Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Now that you know how to place the right people in the right positions based on their skills to succeed, it is also important to ensure that you have implemented a governance model. Simply put, governance is your organization’s approach to ensuring accountability to your organizational technology goals.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. What impact goals will we hold ourselves accountable to over the next three-five years? Do we have the right organizational design in place to pursue our strategic priorities?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When you’re moving to a new association management software (AMS) system, having the right project team in place makes all the difference. That might be a strange place to start, but just think about it: Your AMS system is the software you use to manage all aspects of your association. Keep the team focused on the goal.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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. When planning for change, balance short- and long-term goals and have realistic expectations.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

Lever for Change influences its networks to find and fund solutions to the world’s challenges, including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of economic opportunity, and climate change. The $640 million was nearly 2.56 times the original plan. “As billion in funding and supported over 175 outstanding organizations.”

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But not every AMS is made equal, and legacy systems can easily become too unwieldy to keep up with a growing organization – particularly if the implementation wasn’t right in the first place. Feature enhancements Optimize your Fonteva system with customized user experience and improved functionality, guided by our Managed Services team.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

With donor, volunteer, member, and fundraising data all in one place, communication and coordination become seamless. This creates a collaborative environment where everyone’s working toward the same goals, maximizing the impact of your organization.

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fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

As Salesforce found in their nonprofit trend report, digitally mature organizations are twice as likely to see improvement in efficiency, and four times more likely to achieve their mission goals. This holistic understanding of desired outcomes, experiences, and goals is at the heart of transformation.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

It ensures that everyone is on the same page, working towards the same goals. Building Your CRM-Centric Culture If your organization is not using your CRM to its full potential and you’re not placing it as the focal point of your fundraising activities, you’re much less likely to achieve success.

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sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Strategic: this risk could prevent an organization from accomplishing its objectives or meeting its goals. There are other sustainability measures, but these reflect some ways to maintain the good work that is taking place through the federal award.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2024

Avoiding Roadblocks Coalescing every member of your organization around the same goals and expectations can help you avoid several common roadblocks before they get in the way of your implementation. Getting everyone on the same page in terms of goals and mindset will help avoid surprises later in the process.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. That will increase their motivation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place. Toyotas and BPs woes this year have certainly put crisis management plans on the radar screen. And, how often? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This centralization allows nonprofits to process and organize data from multiple places so that it’s easy to understand and use altogether. It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. This is also a great place to see some of the new updates in action.

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Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 84

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Define your goals. Assemble the roadmap. Organize for success.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Grantors increasingly view themselves as investors and, as a result, place greater emphasis on outcomes reporting. Your requests—and proof points—should evoke emotion and appeal to the funder’s goals and values. Lead the change. Communicate outcomes. Keep the momentum going.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

MEL, as it turns out, is not neutral, but yet another place where power differentials show up. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? If our ultimate aim is to support real-world impact and transformative change through M&E, then the participation of affected communities is a precondition. Who decides what is measured?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 72

sgEngage

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This can be incredibly frustrating for families who want one place to find all the information they need from a school. The goal of any school should be a one portal that houses what we call the “single source of truth” for a family.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Many highly competitive graduate programs are now looking to expand their applicant pool to reach enrollment goals and maintain their competitive status. Do you truly need all those form fields to make a strong admissions decision, or was that process put in place as a barrier to weed out applicants?

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

The first place to start with organizational change is with your closest sphere of influence as a grantmaker—you! It’s a plan that clarifies your priorities, which tasks you will focus on to achieve your goals, and holds you and your organization accountable for achieving the defined goals. Pause and refill your own cup.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Without a vetting and approval process in place, they can end up in the “Wild Wild West” of technology, with redundant or underutilized tools, wasted human capital, and unnecessary expenses. Establish criteria for intended goals and involve the committee from ideation through implementation to increase successful adoption.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite the turbulence experienced with the (not really better) Better FAFSA, the goal should be to avoid deterring college access. Encourage your prospects to be communicative about their plans, particularly by acknowledging the fact that they are navigating FAFSA errors that may place constraints on their college decisions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

First to share their story was Mary’s Meals, an international organization providing a daily meal to over two million children at their places of education in 20 countries across the world. Industry Leaders Share Insights and Learnings in Breakout Sessions and Panels.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Though it has changed in shape during the pandemic, here are seven tips on how to use your digital ecosystem to enhance your fundraising. As people are spending more and more time online, digital fundraising is vital for mission-driven organizations to achieve and surpass goals. . More on this: Mapping Your Digital Ecosystem.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

For many nonprofits, outdated and manual processes place a further burden on staff’s time. And with the right permissions in place, everyone can rest assured that they won’t “break” anything or interfere with other teams’ reporting. Long hours and endless to-do lists press an already-depleted staff more than ever before.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A recent McKinsey report shared that only 30% of technology initiatives produce value to the business, which means investing in change management as an organization is key. Clients have agency in their own case plans they build with their case managers. Over fifty partners in our network have committed to driving DEI efforts.

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Experiment Impact Australia Nonprofit 111

NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I had a pretty good handle on process modelling, but I glossed right over the critical change management aspect. Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. And, in case you were wondering, the transition finally did happen.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Was Carroll wrong in calling for quarterback Russell Wilson to throw a goal-line pass? Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment with Generative AI Any emergent technology should be experimented with in many places but applied to only those where it adds (or to be probabilistic: could add) significant value. Probability was on his side.

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Model Italy Test Generation 74

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Finance leaders often get a bad rap as the naysayer to big visionary goals or the constant nag to submit your receipts. If an organization has neglected its finances and is on the brink of losing its 501(c)(3) status, a CFO can help mitigate non-compliance issues and proactively put systems in place to ensure future compliance.

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Challenge Organization Interview Roles 74

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The worker only sees his/her part with the emphasis placed on speed of production. Assembly line concepts are so ingrained in our society that they find their way into management theory as well. Management philosophy for today. Work requirements often changed before the team could even complete the work.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category. Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 79

Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Bloomerang Volunteer streamlines ongoing tasks, allowing volunteer managers to save time and refocus their energy on what matters most—reaching program goals, creating genuine relationships with volunteers, and furthering their nonprofit’s mission. Manage check-ins from a mobile device and automatically track attendance.

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