Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. She also pointed me to an older post on her blog about one of theories of change in the book based on thinking styles. People change if things are appealing and inspiring to them.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As bridge builders whose success depends on forging authentic relationships with donors, fundraisers can sometimes find the line between the professional and the personal becoming blurred. In the discipline of change management , a key tenet is being a champion of the positive potential.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. There is only one right answer, to better understand people.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. A “Why” Statement.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

How you use social media can help your contacts connect both to you and the organization, while also demonstrating your understanding about how to use these tools professionally. What ‘big idea’ should come to mind when people hear or see your name? Draft a personal positioning statement for yourself. Who are you are trying to reach?

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.orgSource

JULY 22, 2024

Organize the Effort A well-defined oversight and change management structure ensures that the right people are ready to lead that charge. It is an ongoing quest to continuously improve your support to members in meaningful ways over their professional lifetimes. The Association 4.0 playbook doesn’t accept that definition.

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DataRobot

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This is a three part blog series in partnership with Amazon Web Services describing the essential components to build, govern, and trust AI systems: People, Process, and Technology. This first post is focused on making people across organizations successful with building and implementing AI you can trust.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

But having the right people is absolutely critical to being successful. Given the choice between the latest technology or the best people, the choice should be obvious. I have interviewed hundreds of people in my career. Always Be Looking The most talented people aren't looking for a job. Do they fit the organization?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

When people think of a development department, most put emphasis on the fundraisers, which is great but there is a whole other side to it – the operations. Q4: You wrote a book called Flip The Script: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life , which focuses on leading a life of positive thinking. I call it the brain.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

You’re already using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT, the world’s most popular and powerful system for professional fundraisers. Blackbaud experts share examples of how customers have successfully managed tech resistance and adoption and how you can, too. New to bbcon? Registration Is Now Open! 24—26, 2024.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I vote that we stop dismissing Twitter just because the majority of people who are joining its ranks are there to be social. They want to know what the people around them are thinking and doing and feeling, even when co-presence isn't viable. Tags: change management. We like the fact that humans are social.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT. Let the Machines Work so the People Can Think!:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Using social media listening is somewhat more difficult to imagine, perhaps, if you're managing programs or at the policy/funding level. One of the approaches I've been thinking about lately is how professional learning through social media channels can be put into practice by using listening (and engaging techniques) for program development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I think these are four qualities to look for: Network: This is a collection of people and organizations that linked together. It's your professional social network or a network of organizations or typically both. Self-Organizing: The ability for people to work together without a centralized or top down coordinator.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. Jacobwith brings more than 25 years of professional speaking, coaching, and training to her work with social profit organizations. and on and on.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2024

How can grants professionals who are doing knowledge work focus on tech alignment in this vast arena of titles, approaches, and methodologies? Focusing on Tech Alignment If you are a grants professional with knowledge responsibilities, it is important to be able to articulate the purpose or framing of your knowledge approach or activity.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. You will likely find more areas of improvement than you have the resources to accomplish, and you will have to prioritize some professional development investments over others.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Knowledge work in philanthropy is a big umbrella, expanding exponentially over the last decade to cover more of what grants professionals do on a regular basis. Sure, grants professionals can be masterful with technology, great at planning out a timeline, and really good at ensuring administrative alignment across siloes.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

First, I should note that many folks don't want to leave behind the notion that "accidental techie" implies: that they are not certified technology experts, and that they (happily or otherwise) have adopted technology into their varied skillset as nonprofit professionals. The organization could not manage either of those.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, changing culture will. Changing from one system to another is a process change. Managing people appropriately so that data entry and data quality is improved is a cultural change. If you are going to build a house, you first examine the blueprint before you go out and buy equipment.

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Gyrus

MARCH 2, 2021

There is no denying the fact that human resource professionals play a key role in employee development. HR professionals offer employees a competent learning management platform so that they can effectively collaborate within the company. Frequently Asked Questions People Management What Are the Four Major HR Functions?

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Gyrus

MARCH 2, 2021

There is no denying the fact that human resource professionals play a key role in employee development. HR professionals offer employees a competent learning management platform so that they can effectively collaborate within the company. Frequently Asked Questions People Management What Are the Four Major HR Functions?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The same holds true for lawyers, investment bankers, firemen, and doctors; their skills are not needed in day-to-day operations at the management level of a nonprofit. This is also a commonly held view of programmers, web developers, IT professionals, database administrators, and other tech staff in an organization. X-Ray Glasses.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

They have built positive relationships with financial institutions, auditors, legal advisors, and other professionals to help further the operations of the organization. Interview Question: What is your approach to sharing financial information with non-finance people?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

On the other hand, they value industry experience, so they end up hiring product, sales and marketing professionals from large, enterprise companies who come with already formed ideas about “how the industry works and what it takes to build/sell products.” Hire people with no background in security.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

I've been designing and delivering technology trainings for nonprofit organizations for the past 15 years, I've tried to find fun ways for people to understand and feel comfortable with whatever technology. Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

She would have had more in common with a bouncer or a customer service representative than a PR professional. Sometime during her (and the Web's) evolution, however, she began to look and act more like that PR Professional. And "she" would probably have been a "he" – but I digress.).

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sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2024

Change anxiety and resistance: Learning a new system can be a tough sell for nonprofit professionals whose schedules are already packed with daily tasks. Show how the changes will make processes faster, more efficient, and more accurate—and have a positive impact on the whole organization. How are financial reports compiled?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

But many accidental techies don't want to become intentional/professional/full-time techies. I always tell people that my job is 50% knowledge and skill, and 50% knowing the people I work for. Develop your professional network, a pool of colleagues and friends who can help you when you need it. part of what they do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2014

He teaches leaders the foundation for effectively engaging people''s heads, hearts and hopes -- all necessary to enable effective and lasting (sustainable) change in today''s constantly changing world. It''s often the stress that people resist, not the change itself.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

At PEAK Grantmaking, so many people want us to tell them what to do, Satonya said. But that is a surface-level change. It must be something people care about and something that people elevate.” Instead of providing direct answers to their problems, how are you helping them solve their own conundrums?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Moved by empathy, people want to find meaning and give back to have a sense of agency, rather than helplessness. Future-Proofing People & Teams. As fundraising programmes continue to become inherently digital, roles, skills, and ways of working are rapidly changing. No New Normal Means More Innovation is Needed.

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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. More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions.

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

This role is a test of the CFO’s professional judgment, logic, analytical capacity, and ability to solve problems. They must be an active participant and Strategic Decision-Maker who pushes the organization along the right path to financial and mission success.

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