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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? How is the existing system reconciled?

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you want to make sure the announcement gets extra attention, change the colors or styles of the announcement from the typical design. Content that was originally static when created during the design phase probably wasn’t intended to change, but it may need to be updated for one reason or another. In practice: 1) Civil Voices.

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

sgEngage

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They couldn’t solve the humanitarian crisis, but they could build a tool that could shine a light on human rights violations, bringing much-needed attention and support to developing emergencies. The tool was Ushahidi. Usahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili. Congratulations!

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We're still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally "out there" and is well-received. What sold us on Big Duck's Brandraising was the time and attention they were spending on research and deep understanding of what makes an organization tick inside and out.

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