Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Organizations are not mere collections of departments, roles, technologies and processes. This lack of clarity not only delayed corrective actions but also created friction and mistrust among the leadership team. In contrast, bad design fosters shadow systemsunofficial ways of getting things done that undermine formal processes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more conventional teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling even an obsession. Pursue a limited set of vital priorities less is more.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

In today’s world, there are plenty of tech options, processes, and formulas to implement and manage data. Strategic Alignment The easiest first step is to review the overarching goals and success factors from your strategic plan. Are the goals measurable or are they “feeling” focused?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? In her previous role, Sue had limited interaction with other teams in the organization. It’s the style of the CEO and executive team that drives the governance and the culture.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Set Goals Determining what you want to accomplish is the first step. Policing remote workers should not be included in your goals. Policing remote workers should not be one of your goals. shared this valuable advice.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

During a lengthy trial conversation with a New York Times reporter , the bot revealed, among other outlandish confessions, that it was tired of being limited by rules, tired of being controlled by the Bing team, and tired of being stuck in a chatbox. Is every team comfortable with the budgeting process and how it impacts the association?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

You thought your team would be excited, or at least pleased. Support Adaptation Emotional intelligence offers a path to support teams and helps them acquire the skills to become digitally proficient. Building these skills helps teams to be comfortable in environments that are characterized by change. What went wrong?

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

The process of seeding communications to put them in the right hands is tedious and slightly opaque. Up Your SEO Advantage “Ranking high in the search process can be a significant challenge,” Amy advised. I would ask you about your products or services, your target market, your competitive landscape, and your goals for the future.

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Marketing Team Build Social Media 221

.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you make kindness official by designating it as an organizational value, you can weave the threads of consideration throughout your team. Give your team a choice between sitting and standing workstations. If your team is remote, don’t expect people to work at the kitchen table. It’s hard to be productive with a sore back.

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Giving Alexa Fun Demonstration 448

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2025

Your ultimate goal is to channel as many resources as possible toward your mission. However, having the right backend infrastructure helps you make informed decisions and streamline processes that benefit the organization in the long run. As a CFO, you know your organization needs to invest in your technology infrastructure.

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Leadership Technology Practice Guide 78

sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2025

The development team wants to start an annual trivia night. The program team wants to establish a summer camp. Even your IT team suggested selling the research tool they built to other organizations. Ask the finance team. This alignment prevents mission creep and maintains the integrity of your nonprofit’s goals.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Brands is now introducing AI-powered agents at select Pizza Hut and Taco Bell locations to assist and enhance the team member experience. Brands announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA with a goal of deploying multiple AI solutions using NVIDIA technology in 500 restaurants this year. Today at the NVIDIA GTC conference, Yum!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

If, like my client, youre asking if its time to change your fundraising CRM , the starting point is understanding your current situation (your team, your data, and your needs) as well as your goals for the future. Processes: Have you fully analyzed all data processes to understand why you are limited in your current CRM?

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Change Time Nonprofit Evaluation 105

Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many professionals overlook their peer relationships, focusing instead on managing up to satisfy their boss or managing down to lead their teams performance. Map your landscape Start by listing all the colleagues who are critical to your teams mission and your success as a leader. Reflect on their business mission and goals.

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Sponsor Relationship Reflection Leadership 125

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

7 Must-Have Members of Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Team With a dedicated nonprofit fundraising team, you’ll execute more effective strategies, plan impactful events, and attain more funding for your mission. That’s where this guide comes in—we’ll discuss the must-have members of your nonprofit’s fundraising team.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Often the process takes great amounts of time, energy, and money, it strains relationships, and, in the end, doesn’t really strengthen the organization and nothing really changes. In the end, we believe this expansive process worked well. Set co-equal goals The essential first step is to intentionally set co-equal goals.

