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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

sgEngage

As you set an implementation timeline, take into account that some phases—testing, in particular—require significant time from multiple team members while they are still performing their day-to-day responsibilities in the legacy system. How are financial reports compiled? Are these procedures documented, and do documents need updating?

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

.orgSource

Depending on the circumstances, these levels either promote efficiency with short, clearly defined reporting lines or create a long, perilous climb before ideas reach decision-makers. Chaos in daily operations is diverting attention from strengthening important programs. In my experience, the latter is the more common scenario.

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Creating a Fundraising Culture in Your Nonprofit

Greater Giving

While each nonprofit is different and each donor relationship has its own intricacies, there are three general phases that define the donor journey: cultivating, soliciting, and promoting stewardship, and in each phase, there is the opportunity to promote a strong fundraising culture. The Cultivation Phase.

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Anatomy of a successful capital campaign committee meeting

Candid

Some committee members may only attend a few meetings, while others may participate through an entire phase of the campaign. After all, a capital campaign can involve wildly different tasks—ranging from reviewing big-picture development progress down to choosing a color scheme for your public phase marketing materials.

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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

sgEngage

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. For most organizations, the ideal implementation timeline is around 90 days, split more or less evenly among three phases: Preparation and planning (days 1–30).

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Five Tactics for Effective Communication in Nonprofit Project Management

Media Cause

Whether through daily stand-ups, weekly reports, or milestone meetings, time-based communication keeps all team members up-to-date on progress and helps them feel like their time is being respected. Urgency demands immediate attention, but importance usually dictates long-term success.

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Report: Millennials Rank Education, Healthcare and Employment as Top Election Issues

Achieve

Today Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, released the second wave of research from the 2016 Millennial Impact Report. In reviewing the Millennial Impact Report findings it is clear that several trends have started forming among millennials as the presidential race intensifies,” said Derrick Feldmann, Achieve president.

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