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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Outdated Technology and Manual Processes In todays digital-first world, outdated systems and manual processes are often the first red flags. Outdated technology can frustrate both your team and your members, hindering engagement and growth. Here are three signs to watch for and tips on how to turn things around.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For lean accounting teams, this can be especially challenging, as each member is critical to maintaining the flow of operations. The Value of AP Clerks and Bookkeepers Your accounting team has organizational knowledge and relationships that can never be replaced by an automated workflow, no matter how sophisticated.

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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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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

Governance Is a Journey, Not a Destination When Eshkenazi arrived at APICS, he quickly realized that governance wasnt a one-time project; it was a continuous process. Reflection for Your Association: Are you viewing governance as an ongoing process or a one-time fix? The Road to Good Governance: Lessons from APICS 1.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2025

Relying on manual processes or outdated technology limits your ability to operate effectively and scale as your needs evolve. The Solution: Streamlined operations and scalable platforms enable your team to focus on strategic priorities rather than routine tasks. Investing in efficiency now pays dividends in time and cost savings.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With disruption happening all around us, were here to upscale your team and ensure that your organization is ready to thrive, improving operational efficiencies and positioning you for success. Build flexibility into your strategic planning process so that your association can adapt to new trends or challenges with ease.

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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

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. But I also believe that marketing teams should embrace AI and discover new ways to use it to improve our profession.

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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. Identify Your Team The HR staff could take the lead on this project. The entire team should have up-to-date hardware with sufficient processing power, a high-quality camera and speakers, and a reliable, fast internet connection.

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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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.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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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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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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.orgSource

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Culture: Empowering Teams to Drive Innovation Culture is the heartbeat of any association. A forward-thinking, inclusive culture fosters resilience and innovation, equipping your team to meet the demands of a fast-changing world. A strong cybersecurity strategy builds trust and ensures compliance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

From staff supporting my husband in those crucial first hours to my care team treating me as a personcalling me by name and letting me choose my meals for six weeksI felt seen, heard, and valued. Make goal-centricity a group endeavor: Ask your team members or colleagues to be accountability partners in remaining goal-focused.

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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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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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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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.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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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

In today’s world, there are plenty of tech options, processes, and formulas to implement and manage data. Tech & Infrastructure Ask all of your departments about the platforms and processes they currently use to collect data and whether or not the current infrastructure is set up to meet their needs.

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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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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. Keep Experimenting The evaluation of new revenue streams is an ongoing process.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Is your team equipped to get reporting, budgeting, grant management, audits, and payroll right? This guide covers the bases – download to understand nonprofit-specific functionality, how to navigate the process, FAQs, and ways to ensure your team is positioned to support your organization’s long-term financial health.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

You Want to Get the Most from AI Innovation AI has seemingly limitless potential to revolutionize the fundraising process by prescribing the actions with the most impact for your fundraisers. It is a single source of truth for all constituent data, including interactions with different teams and campaigns within your organization.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here are some strategies to ensure your infrastructure and processes are resilient. Embrace Cloud-Based Processes Cloud-based digital processes enable your staff to access necessary systems from anywhere. Take the Long View Disaster recovery is a long-term process. Ensure all team members are familiar with this plan.

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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. s industry-leading digital technology team continues to pioneer the companys AI-accelerated strategy with the recent announcement of Byte by Yum! , Today at the NVIDIA GTC conference, Yum!

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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. Build teams and leaders. And that would ultimately help us deliver on strategy.

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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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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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Process incoming donations? How can my scrappy smaller organization, with all the tasks my team is already juggling, adopt a new fundraising CRM and learn to use it with the least amount of disruption?” In change management, leadership addresses these essential questions: What does the team know about the change? You got it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2024

These tasks include learning, problem-solving, language processing, and decision-making. ” questions, we open ourselves to new ideas, accept failure as part of the learning process, and create opportunities for innovation. Share your experiences with your team and continue to explore, learn, and innovate together.

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sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2025

However, having the right backend infrastructure helps you make informed decisions and streamline processes that benefit the organization in the long run. Consider how the investment will impact processes or reporting, and how it will benefit key stakeholders, to make your case even stronger. Be sure to clearly lay that out.

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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. What software will your team use to streamline all the information, donations, and data you will be collecting? As long as your team is on the same page, your event should go off without a hitch.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

[Image: Korean Air] As the first step of this major undertaking, his team decided to tackle the brands logo. Vasconcelos says the team tested hundreds of potential new versions of the Taeguk symbol. During the research process, he says, the blue livery was a particularly memorable brand asset for customers.

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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 PRO

MAY 23, 2023

Download this buyer’s guide for important core functionality and features to look for to manage finances effectively, how to navigate the process, frequently asked questions, and ways to ensure your team gets the most out of the software long-term. This guide has you covered.

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