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Is It Time for Your Nonprofit or School to Make a CRM Change?

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As their list of frustrations grew and their unfulfilled hopes piled up, they asked me if I thought it was time to change to another donor CRM. There is no simple answer to the question of whether to consider a new constituent relationship management system. Change management: How does your team respond to change ?

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Make the Champion Disruptor Your Catalyst for Change—Use AI to Drive Transformation

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We can decide what experiences and relationships to create.” Make AI your champion for change. Evaluate the Road Ahead As the oracle of data, AI gives you an unprecedented ability to predict environmental shifts. Then going a step further, AI can evaluate that information and make recommendations for addressing the shortfalls.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation?

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

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In recent years, relationships between nonprofit organizations and their auditors have seen positive change. Your auditor’s year-end work will remain critical to ensure the financial integrity of your nonprofit’s books and records and compliance with ever-changing regulations.

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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

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If possible, establish these relationships beforehand so you can make an immediate impact. Conduct a Risk Assessment Evaluate your organization to identify which processes would be most impacted by a climate event. Build Strong Partnerships Establish relationships with other grantmaking organizations and community leaders.

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Leading with Innovation: Becoming a Chief Future Officer

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Even if you don’t have the budget for new software, you may be able to leverage your current technology by evaluating if you are using it properly and if there are any features that can bring you closer to your goal. Finance is intertwined with all aspects of an organization, so you need to build trust among the other departments.

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

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Each board member may bring a specific skill or may be a generalist, but in the aggregate, the board provides a full set of business skills to ensure that the executive director is employing best practices — whether it’s finance, budgeting, strategic planning, change management, or succession planning.

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