interview Management Lesson 78

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Largely considered a document prepared for tax compliance, its important role as a principal vehicle of communication is overlooked. And now that the 990s are released as open data by the IRS, it’s more important than ever to rethink the role of the 990 as a communication channel instead of just a compliance requirement. and Marion L.

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

When designing and developing a website or application, a challenge is that roles and tasks can often operate in silos. At Forum One, we build a lot of sites and applications with Drupal and WordPress, and both content management systems incorporate layout features out of the box. Spoiler alert: the results so far are positive!].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The third section focuses on: The new patterns that women leaders are creating to break free from old male-dominated systems. Boorstin : I think that companies and investors are missing out by not having more women in leadership roles--and not investing more in women. I think two key things will help to change that.

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DipJar

DECEMBER 21, 2021

MediaStar, a promotions company, helped organize the event and would play a crucial role in making 2020 a banner year for Pathfinders for Autism. Pathfinders had already acquired some DipJars and realized they would be a perfect contactless system. They knew activities would need to be outdoors and – ideally – touchless.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The third section focuses on: The new patterns that women leaders are creating to break free from old male-dominated systems. Boorstin : I think that companies and investors are missing out by not having more women in leadership roles--and not investing more in women. I think two key things will help to change that.

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Learning Leadership Benchmark Story 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

During last year’s celebration, centered around the role that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played in the education of Black Americans, we celebrated Year Up staff members who attended HBCUs. What lessons from that history does Year Up find most valuable in its ongoing work?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

As the newest entrant, hospitals have a unique perspective, and we should consider their motivation, process, and lessons learned. Hospitals Moving into Funder Roles. Recently, I explored the 30 largest private nonprofit health systems in the U.S. (by Lessons Apply To Independent Foundations, Payers.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Technological change – new software and systems. Identify who should be involved in this process and what role each member of the team will play. Sometimes they are huge, like switching CRM systems or restructuring your organizational chart. Structural change – this include teams, departments, and job structure.

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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. What if the unexpected wasn’t seen as failure but as lessons to be shared? First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2017

Here are 5 Lessons We Should All Take from the ACLU’s Response over the Weekend: 1. Supporters and the public could quickly understand the role the organization is playing in this issue. The primary lesson at this point is preparedness. Their Response to a Nationally Significant Event Was Immediate.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Role of Coaching in your Learning and Development Program. Or perhaps something more pertinent, such as, what lessons can we learn from these competitions and the pomp and circumstance that surround them? For those of you who do not know where I am going with this, it is finally here! Reinforcement.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

Today’s Q&A is with Barbara Newhouse, CEO of The Children’s Heart Foundation , where she is using her experience and lessons learned to create strengths from organizational challenges and rebuild a brand that staff, board, supporters, and volunteers can trust. A: Technology plays a huge role in our organization.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In the training world, the largest detriment to training can be the barrier of entry for in system users to encounter the offerings in the full-time window allotted in order to obtain the most from what is being distributed. The one exception I will personally allow is reading this Gyrus Systems blog. Avoid Distractions.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Four Strategies to Transform P2P Participants into Loyal Supporters You can build systems and processes from scratch to make it easier for P2P participants to become sustaining monthly donors. Here’s how Team Diabetes created improvements based on the lessons learned from the donor journey map.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Though many orgs flaunt their “lessons learned” they are not all written down, distributed, or accessible depending on the enterprise architecture. Too often, these lessons end up on individuals’ computers, shared drives or locked away in portals and are not shared in order to prevent repeated mistakes.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Many nonprofits don’t make an explicit ‘trailer’ to fill this role, and instead, choose one of their videos that best reflects their cause or their current campaign. Really use the Creator Academy lessons. These lessons are a valuable resource to help your nonprofit make videos that will really drive donations.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

At Web Courseworks , we help professional, healthcare, and trade associations grow their learning businesses with effective learning management systems. The data from these systems is then used to inform the recommendations provided by the LXP. Employee’s job role and current skillset. Even further, should you invest in one?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

Like a lot of us, I got labeled the go-to geek simply because I was good at formatting in Word and laughed at the “ It’s a UNIX system… ” line in Jurassic Park. Let me tell you: nothing brings an excited-but-shy person out of their shell quicker than having a role to play! Being good at Excel formulas led to being good at SQL.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

I felt first hand the technological, structural, and emotional challenges of delivering an engaging six hour lesson to groups of 30-40 people. His message was centered around social progression and the positive and pervasive role of technology in the inclusion movement. This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

Volunteering as a family is a great way to teach important lessons to your children. If you’re looking to change things up a little, you can also try out a new job or role without having to commit to something long-term. When you assist others, your body releases dopamine in the brain, which has a positive effect on how you feel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). Opportunity Design is the process of understanding the required skills and experience for a given volunteer role. VCs are often asked to play the lead role in welcoming, training, and doing in-take for new volunteers. Opportunity Design.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It is a numbering system we’re developing to uniquely identify philanthropic entities across the globe. … VV: Why do we need a new numbering system? There are also challenges internationally: some countries use the same numbering systems, have multiple registries for nonprofits, or don’t have an ID system at all.

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