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Adopting a New CRM? 4 Change Management Tips for Small Nonprofits

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You have fewer silos (naturally), allowing for easier organization-wide sharing and access to senior leadership. The short answer: change management. What Is Change Management? Put simply, change management is making sure that the human element is always in the picture as new initiatives are put into play.

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Discussing a Change in Leadership with Your Donors

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This is especially true when discussing with donors a change in leadership at your school, foundation, or nonprofit. If a changing of the guard hasnt happened to your organization yet, it will. Apply the same skills when youre discussing a change in leadership and your donors will feel seen and heard.

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Aligning People. Building Culture. Driving Change. 

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Driving Change. These arent just leadership buzzwords. Thats where intentional change leadership becomes critical. Change must be more than a vision. And when your people are aligned and your culture is strong, change becomes less about managing resistance and more about channeling enthusiasm.

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Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

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At the time of this interview, Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE , servedand continues to serveas the CEO of APICS (now the Association for Supply Chain Management ). While the governance landscape has evolved, the strategies and leadership insights shared here remain timeless. Trust wasnt just a top-down initiative.

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Will Your Organization Be a Case Study for Innovation—or Irrelevance?

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Engagement drops, relevance wanes, and by the time leadership realizes whats happening, the gap feels too wide to cross. That shift starts with leadership. Its leadership that dares to challenge the status quo. Its teams that embrace change instead of fearing it. Its not perfectionits persistence.

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Gaining Leadership Approval for Major Technology Investments: A Practical Guide for Nonprofit CFOs

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Build a Compelling Business Case While most nonprofit finance leaders understand the importance of technology, presenting a compelling case to executive leadership or the board can be more challenging. Want to learn more about how to get leadership buy-in for your organizations technology investments?

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Change Management = Changing Mindset

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All of this is change. The actual process of changing takes true leadership, whether in our personal or professional lives. My organizational leadership mind had alarm bells ringing so loudly that I thought people could hear them. Nothing dooms a project more than failed change management in an organization.