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Organizational Amnesia, Accountability Buddies, and Other Things I learned at the Grant Managers Network Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The term is a play on “ organizational memory ” which is defined as is the accumulated body of data, information, and informal learning created in the course of an organization’s existence or known as “Knowledge Management.”

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4 Things Large Nonprofits Miss When Redesigning their Website

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Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. Consider how these various elements connect and work together to vocalize your mission and brand.

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Foundation Transparency – Foundation Center’s Surprising Glass Pockets Website

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It also provides a knowledge management function since each magnifying glass icon takes the viewer directly to the relevant page on the foundation’s website. Governance Policies & Information. HR/Staffing Policies & Information. Financial Information. Grantmaking Information. Performance Measurement.

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

Tech Soup

Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Librarians as Knowledge Management Allies for Nonprofits. Seattle: QuickBooks Made Easy. Friday, July 15. Newport, Rhode Island: Cost-Saving Technologies for Nonprofits — A Workshop. Friday, July 20, 2016.

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. The whole process was managed by the Citizens League, which is a local organization that does citizen-driven policy development work.

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Evernote for Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

There is another type of information and memory management that relates to the everyday memories and knowledge management of your staff, volunteers, and other supporters. Manuals and Policies: A shared Evernote folder can be a great place to store manuals and policy documents. Operations.

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#11NPD: Rethinking Movement Buildling

Tech Soup

Joining De Avila were Noah Flower, director of knowledge management at innovative consultancy the Monitor Institute , and Rashad Robinson, executive director at ColorOfChange , an organization dedicated to politically empowering Black Americans. [The