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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

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Change anxiety and resistance: Learning a new system can be a tough sell for nonprofit professionals whose schedules are already packed with daily tasks. Processes The ability to articulate current processes and desired outcomes is essential when adopting a new system.

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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

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Implementing a robust and modern fund accounting system can save your team time, make reporting faster, and give you more opportunity to focus on impactful work. Change anxiety and resistance: Learning a new system can be a tough sell for nonprofit professionals whose schedules are already packed with daily tasks.

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Is a crisis management plan enough?

ASU Lodestar Center

In April of 2020, Charity Navigator surveyed over 4,000 nonprofit representatives and learned that of those surveyed, 83% reported suffering financial hardship due to the pandemic and the economic shut down. Many nonprofits are still unsure if they will ever be the same or even operate again.

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

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But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Fast forward to today….

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

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2018 analysis by Ben Gose , a reported 57% of nonprofits doubted their ability to continue meeting demand, motiving many nonprofit leaders to consider collaboration with other nonprofits and across sector lines in order to increase organizational capacity. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Layer two begins with the implementation process.

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3 Tips for Keeping Gift Officers Motivated

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How many contact reports per week/month are expected? As we transition into a new phase of life with some offices requiring employees back in the office, others still working from home and some fundraisers traveling again, we are readjusting the lines of personal/professional and work/life balance. Unclear is unkind.”.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

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Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? The American Bar Association (ABA) recommends that nonprofits seek professional legal services during their formation to avoid common errors like failing to meet IRS incorporation requirements, overlooking applying for tax exemption, or filling out tax exemption forms incorrectly.