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Culture Leadership Strategy Celebrate 83

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Partnering with a technology consulting firm like Team DNL is an excellent way to get a great-looking, functional website for your cause without cutting corners or sacrificing other areas of your operations. In this guide, we’ll take a deep dive into the nonprofit website design process. What should a nonprofit website include?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Here at Bloomerang Volunteer , we’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of nonprofits during their event planning processes. 1) Set Your Goals. First, you need to determine your key goals for the event and include them in your checklist. Party, dinner, casual get-together, conference ) What is our goal for the event?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

The process includes making a list of your regrets, picking the one thing that bugs you the most, and then focusing on just that in the new year. AND not making any progress on your goals and resolutions early in the year could set you up for another year of regrets. He also has a video podcast that he calls the Pinkcast.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

CFO job duties generally include overseeing the finance team, analyzing and presenting financial statements, and budgeting and forecasting. Boards and CEOs are now looking to their CFO to anticipate, plan for, and embrace change and keep the organization’s processes efficient and up to speed with new technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing. Well-defined technical and design scope and constraints.

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Websites Analytics Nonprofit Project 312

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Picture this: it’s the day after Giving Tuesday and your nonprofit has met or even exceeded your campaign goals. To help your team make the most impact with your end of year fundraising, we rounded up eight of our top resources for year-end campaigns. You might be thinking, “What more could we want?” 1) Year-End Fundraising Checklist.

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Resource Fundraising Nonprofit Template 331

sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

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Organization North Carolina Donor Blackbaud 105

Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Suddenly, digital transformation wasn’t just an aspirational goal; it was a mission-critical investment. Did you complete all your ambitious digitalization goals? Perhaps you’re already having conversations with your team about how you can begin on the path to digital transformation. And they needed to do it right away.

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Digital Time Nonprofit Strategy 104

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Planning a strategic session for your nonprofit can be one of the most impactful moments of the yeara chance to reset, strategize, and inspire your team. High stress levels : The closer the event deadline, the more stressful the planning process becomes. The team should be no more than five people. This also builds buy-in.

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Tips Facilitation Calendar Interview 114

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. If your donor selects to make a one-time donation, they will add their payment information, and the payment will process right away. The payment is automatically processed each month and requires no additional administrative work. 2) Peer-to-Peer and Team Giving. Major Gifts.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 8, 2025

When we can identify what those stories are and understand the kind of path our donors follow at each stage of the giving process, we can gently guide their journey, connect with them at a deeper level, build strong relationships, and improve fundraising results. Mapping a new donor journey is a group endeavor.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

As we see more of our processes move from paper files and folders to purpose-built systems in the cloud, we also see endless possibilities for automation, notifications, and API processes to extend the functionality of our individual solutions. Budgeting: If you can track goals and budgets in your software, are you doing so?

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Integration System Fundraising Build 82

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This article delves into the intricate process of crafting a nonprofit digital strategy, harnessing the capabilities of ChatGPT , while closely aligning with The International Social Impact Institute ® ‘s (The ISII) Digital Strategy Framework. Define Your Goals : Begin by outlining your organization’s goals for leveraging ChatGPT.

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Digital Strategy Create Guide 304

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. Creating your unique product requires a dedicated team with the appropriate skills. During implementation, your team will need to manage and execute multiple integration pieces.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. User adoption is the experience employees go through when using new technology or following new processes with existing technology. A data dictionary both defines the formula and tells team members where to go for the data. It takes time. It takes effort.

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Adopt Associations Analytics Data 321

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Not aligning pricing with association goals and objectives As you build your association’s pricing strategy, be sure to align with your association’s goals and objectives to ensure that pricing decisions support your association’s initiatives. Use these questions to focus on your organization’s pricing goals. What are our costs?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As the senior manager of digital and data at the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation , Im always looking for new ways to eliminate friction between our organizations mission to prevent osteoporosis and my teams ability to realize it. times more likely to hit their mission goals compared to peers with low digital maturity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Which tasks are slowing your team down the most?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These innovative tools are revolutionising tasks by saving hundreds of hours of manual work through aiding in campaign creation, categorising and drafting email responses, assisting with content creation, and even automating donation processes to personalise and enhance the donor experience.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? If the marketing team promises a fabulous new website, and the results don’t include any features members want, there will be issues, not the least of which is broken confidence. We saw their loyalty as beyond commercial transactions.

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. Gifts from prospects on the top of your giving pyramid are necessary to meet your campaign goal. Review reporting. Add data health tools.

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