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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

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You want applications from organizations that align to your mission, but the frequency of the requests can easily bog down your processes if you aren’t careful. To avoid overwhelming your team, standardize how you receive and process grant applications at your organization. That’s a Wrap You’ve nailed down your process.

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5 tips to prepare for a successful AMS implementation

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The process can be long and filled with challenges. Share your existing process documents Before you begin your AMS search , start by document ing all your vital organizational processes. Take special care to detail your membership processes, including the joining and renewal detail s.

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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

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If a regular audit process isn’t already part of your operations, try adding a couple of audit queries to ensure key fields are correctly coded to catch anything that may fall through the cracks. Identify major donor giving potential and help build the gift pyramid, a crucial step in the first two phases of a campaign.

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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

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Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind. The first phase of crafting comprehensive requirements can be very time intensive. Implementing a new software solution is a huge project. Can a commercial product provide the tools you need?

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. This was a year-long project that required CDP to closely examine our processes and have bold conversations about how we wanted our grantmaking to look. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners.

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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

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On top of that, be prepared for some change anxiety or frustration at convoluted legacy data and processes, which can make a system change appear even more daunting than it actually is. For an in-depth look at creating a successful process, watch Blackbaud’s webinar “Organize a Software Implementation Your Users Will Love” on demand.

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The Bots Face Off – Or Do They? ChatGPT Versus Bard

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Here is how the bots describe themselves: ChatGPT Bard Artificial Intelligence Language Model: ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that can process and generate human-like text based on the input it receives. Bard is able to access and process information from the real world through Google Search.

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