VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Using data from their own assessments and from the field, they are making the case for change to staff and to volunteers.

Structure 98

Structure Volunteer Leadership Model 98

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Ensure your marketing, website, and social media appeal to a broad audience and reflect an ever-changing student population. Check out HubSpot’s 2023 Marketing Strategy & Trends Report for ideas on how to pivot and focus on what will have the most impact. What makes you stand out? Focus on differentiation.

Education 87

Education Student Award University 87

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. However, the questions that make change possible are those that invite people into reflection and shared action. These examples illustrate that there is no definitive checklist to show that knowledge is happening, only continual reflection on how it is happening.

Knowledge 76

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

The continuously high re-enrollment numbers at Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA) reflect our efforts to provide the best possible experience for students and families. Yet, until recently, they also meant our staff spent extensive time and energy calling families to track down re-enrollment contracts each year.

Student 81

Student Policy Retention Education 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

4) Emphasize what works Jeff Jackson pointed to examples from healthcare and airline industries which have implemented culture changes around failure for years, with varying degrees of success. Tags: change management. In healthcare, terms are used like blamefree environment, failure analysis, and responsible reporting.

Social Media 100

Social Media Culture Create Media 100

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts.

Problem 84

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 84

NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Leading , however, represents an organizational approach that, we believe, allows an organization to perform not only skillfully and confidently, but also nimbly and proactively – such an organization is a Leader when it comes to technology and innovation, anticipating and even driving sector trends.

Adopt 81

Adopt Benchmark Tech Technology 81

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Intentionally separate teams that share power well are a welcome new trend. The dramatic drop of teams situated in the communications silo reflects a shifting understanding of digital’s unique value, though there still is not consensus on where digital belongs. The Team Restructure Trap.

Team 26

Team Digital Structure United Kingdom 26

sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Power of a CRM-Centric Culture Reflecting on my 20-plus years of working with nonprofit organizations, I can point to one pivotal era that underscored the importance of a CRM-centric culture: the pandemic. A troubling trend I see is the tendency to deprioritize the CRM for seemingly more pressing fundraising activities.

Culture 95

Culture Build Training Train 95

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

This trend is not limited to a specific size or experience level of nonprofits, as both large and small, experienced and new, are venturing into these funding opportunities. However, many organizations are unprepared for the multitude of regulations and requirements associated with managing federally funded programs.

Award 103

Award Grant Application Analysis 103

sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

It was clear from the conversation that managing change requires more than new hardware and software. In order to best serve the needs of your organization, nonprofit financial leaders must think through how they can empower intentional change management in their people and processes as well as technology.

Technology 86

Technology Change Management Nonprofit Law 86

sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

It was clear from the conversation that managing change requires more than new hardware and software. In order to best serve the needs of your organization, nonprofit financial leaders must think through how they can empower intentional change management in their people and processes as well as technology.

Technology 52

Technology Change Management Law Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. For example, if you run a non-profit organization that provides food assistance to low-income families, you may want to analyze data to identify trends in food insecurity in your community.

Change 76

Change Organization Analysis Evaluation 76

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As the sector seeks to minimize the burden on staff and grantees, the challenge for those in knowledge work is to be more conscious and reflective in designing grant questions that will most energize and strengthen the paths toward positive change. What is the history in the question? There is history in every question.

Question 104

Question Change Grant History 104

NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

As an application service provider with roots that stretch back to the early days of the Web, we've been through several phases of change and development. Sometimes we've led trends. Like many Web services, we were following the social media trend without realizing how much our perspective was skewed by bias of the Bandwagon Effect.

Data 63

Data Change Metrics Analysis 63

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Offering diverse methodologies: A facilitator works to bring in the voices of all participants, and to do so, can use different methodologies like individual reflections, small groups or pairings, a fishbowl, or world café. A facilitator can tap into creativity, like music, poetry, visual arts, or even meditation.

Participatory 93

Participatory Facilitation Philanthropy Skills 93