sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Based on the conversation with these grantmakers, here are four ways grantmakers can make sure all stages of their funding programs include the voices and perspectives of women. Build Trust Through Relationships “There have to be conversations about who philanthropy, as a sector, trusts and who we don’t trust,” said Natanja.

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Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 69

sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

For example, instead of detailing the type of currency conversion functionality we desire as part of the RFP, we articulate our vision to send money to XYZ countries efficiently and securely and facilitate multi-currency reporting for various internal and external audiences. The answer is often, “Because we’ve always done it this way.”

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Impact Technology Articulate Grant 70

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

According to a study by Everage and Researchscape International , personalization leads to a 55% increase in visitor engagement, a 55% improvement in customer experience, a 39% improvement in brand perception, and increased conversion rates by 51%. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Although these may sometimes be talked about as the same, there are important differences. It comes from many different directions and perspectives and in many forms. Learning, we do naturally. It helps us to adapt, adjust, and evolve amidst complexity.

Knowledge 71

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 71

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These tips will clarify how to get started: Job Description vs. Job Posting: What’s the Difference? Clearly Identify Roles and Responsibilities The Difference Between Skills, Qualifications and Experience How Should Soft Skills and Personal Characteristics Be Incorporated? What is the Purpose of the Role?

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Job Roles Skills Nonprofit 59

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Your Executive Director, your board of directors, or even your colleagues may have different priorities, preferences, or perspectives on what information you need to collect. You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 95

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If you are looking for a new fund accounting system that will help you grow, be prepared for those vendor conversations by understanding the process. Our fund accounting buyers guide will show you the best practices for knowing your organizational priorities and evaluating different software.

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Fund Question System Integration 87

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you were unable to attend the conference, we hope you can use the summary below to inspire thoughtful conversations at your institution and help in your planning for the new year. . . It’s no secret that the world is going through significant change and fundraising best practices are not exempt from that.

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Virtual Blackbaud Award Wisconsin 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. Policy and research staff have a different culture than those of us who work directly with individuals on the group. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking. Tags: change management.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Digital tools and systems often touch different teams and departments and can require investments that need to be discussed at a higher level. Bring them into conversations early so that they are included in the strategies going forward. Build stakeholder buy-in across your organization.

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Digital Tips Fundraising Evaluation 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Photo by Sifter Last week, I had a fantastic conversation with the folks at EDF Innovation Exchange about transparency and social media adoption. Specifically around the question, "What it is in the culture of organizations that are able to make the shift that is different from organizations that cannot?"

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Social Media Adopt Share Media 95

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. People have been choosing to have fewer children, and that decline has significant implications for educational institutions worldwide.

Education 81

Education Student Award University 81

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Pulling from years and years (and years) of teaching and training on change management and Bucknell’s recent move from its legacy CRM system after 14 years, we’ve mapped out some strategies for successfully onboarding teams and maintaining engaged and empowered users with ongoing education.

Learning 45

Learning Strategy Training Train 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve constantly stretching myself to learn new techniques that help nonprofits embrace and effectively put social media strategies and tools into practice as well as address the change management issues of becoming a Networked Nonprofit. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

And finally, Dana Boyd debunks a study that found "Twitter is 40% of Useless Babble." She goes on to say that conversations on Twitter are, well, human. Walk into any typical social encounter between people you don't know and it's bound to look a wee bit alien, especially if those people are demographically different than you.

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Social Media Media Help Social 91

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” Change: an event that occurs when something passes from one stat or phase to another. a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event.

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation. Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things. Staff have to see a payback or reason to get engaged themselves. So where to begin?

Digital 78

Digital Build Community Minneapolis 78

NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

But how do we make sure our community feels that its concerns are being addressed while not running in circles to meet every different or conflicting need? Debate about specific features for a website or different aspects of what your mission should be will probably be ineffective.

Community 62

Community Voice Tips Giving 62

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In the house, keep candy handy to get out of the conversation. We were talking about messaging, audiences, and how to get the news out, and we discovered that some of the communication team members had different impressions of why the organization bought the software in the first place. It’s like change management mad libs.

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Audience Team Course Integration 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Even with the tailored materials, and a dry run, there were many things I’d do differently next time. Did it make a difference? One of the best conversations we’ve had is with a department that decided to put off blogging for now, since it made sense to invest in other tactics first. Lots of great ideas.

