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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

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The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor. Audit teams would then be caught off guard, unaware of either newly implemented accounting systems, new chart of accounts, or changes in processes and management roles.

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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This effective guide will be a comprehensive blueprint to working at your organization, including links to relevant resources, steps for data entry, and flow charts outlining who is responsible for which tasks. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.” In year one, they received a small batch of submissions, and they were terribly disappointed. Their response in year two? Let’s make a gift!”

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Forget the Tech, Let’s Talk Mission

NTEN

Another great trick to use is the "quick win" Find a tech project that meets a specific organizational need and can be quickly implemented with quick payback -- for example, a wiki to support a cross-departmental collaboration. Here are a few examples in support of alignment and tech working in partnership with staff.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, everyone who works on ocean issues was on the same team. Breaking up into small tables worked – I saw table after table of people leaning in, standing up, gathered around flip charts. But I’m most pleased that EDF staff are evaluating how blogging will help achieve their goals, not just blogging for the sake of it.

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Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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Always Follow Through

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her.