sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Have you ever been pulled into a meandering project with no clear direction or goals? Any major project—such as implementing new fund accounting software—needs a well-developed charter to keep stakeholders focused on the goals and desired outcome. How does this project fit within your mission, values, and goals?

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Project Fund Software Help 95

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

While an innovation culture looks different depending on the nonprofit, there are some key characteristics of a culture that leaves room for innovation: Strong Leadership: Leadership plays a key role in any company culture, but it becomes even more important when fostering innovation. Manage Change This brings us to the last step.

Culture 83

Culture Create eBook Attitude 83

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Lack of change management Is your association hoping to grow in the New Year? Growth can be a challenge for any organization, but to advance your goals in 2024, you must be open to change. Lay the groundwork for change at your association by requesting employee, member, and key stakeholder feedback.

Associations 129

Associations ROI Retention Software 129

Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind. Data scientists, data engineers, business analysts and implementation managers are just some of the roles an outsourced analytics provider employs. Implementing a new software solution is a huge project.

Software 321

Software Build Analytics Associations 321

EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. Where does the organization need to make faster or deeper progress on our goals and mission? What issue is the board keenly aware of that this new tool can help solve?

Technology 186

Technology Change Analysis Tech 186

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. One approach to documenting skill requirements could be to create a matrix of skills and roles for your organization. What skills are needed to achieve your organization’s strategic goals?

Skills 88

Skills Technology Develop Training 88

Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is perhaps the most important asset to further your mission and accomplish your organizational goals, so when it’s time to undertake a redesign, planning is of the utmost importance. Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals.

Websites 61

Websites Change Management Digital Government 61

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.

Digital 52

Digital Nonprofit Process Goal 52

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. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information.

Knowledge 71

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 71

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Blackbaud gives us role-based access control to assign credentials throughout the platform, so someone with full access in enrollment may only have view access in tuition management or fundraising. We created a centralized data management team. We asked ourselves: “What if there’s a better way to structure our resources?”

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Software API Miami Blackbaud 96

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. For example, images and content displayed on the homepage will change based on past clicking and scrolling behavior. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

Websites 58

Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor. Collaborate Audits are a team sport!

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Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 100

sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

Are they heads-down, deep in role-specific work when that siloed approach won’t get the organization to their future goals? If your grantee is focused on incorporating community voice , for example, it’s important for you to know basic best practices so you can support that organization in their goal. What are they focused on?

Adopt 88

Adopt Learning Organization Help 88

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Practitioners are tasked with understanding how their assumptions or mindsets about objectivity, rigor and evidence; resources; roles; definitions, perceptions, and decisions; relationships; and productivity and accountability all may bias their MEL approaches. These convenings are often driven by the needs and goals of participants.

Participatory 88

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 88

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Your requests—and proof points—should evoke emotion and appeal to the funder’s goals and values. Lead the change. A crucial part of a leader’s daily role is to guide the path toward positive change: more efficiency, better information, and more accessible data. Keep the momentum going.

Grant 98

Grant Process Management Tips 98

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Best practice is to use the same enrollment management software across departments with role-based access so there is one consistent record for each prospective student. Many highly competitive graduate programs are now looking to expand their applicant pool to reach enrollment goals and maintain their competitive status.

Student 92

Student Tips University Application 92

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

The role of IT has historically been, “Here is your computer, and your database, and your file system, and this is how you enter information and save files.” However, it is rapidly becoming, “Here are all the ways you can work with information, now go to town and see how you can use this stuff to get our goals met!”.

Files 76

Files Change Management NTEN Nptech 76

Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Though digital tools and systems play a big role in this transformation, it’s about more than just the tools. Define your goals. Your strategy should be based on current and potential agency goals and requirements. As part of your roadmap, make sure you develop a clear governance framework and change management strategy.

Government 88

Government Digital System Fund 88

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

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. A strategic plan helps you bring the vision for your organization’s future to fruition by setting goals and objectives.

Data 52

Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Arts 40

Arts Leadership Change Change Management 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 31, 2018

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Arts 40

Arts Leadership Change Change Management 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2016

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Change 40

Change Change Management Knowledge Facilitation 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Change 40

Change Change Management Knowledge Arts 40

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

With an overwhelming number of CMS options available, it’s essential to consider various factors to ensure your chosen platform aligns with your organization’s unique needs and goals. Licensing Methods The licensing model of a CMS plays a pivotal role in long-term costs. Total Cost of Ownership.

Open Source 52

Open Source License Drupal Platform 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2017

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Arts 40

Arts Leadership Change Learning 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2016

Guide "change" initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader. For example: A Change Manager creates a plan, directs projects and people to achieve a goal.

Change Management 40

Change Management Knowledge Arts Facilitation 40

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, and director of communications Kirsten Morrison talked about how the organization is using technology to scale their goals, their programs, and their impact. . Learn more here. .

Nonprofit 73

Nonprofit New York City San Francisco Oracle 73

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.

Digital 47

Digital Tips Fundraising Evaluation 47

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space.

Problem 78

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 78

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Assembly line concepts are so ingrained in our society that they find their way into management theory as well. We assign roles, divide the work and get started. The problem is that with the quickly changing landscape of today’s challenges the assembly line concept is not agile enough to adapt to those changes.

Structure 97

Structure Leadership Team Phase 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and determining the plot arc by deciding which page to turn to. Explore the organizational change management issues that social media raises and how to talk about them. Listening/Engaging. Presenter: Beth Kanter.

Digg 81

Digg Storytelling Social Media Channel 81

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.) everyone will need training in order to realize efficiencies and goals.

Social Media 96

Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” 4 Change September Chat Topic: Change Failure / Change #Fails. 4Change Chat Questions on Change Failure: What is the value of failure? an act that does not achieve it’s intended goal.

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Change Case Study Org Lesson 102

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal.This may seem pretty basic, but it is amazing to me how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right.

Measure 96

Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Make it a point every few months to let them know about roles and positions available at your organization. Make sure you have measurable goals for the position and what you expect someone to accomplish in their first 30, 60, and 90 days. Have people currently in the role participate. It's good experience for them.

People 74

People Interview NTEN Job 74

sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

The goal is to make it easier to act upon the vast amounts of data these institutions have. Collaboration helps achieve the combined goals of the institution, with deep understanding of the pivotal role of fundraising and alumni engagement and what is needed to ensure a positive return on investment.

Education 96

Education Technology University Blended 96

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Strategic: this risk could prevent an organization from accomplishing its objectives or meeting its goals. Think, “What if my organization’s name showed up in a story in the Washington Post about this?”

Award 98

Award Grant Application Analysis 98