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Social Media Media Remix Social 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

I've been re-reading Patti Anklam's book, Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World which covers the many different forms of networks and how they work. It covers different models for purpose, structure, style, value creation, design, leadership, and change management.

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Social Media Network Media Social 50

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

After an hour, I had 12 different versions of our staff structure, each in its own little box. As it turned out, everyone’s job changed. Some people changed managers. Some people changed responsibilities. Some people changed jobs. Everyone changed titles. Some were impractical. Some were poetic.

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Org Learning Structure Museum 20

sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

It was clear from the conversation that managing change requires more than new hardware and software. In order to best serve the needs of your organization, nonprofit financial leaders must think through how they can empower intentional change management in their people and processes as well as technology.

Technology 81

Technology Change Management Nonprofit Law 81

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The overall deal has to address not only licensing and servercloud services but must also consider design, implementation, support, modification, retraining, maintenance and upgrade—and it has to do this while respecting scale differences and various scheduling and operational constraints for all represented affiliates. Data Conversion.

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Phase Structure License Training 20

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

are changing. Here are some key highlights from The Changing Demographics of America by Smithsonian. The United States of 2050 will look different from that of today: whites will no longer be in the majority. The changing demographics of the U.S. I encourage you to read the entire article. So What and Who Cares?

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Demographics United States California Baltimore 87

Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

We sat down with Neon One’s Product Marketing Manager, Samantha Nyland, for an in-depth conversation about the ins and out of switching to a new nonprofit CRM. A Different Approach to CRM Pricing Alex: Do you find that record limits and the costs associated with moving to a higher records tier drive a lot of CRM switches?

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Nonprofit System Process Consultant 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

It was clear from the conversation that managing change requires more than new hardware and software. In order to best serve the needs of your organization, nonprofit financial leaders must think through how they can empower intentional change management in their people and processes as well as technology.

Technology 52

Technology Change Management Law Nonprofit 52

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Let’s keep the conversation going. Some late hours at different times, for sure. Whew, listen, we all have had a time of it and what I saw over and over again, and so I’m no different from you. And to be able to have those conversations separate and apart from making the decision, you want folks to be heard.

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Management Work Video Slides 97

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 3, 2007

Adriano and I have had some long conversations over the years about how to best provide the training organizations need to make effective use of their information systems, and he led us in experimenting with a lot of different ways of doing training. Information Systems rollout trainings need to include a change management component.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 2, 2021

“The ability for frontline fundraisers to keep doing what they’re good at, which is staying in front of donors and having the right conversations at the right time, is what raises more money. Cloud for Good is here to ensure hospital foundations can navigate their technology change to Salesforce in a smooth and efficient manner.

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Foundation Technology North Carolina Blackbaud 64

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

I'm now in the process of trying to build requirements that let many different people apply to participate. And we can broaden the conversation to talk about having lots of tools to get there. We currently don't have any programs that are games focused. Scalability, cost-effectiveness, capacity, etc.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When nonprofits are ready to make the shift to Salesforce, having the right team in place and the right mindset for the launch makes all the difference. Salesforce isn’t necessarily better than HubSpot, rather they support different kinds of organizations with different budgets.

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Profit Organization Consultant Adopt 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Another empty gaze, followed by a quick change of subject. Clearly, my conversation partner didn’t understand the role of a CFO, let alone how important the position is in providing financial acumen and strategic vision in the rapidly changing nonprofit sector. Chief Financial Officer,” I clarified.

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Challenge Organization Interview Roles 73

NTEN

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Beyond financial and equipment matters, one of the most important concerns that can dictate the technological success or failure of a merger is change management. Discuss the pros and cons of change, in general, without going into the specifics. Listen to feedback on how they perceive change. Identify the differences.

Technology 71

Technology Calendar Journal Classes 71

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

These popular, mainstream online communities, and the opportunities produced by this social shift, represent potential customers, constituents, supporters, and donors – the people and conversations you and your organization want to connect with. Do you need a Communications Manager or a Community Manager for these new channels?

Management 90

Management Communication Community Roles 90

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Saturday, November 20, 2010 Give Positive Feedback. Dont Praise.

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Giving Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 62

NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

While we used to use change management strategies to help soothe the fears of those who would reject the new database, now we need something slightly more radical: entirely new organizations. Things are changing. Success rarely hinges on the hardware and the software; technology hinges on the humans involved.

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Technology Doc Structure Problem 80