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Delivering Excellence in the Age of AI or Association 4.0

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Part Two When the generative AI bots made their debut in early 2024, they signaled a definitive end to the idea that yesterday’s technology is good enough for today’s members. Understand the Imperative To keep pace with member expectations, acknowledging that disruption and change are business as usual is critical.

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Beyond the RFP: How to Choose Technology Partners for Impact

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A technology migration project typically involves several key steps, including defining a project scope, assessing the current tech stack and gathering requirements from across the organization, evaluating technology vendors and implementation partners, and ultimately planning, building, configuring, testing and training staff on the new system.

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

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Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. As we reaffirm shared meaning making, we realize that knowledge work and social change are quite intertwined and interdependent.

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Combatting Innovation Creep

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What happens when a new hire with a head full of ideas wants to switch to the software they used in their last job or learned about in college? As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. bbcon is LIVE in Denver, October 22-24, 2023. Register here today!

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

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In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. Next, funders stunt risk with their beloved wait-and-see approach.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

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Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults.

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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

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Here are some ideas to rejuvenate a shrinking pipeline: Collaborate. Sharing resources, pooling expertise, and creating joint programs can help institutions achieve efficiencies and increase their attractiveness to students. Re-evaluate your messaging. What can schools do to innovate and adapt? For example, the U.S.