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What You Really Need When Changing Your AMS

Association Analytics

In an attempt to provide a seamless member experience and aggregate all member data in one place, associations have been working with technology partners to perform system integrations through single sign-on, pushing all of their transaction data back into the AMS. The initial integration cost is often expensive. Best of Both Worlds.

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Top three tips for writing grant proposals

Candid

It seems like you have to answer the same questions over and over in every grant proposal. And in longer government proposals, sometimes it seems like you have to answer the same question twice right in the same application! Transcript: Writing grant proposals is a time-intensive process, and it can often feel repetitive.

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things. Starting today and through August 5, 2023, we are making the proposed changes available for public comment.

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Eric Lanke: Provocative Proposals for Change

Eric Lanke

Provocative Proposals for Change. I just finished reading an advance copy of Shelly Alcorn s " Provocative Proposals for Change ," a report she authored based on Appreciative Inquiry interviews she conducted with more than 200 association executives (including me). Provocative Proposals for Change. Leadership. Innovation.

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A Guide To Creating an RFP for a New AMS

Discover how to create an effective RFP for a new Association Management System. This comprehensive ebook walks you through how to create an efficient Request for Proposals (RFP) for Association Management Software (AMS). It offers key elements to include as well as crucial tips, and advice from seasoned AMS selection experts.

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What nonprofits want: Support for capacity building and collective impact

Candid

Our aim is to provide organizations the opportunity to evaluate their capacity and sustainability, while also encouraging them to look out across the sector to build coalitions to create systems change. Is this how we build a model for significant, long-lasting systems change? We dont know the answer yet. Its extremely complex work.

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The great proposal debate: Why consultants eschew RFPs

Aaron Wolowiec

Simply draft a proposal describing you’re recommended course of action and be sure to include your proposed fees. I had this happen to me many years ago – not in a proposal, but in an “exploratory meeting” where I naively gave away the store. They’d already gotten at least two proposals.

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