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Beyond the RFP: How to Choose Technology Partners for Impact

sgEngage

A technology migration project typically involves several key steps, including defining a project scope, assessing the current tech stack and gathering requirements from across the organization, evaluating technology vendors and implementation partners, and ultimately planning, building, configuring, testing and training staff on the new system.

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Navigating the nonprofit RFP process

EveryAction

It’s a great opportunity to get everyone inside your organization on the same page about your requirements , goals, and timeline. As I told Lisa, you’re responsible for crafting a clear vision of your project, articulating why it’s a priority , and defining your requirements.

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Strategies to Build Donor Trust and Retention

sgEngage

Strong relationships are built on trust. A trusting relationship with donors contains shared perceptions and values, openness, transparency, and a willingness to grow the connection. Start the relationship on the right foot with confidence-building touchpoints. A trusting relationship requires listening and openness to feedback.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. No amount of information matters for equitable change if it is disconnected from relationships and social interaction. Data is a decision.

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Seeking a Sponsor for Your Nonprofit Event or Program: A Q&A With Mariah Monique

Bloomerang

proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make. Additionally, I navigate the conversation with my sponsors in a way that I would want someone to speak to me: relationship first, business second. logo placement, vendor booths, event signage, etc.).

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Mastering the Stages of a Nonprofit Capital Campaign

The Modern Nonprofit

They assess what projects or initiatives the funds will support and how these align with the organization’s overall mission and strategic goals. A rough “case for support” is drafted, articulating the need for the campaign and its benefits to potential donors and the community at large.

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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

There is no “one size fits all” strategy, but all collaboration is rooted in trusted relationships. Nonprofits whose organizational cultures encourage outreach and relationship building are already laying the foundational groundwork of high-performing collaboration. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.