.orgSource

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Outdated Technology and Manual Processes In todays digital-first world, outdated systems and manual processes are often the first red flags. Outdated technology can frustrate both your team and your members, hindering engagement and growth.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

When they are turning smoothly, everything works, invoices get paid, and the organization hums along. For lean accounting teams, this can be especially challenging, as each member is critical to maintaining the flow of operations. Automated systems ensure that payments are processed promptly, without the need for manual intervention.

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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Relying on manual processes or outdated technology limits your ability to operate effectively and scale as your needs evolve.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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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. What specific results do you want/need to see?

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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? We were working on a system selection and installation with a recently promoted IT manager. In her previous role, Sue had limited interaction with other teams in the organization.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

Are you struggling with an inefficient student billing process? But what if there was a way to streamline the process, reduce errors, and improve cash flow? In this blog post, we’ll explore how you can enhance your student billing process from the moment a student enrolls to the final follow-up. You are not alone.

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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. It begs the question: Should empathy ever be put aside at work, or should we be doubling down on it?

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

You thought your team would be excited, or at least pleased. Some employees have invented tortuous workarounds to keep using their new toys to continue working in the same old way. Support Adaptation Emotional intelligence offers a path to support teams and helps them acquire the skills to become digitally proficient.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Maybe one reason people aren’t happy at work is because they don’t expect to find happiness there. When I Googled “How to create joy at work” these are a few of the best ideas I found. There’s a reason they call it work. Let’s make joy a priority.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Do you feel stuck navigating office politics, micromanagement, or being overlooked at work? Its about taking control of your own work experience. Were working in a world of hybrid teams, instant messaging, and four generations collaborating side by side. and its not going to work for long. Whats the big idea?

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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. Cost savings Last-minute bookings often come with a premium price tag.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Use Ability To Tame the Unknown To say that predicting the future of work will be challenging is a gross understatement. To keep pace with the speed of business, teams need to reinvent themselves along with innovation and technology. Is every team comfortable with the budgeting process and how it impacts the association?

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. Do you have a culture club that organizes team-building activities and social events? Work-life balance.

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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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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. Flexibility and organization go hand in hand when working on user adoption. It takes time. It takes effort.

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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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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. In those cases, Id wait to ensure that this high performer is making an effort to work on leadership quality, including their peer relationships.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 24, 2025

This month, a team from Korea introduced liquid robots inspired by biological cells. In a test, the team directed two robots, each loaded with a different chemical, to jump off a ledge and merge together without breaking, allowing the chemicals to react inside their Teflon shells. Actual robots , not so much.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Strategic planning is daunting Many nonprofits begin strategic planning work with trepidation and possibly even scar tissue from prior efforts. 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.

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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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Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

As part of the proposal development process, development and program staff collaborate to define clear objectives as well as anticipated outputs and outcomes. This process ideally involves balancing two things: a desire to maximize impact; and the realities of staffing, budget, and circumstantial constraints.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. You may think that monthly giving or pledges must be time-consuming or require a lot of administrative work. If your donor selects to make a one-time donation, they will add their payment information, and the payment will process right away. Major Gifts. Email Marketing and Customized Giving.

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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

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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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? Some fundraising questions to consider: Will you be using crowdfunding ?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

They established national AI committees and working groups that spanned learning and development experts, local chapter leaders, and technological advisors (often Googlers). The most important question Project Evident asks when working with nonprofits on AI adoption is 'Why AI?'"

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Perhaps you’re already having conversations with your team about how you can begin on the path to digital transformation. For some, digital transformation still means migrating paper-based processes into the digital realm. Our work has led us to recognize the key ingredients for any successful digital transformation strategy.

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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. Each meeting, my team members and I expect progress from the meeting we had two weeks ago.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with. Your nonprofit’s fundraising plan lays out the overall strategy for your fundraising activities, while your fundraising systems are the step-by-step process you follow each week, month and year to carry out that plan and meet your goals. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit.

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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. Here are some essential steps.

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 25, 2025

Most nonprofit organizations work with a firm to do their annual financial audit. Understanding the differences between these two processes can help you make informed decisions and improve transparency, compliance, and trust within and outside your nonprofit organization. Could that be your organization? What is a Financial Review?

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