On July 25, DonorSearch hosted Heller Consulting’s Vice President of Professional Services Smita Vadakekalam to share her experience in guiding nonprofit organizations through successful technology projects. As a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, she explained the purpose of change management, and ...Read More

In any successful technology implementation, there is an engaged and active project sponsor. This is the person who is the driving force behind the initiative, leading, sustaining, cajoling, and sometimes dragging the organization through an often challenging process. Depending on ...Read More

Maybe this title and image are a little more dramatic than necessary, but it’s true. Change management is all about people, specifically how they respond during times of change. The change may be something small, like getting a new ...Read More

This is a question I've wrestled with many times. Through years of implementation projects with every size nonprofit, I’ve seen how important it is to invest in change management efforts. And in every project, the one question that always ...Read More

The Change Management Conference for 2017 will be kicking off Sunday May 21 in New Orleans and is sure to be an even bigger success than last year. Produced by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP), this annual event is the ...Read More

I remember hearing often growing up that “Change is the only constant in Life” (Heraclitus). I also remember years ago when my mother said to me “For someone who claims to hate change, you sure seem to embrace it”. More ...Read More

As I sat in the lobby waiting to meet our client for the first time, I read through some of the brochures on the coffee table.  There was also a photo album that told their origin story.  After thumbing through ...Read More

Being ready for change within a nonprofit is influenced by a wide range of factors including personal styles and long-term departmental history. One team may embrace being the “early adopters” while another may take a more cautious approach. At the ...Read More

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when a line item for “project management” in the budget of a technology implementation seemed like an option, not a requirement. Now, with the complexity of moving parts that need to be ...Read More

When managing change during a technology project, it is essential for individuals and departments to understand their role and responsibilities to help the organization through the transition. The planning team should consider each set of expectations, and determine if team ...Read More