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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

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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. If you’ve put in all the upfront work, then your actual go-live day may feel anticlimactic.

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Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards to yield success

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Unfortunately, in the nonprofit boardroom, this change has yet to be reflected. Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. Phase 1: Triple A’s - awareness, attitude and action. Phase 2: Implementation. This phase starts with evaluating current board composition using a board matrix.

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Nonprofit Leaders: How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Success?

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Our success is reflected in the well-being of our staff and the high-quality support we provide to every individual, regardless of their level of need. First, as a recovery program provider, completion of any of the four phases of our program are successful steps for participants in their own right.

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Best Practices for a Stress-Free Fund Accounting System Implementation

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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). For that reason, a big part of designing and configuring your system is determining the best way to reflect your business within the system. Configuration (days 30–60).

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Chasing Sasquatch: Assessing Your Organization’s Marketing Maturity

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As part of The Blackbaud Institute Index 10 th anniversary celebration, the Institute has hosted a series of virtual fireside chats to get exclusive insights from thought leaders and perspectives on this decade’s most influential charitable giving trends. The first step is knowing the areas in which you excel and where you can improve.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There would be plenty of activities that asked me to think hard, interact with colleagues, move around the room, and spend some time in personal reflection. It reflects best practices in adult learning and provides a framework that results in positive change. Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives.

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Employee Recruitment and Retention: 4 Engagement Tips

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Design a training/onboarding process that reflects your organization. Celebrate and show appreciation often. If an employee hits a target or a company goal is met, everyone should celebrate together, even your remote employees. Allow employees to go through the process on their own time and at their own pace.